This section presents data on births, deaths, life expectancy, marriages, diseases, and patient visits and hospital discharges.

Mid-year population estimates between 1991 and 1999 were adjusted due to the lower count from the 2000 census.  Consequently, rates and ratios have also been adjusted in the same period.  The Crude Birth Rate has dropped from 30 per 1,000 persons in 2000, to about 27 in 2004.  Females under 20 years old accounted for about 7.6 percent of mothers who gave birth in 2004.  Mothers aged 20 to 29 accounted for over 50 percent of total live births.  The Crude Death Rate on the other hand went up from almost 4 per 1,000 persons to 4.5 in the same period.  Infant mortality rate is high again registering at 15.2 per 1,000 live births in 2004.  Population natural growth is defined as total births minus deaths, assuming both registration systems are complete.  In the past five years, the increase in population due to natural growth is averaged at 1,406 every year.

Heart disease remained the leading cause of death in the territory followed by Malignant Neoplasm.  With the exclusion of flu syndrome/influenza from total diseases, Dengue Fever was the major health complaint in 2001 followed by Chickenpox.  Dog bite was the number one non-communicable health complaint.

Marriages remained at an average of about 290 in the last three years.  Average life expectancy at birth for males is at 68.5 years versus 76.2 years for females.

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