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New Report Releases

bullet graphicEstimated Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1990-2000: An Update
Fact Sheet
View/download PDF 710 KB

Hoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Volume 52, Number 23. 10 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120 6/2004

bullet graphicTrends in Characteristics of Births by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2002 (5/2004)
Fact Sheet
View/download PDF 10.7 MB
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Hoja Informativa  (Fact Sheet in Spanish)
NVSR Volume 52, Number 19.  152pp. (PHS) 2004-1120

bullet graphicReproduction Rates for 1990-2002 and Intrinsic Rates for 2000-2001: United States.

Hoja Informativa  (Fact Sheet in Spanish)
NVSR Volume 52, Number 17. 12 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120
View/download PDF 895 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2002 (Fact Sheet)

Hoja Informativa  (Fact Sheet in Spanish)
NVSR Report 52, No. 10. 114 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120.

View/download PDF 7.8 MB

bullet graphicRevised pregnancy rates, 1990-97, and new rates for 1998-99: United States.

Hoja Informativa  (Fact Sheet in Spanish)
NVSR Report 52, No. 7. 15 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120.

View/download PDF 1.1 MB

bullet graphicRevised Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s and New Rates for Hispanic Populations, 2000 and 2001: United States (Fact Sheet)

Hoja Informativa  (Fact Sheet in Spanish)
NVSR Report 51, No. 12. 94 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120.

View/download PDF 5.5 MB

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2002. NVSR Vol. 51, No. 11. 20 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120.
View/download PDF
1.3 MB

bullet graphicRevised Birth and Fertility Rates for the United States, 2000 and 2001.
NVSR Vol. 51, No. 4. 19 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120.
View/download PDF
2.3 MB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2001. NVSR Vol. 51, No. 2. 103 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120.
View/download PDF
6.2 MB

bullet graphicMean Age of Mother, 1970-2000. NVSR Vol. 51, No. 1. 14 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120.
View/download PDF
629 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2001. NVSR Vol. 50,
No. 10. 20 pp. (PHS) 2002-1120.
View/download PDF 1.3 MB

bullet graphicTeen Births in the United States: State Trends, 1991-2000, an Update. NVSR Vol. 50, No. 9. 4 pp.
(PHS) 2002-1120.
View/download PDF
293 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2000. NVSR Vol. 50, No. 5. 104 pp. (PHS) 2002-1120.
View/download PDF
1.3 MB

bullet graphicTrends in Cesarean Birth and Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean, 1991-99. NVSR Volume 49, No. 13. 15 pp.
(PHS) 2002-1120.

View/download PDF 766 KB

bullet graphicTrends in Spina Bifida and Anencephalus in the United States, 1991-2001

bullet graphicBirths to Teenagers in the United States, 1940-2000.
Vol. 49, No. 10. 24 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.
View/download PDF
1.2 MB

bullet graphicSmoking during pregnancy in the 1990s. Vol. 49, No. 7.
15 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.
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731 KB

bullet graphicBirths, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for January-December 2000. Vol. 49, No. 6. 8 pp.
(PHS) 2001-1120.
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355 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2000. Vol. 49, No. 5. 20 pp.
(PHS) 2001-1120.
View/download PDF
1 MB

bullet graphicTrends In Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1976-97:
An Update. Vol. 49, No. 4. 10 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.
View/download PDF
142 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 1999. Vol. 49, No. 1. 102 pp.
(PHS) 2001-1120.
View/download PDF
869 KB

bullet graphicNonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 1940-99.
Vol. 48, No. 16. 39 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.
View/download PDF 282 KB

bullet graphicVariations in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98: National and State Trends. Vol. 48, No. 6. 14 pp. (PHS) 2000-1120.
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bullet graphicTrends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the United States, 1976-96. Series 21,
No. 56. 60 pp.
(PHS) 2000-1934
View/download PDF
348 KB

News Releases and Fact Sheets

bullet graphicTeen Birth Rate Continues to Decline; African-American Teens Show Sharpest Drop--Final 2002 United States Birth Data Now Available (October 31, 2003)

bullet graphicU.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline (October 31, 2003)

bullet graphicNew Report Revises Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s Uses 2000 Census Population Estimates to Improve Accuracy (August 4, 2003)

bullet graphicU.S. Birth Rate Reaches Record Low--Births to Teens Continue 12-Year Decline; Cesarean Deliveries Reach All-Time High (June 25, 2002)

bullet graphicAmerican Women Are Waiting to Begin Families; Average Age at First Birth up More Than 3 Years From 1970 to 2000--Mean Age of Mother, 1970-2000 (December 11, 2002)

bullet graphicHHS Report Shows Teen Birth Rate Falls to New Record Low in 2001--Births: Preliminary Data for 2001. (6/6/2002)

bullet graphicTeen Birth Rates Decline in all States during the 1990s--Teenage Births in the United States: State Trends, 1991-2000, an Update. (5/30/2002)

bullet graphicWomen Are Having More Children, New Report Shows Teen Births Continue to Decline--Births: Final Data for 2000. (2/12/2002)

bullet graphicNew CDC Report Tracks Trends in Cesarean Births and VBACs during the 1990s--Trends in Cesarean Birth and Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean, 1991-99. (12/27/2001)

bullet graphicNew CDC Report Tracks Trends in Teen Births from 1940-2000--Births to Teenagers in the United States, 1940-2000 (9/25/2001)

bullet graphicSmoking During Pregnancy--Rates Drop Steadily in the 1990's, but among Teen Mothers Progress Has Stalled--Smoking during pregnancy in the 1990s (8/28/2001)

bullet graphicNew CDC Reports Shows Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low;
U.S. Births Top 4 Million in 2000
--Births: Preliminary Data
for 2000
(7/24/2001)

bullet graphicTeen Pregnancy Rate Reaches a Record Low in 1997--Trends in Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1976-97: An Update (6/12/2001)

bullet graphicHigher Order Multiple Births Drop for First Time in a Decade--Births: Final Data for 1999 (4/17/2001)

bullet graphicAttendant, Place, and Timing, and Use of Obstetric Interventions of U.S. Births Change Over Past Decade  (12/2/1999)

bullet graphicNew Guide to Help Local Communities Establish Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs (10/25/1999)

Data Highlights

bullet graphicBirth rates by age of mother :  United States 1960-99
Figure excerpted from Births:  Final Data for 1999
NVSR, Vol. 49, No. 1, Figure 2
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bullet graphicTeen Pregnancy

bullet graphicPreliminary number of live-births
Table excerpted from the Births:  Preliminary Data for 2000
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KB

bullet graphicPreliminary number of live births by State
Table excerpted from the Births:  Preliminary Data for 2000
View/download PDF 166 KB

bullet graphicLive Births, Birth rates, and Fertility Rates
Table excerpted from the Report of Final Natality
Statistics, 1999
View/download PDF 33 KB

Statistical Tables on Births

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 1999,
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 1998,
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 1997,
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 1996,
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 1995,
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 1994,
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicLive births, birth rates, fertility rates, total fertility rates and birth rates for teenagers 15-19 by age of mother, United States, each State and territory
Births: Final Data for 2002, table 10

bullet graphicLive births by age of mother, live-birth order, and race, United States, each State and territory
Births: Final Data for 2002, table11

bullet graphicLive births by Hispanic origin of mother and by race for mothers of non-Hispanic origin: United States, each State and territory
Births: Final Data for 2002, table 12

 

Methods
Revised Intercensal Population Estimates Released
To permit the calculation of race-specific vital rates for 2000 and beyond and for revised vital rates for 1991-1999 (using intercensal population estimates), the National Center for Health Statistics, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and the Census Bureau, is releasing bridged-race estimates of the U.S. resident population.

Instruction Manuals

bullet graphicCoding Instructions for Live Birth Records

Data processing

bullet graphicPublic use data files documentation

bullet graphic2002 Technical Appendix
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bullet graphic2001 Technical Appendix
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bullet graphic2000 Technical Appendix

indent graphicView/download PDF 739 KB

bullet graphic1999 Technical Appendix

indent graphicView/download PDF 1.9 MB

bullet graphic1998 Technical Appendix

indent graphicView/download PDF 314 KB

bullet graphic1997 Technical Appendix

indent graphicView/download PDF 472 KB

bullet graphic1996 Natality File

bullet graphic1996 Linked Birth/Infant Death

bullet graphic1995 Natality File

Micro-data

bullet graphicNatality data (births)

bullet graphicLinked Birth and Infant Death

bullet graphicMaternal and Infant Health Survey

bullet graphic1995-97 Matched Multiple Birth Data Set

Publications
Special reports
National Vital Statistics Reports
(NVSR)

bullet graphicTrends in Twin and Triplet Births:  1980-97, Vol. 47, No. 24.  20 pp. (PHS) 99-1120
View/download PDF 506 KB

bullet graphicTrends in Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1976-97:
An Update. Vol. 49, No. 4. 10 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.
News Release
View/download PDF 142 KB

bullet graphicDeclines in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98. Vol. 47, No. 26
News Release
View/download PDF
143 KB

bullet graphicTeenage Birth Rates, Vol. 47, No. 12
View/download PDF
426 KB

bullet graphicSmoking during pregnancy, NVSR Vol. 47, No. 10
View/download PDF
188 KB

Monthly Vital Statistics Reports (MVSR)

bullet graphicTrends in Hispanic Births, MVSR Vol. 46, No. 6s
View/download PDF 282 KB

bullet graphicEducation, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 10s
View/download PDF 255 KB

bullet graphicTeenage mothers, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 5s
View/download PDF 318 KB

bullet graphicCesarean sections, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 11s3)
View/download PDF 193 KB

Vital and Health Statistics Series 21 Reports

bullet graphicTrends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome,
Series 21, No. 56

View/download PDF 348 KB

bullet graphicUnmarried mothers, Series 21, No. 53
View/download PDF 399 KB

bullet graphicTriplets, Series 21, No. 55
View/download PDF 216 KB

Other publications

Birth Data Errata

Links to Related Sites

bullet graphicDHHS Fatherhood Initiative

bullet graphicTeenage Pregnancy Links

bullet graphicLinks to State Health Departments

bullet graphicMortality data from the National Vital Statistics Systems

bullet graphicReproductive health links

bullet graphicNational Survey of Family Growth

 

Birth Data
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New Report Releases | News Releases and Fact Sheets
Data Highlights | Statistical Tables on Births | Methods | Micro-data
Publications | Links to Related Sites
Search NCHS | NCHS Definitions |
Contact Us  


NCHS Home | NVSS Home | Birth Data | Mortality Data
Fetal Death Data | Marriages and Divorces
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2003 Revisions of the US Vital Certificates | CDC/NCHS Privacy Policy Notice
Accessibility | Search NCHS |
NCHS Definitions | Contact us

This page last reviewed July 29, 2004

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