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VITAL RECORDS BIRTHS AND DEATHS RECORDED:
LAST FULL YEAR AVAILABLE - 1999
 
Population Estimate  892,547
    Live Births to Residents  13,427
    Deaths of Residents  5,578
(Cause of death is not available due to change in reporting system 
by the Illinois Department of Public Health.)
Library Holdings (Year 2000)
    Books  2,400
    Journal Subscriptions  63
    Audio-visual Software  300
Circulation
    Books  105
    Journals  1,059
    Audio-visual Software  130
    Audio-visual Hardware  177
    Pamphlets Distributed  88,773
Reference Services
    Information Requests  828
    Literature Searches  117
Interlibrary Loan
    Borrowed for Staff  153
    Loaned to Other Libraries  69
Graphics Services
    Graphics Projects  183
THE LABORATORY PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING SERVICES 
DURING 2000:
Community Health Services
Clinical Analysis:
    Gonorrhea Cultures (discontinued 2/2000)  1,021
    Chlamydia by EIA (discontinued 2/2000)  759
Gonorrhea and Chlamydia by Nucleic Acid Amplification  7,167
    Gram Stain for GC  107
    Diagnostic Microscopy for STD infections  2,012
Serologic Syphilis (RPR)(FP discontinued 7/2000  5,465
    Jail (RPR’s)(discontinued 4/2000)  520
Quantitative RPR  37
    Urinalysis  3,796
    Hematocrit  3,767
    Pregnancy (HCG) Tests  3,480
Program Support (Blood Draw):
    HIV Blood Draws 3,868
Mental Health, Epidemiology, TB:
    Blood Draws  754
Environmental Health Services:
    Bacterial and Chemical (Nitrate) Analyses  4,627
    Bacterial Analysis of Swimming Pools  2
Quantitative Nitrate  194
pH  2
Beaches (Fecal Coliform)  30
Hardness  2
Dental Health
    Fluoride Tests  23
 
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