If you are a married couple and want children, live in Chowan. If you don’t want them, live in Camden. These two counties are extreme among North Carolina counties in the matter of births. Figures published by the State Board of Health show that Chowan has next to the highest birth rate in the State, something like 35.5 children per yar for each thousand of population. Camden has a birthrate per thousand of only 18.3. It’s a two to one chance in that count, as compared with Chowan.
The highest birth rate in the state is shown in Jackson, 39.7; Chowan, 35.5; Watauga, 36.6; Mitchell, 35.3; and Surry, 35.1.
The lowest birth rate was in Transylvania, 18.0; Camden, 18.3; Hyde, 20.2; Currituck, 23.1; and Alleghany, 24.0.
The average birth rate in the state is 29.7 per thousand people.
Hyde County enjoys a position far down the list in the death rate column. Its position is 7.2 deaths per thousand inhabitants, while the state average is 11.5. Pasquotank is hown among the counties with the highest death rates.
The five counties with the lowest death rates were Graham, 4.6; Yancey, 5.2; Alleghany, 7.1; Clay, 7.1; and Hyde, 7.2.
Five counties with the highest death rates were: Buncombe, 17.6; Durham, 16.2; Wayne, 16.2; Pasquotank, 15.5; and Craven, 15.3.
From page 2 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 29, 1926
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