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Births/Natality

(Data are for U.S. in 2002)

bullet graphicNumber of births:  4,021,726

bullet graphicBirth rate:  13.9 per 1,000 population

bullet graphicFertility rate:  64.8 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years

bullet graphicPercent born low birthweight:  7.8

bullet graphicBirth rate to unmarried women: 43.7 per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44 years

Source:  Births: Final Data for 2002

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bullet graphicLive births, birth rates and fertility rates by race, 1940-2001  Births: Final Data for 2002, table 1

bullet graphicLive births by age of mother, live-birth order, and race  Births: Final Data for 2002, table 2

bullet graphicFertility rates and birth rates by age of mother, live-birth order, and race  Births: Final Data for 2002, table 3

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bullet graphicDHHS Fatherhood Initiative

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This page last reviewed March 25, 2004

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