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Eugenic States: A Contextual Archive Main Menu Introduction Critical Themes in the History of Eugenics Eugenic Practices in California, Iowa, and North Carolina What We Can Say with Data Acknowledgements

Data Visualizations About North Carolina

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What We Can Say with Data Jacqueline D. Wernimont
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Age Ranges of Patients in North Carolina
Attributed Race or Ethnicity in North Carolina Sterilization Records
Attributed Race When Criminality is Mentioned
Phrases that Co-occur with Feebleminded Diagnoses in North Carolina
Proportions of North Carolina Patients by Attributed Race or Ethnicity
Phrases that Frequently Appear in Files of Female Assigned Patients
Phrases that Commonly Appear in Files of Male Assigned Patients
North Carolina Sterilizations by County at Peak
North Carolina Sterilizations A graph of sterilizations by race in North Carolina. The dates range from 1937–1966 and the number of people sterilized ranges from 0 – 350. Those categorized as white are depicted by a gray line, which appears to indicate a higher rate of sterilization above other races from 1937–1956. After that, the rate of African Americans sterilized increases above that of white individuals. African Americans are classified by a dotted black line and Native Americans are a straight line with a black box in between. The rate of Native American sterilizations is relatively low; only a few appear in the years between 1956–1966. A graph of sterilizations by race in North Carolina. The dates range from 1937–1966 and the number of people sterilized ranges from 0 – 350. Those categorized as white are depicted by a gray line, which appears to indicate a higher rate of sterilization above other races from 1937–1956. After that, the rate of African Americans sterilized increases above that of white individuals. African Americans are classified by a dotted black line and Native Americans are a straight line with a black box in between. The rate of Native American sterilizations is relatively low; only a few appear in the years between 1956–1966.
Distribution of Known Sterilizations by Age and Assigned Sex
Known Sterilization Counts by County
Per Capita Known Sterilizations by County
NC Known Sterilizations 1920-1980 Data Zine by Brook Vann