Profile of St. Joseph County, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 61,171
  Rank Among Counties: 33
  Per Square Mile: 121.4
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 676
  Teenage Mothers: 39
  Low Weight Births: 49
  First Births: 239
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 698
  Infant Deaths: 2
  Neonatal Deaths: -
  Postneonatal Deaths: 2
  Perinatal Deaths: 3
  Fetal Deaths: 3
MARRIAGE 2023  
  Marriages: 369
  Marriage Rate: 12.1
DIVORCE 2023  
  Divorces: 208
  Divorce Rate: 6.8

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 676 11.1 581 10.2 9 5.8 84 31.6

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 39 57.7 29 49.9 1 * 8 95.2
Low Weight 49 72.5 45 77.5 - - 4 *
Under 1,500 Grams 6 8.9 6 10.3 - - - -
< 37 weeks Gestation 73 108.0 63 108.4 - - 9 107.1
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 440 650.9 394 678.1 5 * 41 488.1

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 * 1 * 1 * - -
Neonatal Deaths - - - - - - - -
Postneonatal Deaths 2 * 1 * 1 * - -
Perinatal Deaths 3 * 3 * - - - -
Fetal Deaths 3 * 3 * - - - -

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 698 326 372     668 309 359    16 8 8    14 9 5
Crude Death Rate 11.4 10.6 12.2     11.7 10.8 12.7     10.3 9.4 11.3    5.3 7.0 *
 
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 2 1 1 1 1 6 16 28 46 143 451 -
White Male - 1 - 1 - - 2 12 10 22 76 185 -
White Female 1 1 1 - - 1 3 3 15 21 63 250 -
Black Male 1 - - - - - - 1 2 1 1 2 -
Black Female - - - - - - - - - - 3 5 -
Other Male - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 2 - 4 -
Other Female - - - - - - - - - - - 5 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 698   868.0     All Hospitalizations 5,161   847.8
Heart Disease 159   196.5     Heart Diseases 697   114.5
Cancer 156   182.6     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 460   75.6
Stroke 51   63.5     Females with Deliveries 559   91.8
Accidents 41   64.6     Injury and Poisoning 516   84.8
C.L.R.D. 43   47.3     Septicemia 284   46.7
Alzheimer's 31   39.0     Cerebrovascular Diseases 177   29.1
Diabetes Mellitus 18   *     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 169   27.8
Kidney Disease 12   *     Covid-19 111   18.2
Cirrhosis 8   *     Hypertensions 97   15.9
Suicide 7   *     Diabetes Mellitus 107   17.6

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 5   *     All Hospitalizations 666   438.5
Accidents 2   *     Injury and Poisoning 47   31.0
Assault (Homicide) 1   *     Females with Deliveries 32   21.1
Suicide -   -     Asthma 1   0.7
Cancer -   -     Mood (affective) Disorders 22   14.5
Congenital malformations 1   *     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, 2024 population in specified group.