Profile of St. Joseph County, 2022
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2022 60,878
  Rank Among Counties: 33
  Per Square Mile: 120.9
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 642
  Teenage Mothers: 36
  Low Weight Births: 40
  First Births: 217
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 746
  Infant Deaths: 4
  Neonatal Deaths: 1
  Postneonatal Deaths: 3
  Perinatal Deaths: 4
  Fetal Deaths: 3
MARRIAGE  
  Marriages: 397
  Marriage Rate: 13.1
DIVORCE  
  Divorces: 202
  Divorce Rate: 6.6

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 642 10.5 571 9.9 17 7.5 52 45.9

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 36 56.1 31 54.3 2 * 2 *
Low Weight 40 62.3 34 59.5 3 * 3 *
Under 1,500 Grams 9 14.0 7 12.3 2 * - -
< 37 weeks Gestation 89 138.6 76 133.1 7 411.8 6 115.4
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 436 679.1 397 695.3 11 647.1 28 538.5

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 4 * 4 * - - - -
Neonatal Deaths 1 * 1 * - - - -
Postneonatal Deaths 3 * 3 * - - - -
Perinatal Deaths 4 * 4 * - - - -
Fetal Deaths 3 * 3 * - - - -

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 746 408 338     714 389 325    15 8 7    17 11 6
Crude Death Rate 12.3 13.3 11.2     12.4 13.4 11.4     6.6 6.7 6.5    15.0 20.0 10.3
 
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 4 2 1 1 3 3 6 12 28 61 133 492 -
White Male 2 - - - 2 1 2 9 12 41 76 244 -
White Female 2 - 1 1 - 1 2 3 12 18 49 236 -
Black Male - - - - - - 1 - - 1 2 4 -
Black Female - - - - 1 - - - - 1 3 2 -
Other Male - 1 - - - 1 1 - 2 - 3 3 -
Other Female - 1 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 746   926.7     All Hospitalizations 5,161   847.8
Heart Disease 175   213.5     Heart Diseases 697   114.5
Cancer 133   152.3     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 460   75.6
Accidents 49   74.7     Females with Deliveries 559   91.8
COVID-19 36   45.4     Injury and Poisoning 516   84.8
Stroke 63   74.8     Septicemia 284   46.7
C.L.R.D. 38   44.6     Cerebrovascular Diseases 177   29.1
Alzheimer's 17   *     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 169   27.8
Diabetes Mellitus 30   35.8     Covid-19 111   18.2
Kidney Disease 13   *     Hypertensions 97   15.9
Cirrhosis 12   *     Diabetes Mellitus 107   17.6

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 7   46.1     All Hospitalizations 666   438.5
Accidents 5   *     Injury and Poisoning 47   31.0
Assault (Homicide) -   -     Females with Deliveries 32   21.1
Suicide -   -     Asthma 1   0.7
Cancer -   -     Mood (affective) Disorders 22   14.5
Congenital malformations 2   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 4   2.6

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.