Profile of Branch County, 2022
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2022 44,527
  Rank Among Counties: 38
  Per Square Mile: 87.8
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 553
  Teenage Mothers: 27
  Low Weight Births: 37
  First Births: 175
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 498
  Infant Deaths: 6
  Neonatal Deaths: 2
  Postneonatal Deaths: 4
  Perinatal Deaths: 4
  Fetal Deaths: 2
MARRIAGE  
  Marriages: 266
  Marriage Rate: 11.8
DIVORCE  
  Divorces: 136
  Divorce Rate: 6.0

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 553 12.4 491 11.6 16 11.9 46 53.0

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 27 48.8 27 55.0 - - - -
Low Weight 37 66.9 35 71.3 - - 2 *
Under 1,500 Grams 8 14.5 8 16.3 - - - -
< 37 weeks Gestation 71 128.4 64 130.3 1 * 6 130.4
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 284 513.6 263 535.6 6 375.0 15 326.1

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2022 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2022 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 6 10.8 6 12.2 - - - -
Neonatal Deaths 2 * 2 * - - - -
Postneonatal Deaths 4 * 4 * - - - -
Perinatal Deaths 4 * 4 * - - - -
Fetal Deaths 2 * 2 * - - - -

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2022 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 498 264 234     478 251 227    8 8 -    12 5 7
Crude Death Rate 11.2 11.5 10.8     11.3 11.7 10.9     6.0 7.8 -    13.8 * 15.9
 
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 6 - - - 1 4 4 9 18 43 90 323 -
White Male 1 - - - 1 2 4 5 9 23 61 145 -
White Female 5 - - - - - - 3 7 18 26 168 -
Black Male - - - - - 1 - - 1 2 1 3 -
Black Female - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Male - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3 -
Other Female - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 1 4 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2022 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 498   847.3     All Hospitalizations 4,516   1,014.2
Heart Disease 130   218.4     Heart Diseases 485   108.9
Cancer 85   136.7     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 490   110.1
Accidents 25   51.5     Females with Deliveries 463   104.0
COVID-19 31   55.5     Injury and Poisoning 392   88.0
Stroke 26   44.4     Septicemia 211   47.4
C.L.R.D. 41   63.5     Cerebrovascular Diseases 126   28.3
Alzheimer's 15   *     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 128   28.8
Diabetes Mellitus 10   *     Covid-19 159   35.7
Kidney Disease 8   *     Hypertensions 77   17.3
Cirrhosis 10   *     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 -   -     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, 2022 population in specified group.