Profile of Branch County, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 46,187
  Rank Among Counties: 37
  Per Square Mile: 91.0
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 555
  Teenage Mothers: 29
  Low Weight Births: 34
  First Births: 178
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 521
  Infant Deaths: 2
  Neonatal Deaths: 1
  Postneonatal Deaths: 1
  Perinatal Deaths: 6
  Fetal Deaths: 5
MARRIAGE 2023  
  Marriages: 245
  Marriage Rate: 11.0
DIVORCE 2023  
  Divorces: 144
  Divorce Rate: 6.5

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 555 12.0 411 9.5 33 25.7 110 67.9

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 29 52.3 20 48.7 1 * 8 72.7
Low Weight 34 61.3 25 60.8 5 * 4 *
Under 1,500 Grams 5 * 5 * - - - -
< 37 weeks Gestation 55 99.1 42 102.2 5 * 8 72.7
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 257 463.1 201 489.1 11 333.3 45 409.1

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2024 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2024 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 2 * 2 * - - - -
Neonatal Deaths 1 * 1 * - - - -
Postneonatal Deaths 1 * 1 * - - - -
Perinatal Deaths 6 10.7 6 14.4 - - - -
Fetal Deaths 5 * 5 * - - - -

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2024 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 521 269 252     511 264 247    4 3 1    6 2 4
Crude Death Rate 11.3 11.2 11.3     11.8 12.0 11.6     * * *    3.7 * *
 
Age in Years
  <1 1-4 5-8 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+ Unk
Total Deaths 2 - - 1 - 3 3 6 18 39 98 351 -
White Male - - - - - 3 3 5 8 23 59 163 -
White Female 2 - - - - - - 1 8 14 36 186 -
Black Male - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - -
Black Female - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -
Other Male - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - -
Other Female - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - 2 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2024 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 521   846.5     All Hospitalizations 4,516   1,014.2
Heart Disease 111   179.0     Heart Diseases 485   108.9
Cancer 119   189.2     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 490   110.1
Stroke 26   40.1     Females with Deliveries 463   104.0
Accidents 26   51.7     Injury and Poisoning 392   88.0
C.L.R.D. 52   80.8     Septicemia 211   47.4
Alzheimer's 25   40.3     Cerebrovascular Diseases 126   28.3
Diabetes Mellitus 10   *     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 128   28.8
Kidney Disease 11   *     Covid-19 159   35.7
Cirrhosis 5   *     Hypertensions 77   17.3
Suicide 4   *     Diabetes Mellitus 100   22.5

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 1   *     All Hospitalizations 488   453.2
Accidents 1   *     Injury and Poisoning 28   26.0
Assault (Homicide) -   -     Females with Deliveries 21   19.5
Suicide -   -     Asthma 1   0.9
Cancer -   -     Mood (affective) Disorders 22   20.4
Congenital malformations -   -     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 2   1.9

Note: Rates are per 100, 000. Leading causes of death are computed by the direct method, using as the standard population the age distribution of the total population of the United States for the year 2000. Children and discharge data are per 100,000, 2024 population in specified group.