Births and Natality

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

• Number of births: 4,265,555
• Birth rate: 14.2 per 1,000 population
• Fertility rate: 68.5 births per 1000 women aged 15-44 years
• Percent born low birthweight: 8.3%
• Percent born preterm: 13%
• Percent unmarried: 38.5%
• Mean age at first birth: 25

Source: Births: Final Data for 2006, tables 1, 10, 20, 32

 

More data

• Birth data
• Births - method of delivery
• Births – multiple births
• Births – teen births
• Births – unmarried childbearing
• Birthweight and gestation
• Born a bit too early: recent trends in late preterm births
• Changing patterns of nonmarital childbearing in the United States
• Delayed childbearing: more women are having their first child later in life
• Estimated pregnancy rates for the United States, 1990-2005: an update
• Expanded health data from the new birth certificate, 2006
• Vital Statistics of the United States
• VitalStats - Online data tool