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A collection of vital statistics products including tables, data files, and reports that allow users to access and examine vital statistics and population data interactively.

Vital Statistics Data Available On Line

Tabulated State Data

Update to 2005 Vermont Birth Data

New Report Releases

bullet graphicEstimated Pregnancy Rates by Outcome for the United States, 1990-2004 Click to open PDF file 732 KB (4/2008) Press Release

bullet graphicExpanded Health Data from the New Birth Certificate, 2005 Click to open PDF file 786 KB (3/2008)

bullet graphicTrends in Spina Bifida and Anencephalus in the United States, 1991-2005 (12/2007)

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2006 Click to open PDF file 417 KB (12/2006)
State-specific detailed tables for 2006 Click to open PDF file 503 KB

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish)

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2005 (12/2006) Click to open PDF file 2.8 MB
NOTE: Data for Vermont in 2005 are based on an incomplete file of records. Information based on the complete file is available at Vermont resident births.

bullet graphicRecent Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States, 1990-2002 (12/2006)

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2005 Click to open PDF file 474 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2005 (11/2006) Press Release

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2004 Click to open PDF file 3.4 MB

bullet graphicBirth and Fertility Rates for States by Hispanic Origin Subgroups: United States, 1990 and 2000 Click to open PDF file 5.1 MB Media Advisory

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2004 Click to open PDF file 880 KB

bullet graphicPreliminary Births for 2004: Infant and Maternal Health Highlights

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish)

bullet graphicPreliminary Births for 2004 Fact Sheet

bullet graphicTrends in Cesarean Rates for First Births and Repeat Cesarean Rates for Low-Risk Women:  1990-2003 Click to open PDF file 553 KB

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 55,
   No. 4. 9
pp. (PHS) 2005-1120
(9/2007)

Bullet graphicTrend Analysis of the Sex Ratio at Birth in the United States Click to open PDF file 1.4 MB (6/2005)
News Release

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish)

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2003 (09/2005)

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish)

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2003 Click to open PDF file 550 KB (11/2004)
Fact Sheet

bullet graphicBirths to 10-14 Year-Old Mothers, 1990-2002: Trends and Health Outcomes Click to open PDF file 1.2 MB (11/2004)
News Release

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 53, No. 7. 18 pp. (PHS) 2005-1120 (11/2004)

bullet graphicEstimated Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1990-2000: An Update Click to open PDF file 710 KB
Fact Sheet

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 52, No. 23. 10 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120 (6/2004)

bullet graphicTrends in Characteristics of Births by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2002 (5/2004) Click to open PDF file 1.7 MB  Click to open PDF file 1.4 MB  Due to the large size or complexity of this file it has not been made compliant with the Americans with Disablilities Act, Section 508.  Visually impaired assistive technology users may call 3 0 1 4 5 8 4 6 3 6 or e mail n c h s query at c d c dot gov for assistance.
Fact Sheet

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 52, No. 19. 152 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120

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

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 52, No. 17. 12 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120 Click to open PDF file 895 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2002 (Fact Sheet)

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 52, No. 10. 114 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120 Click to open PDF file 7.8 MB

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

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 52, No. 7. 15 pp. (PHS) 2004-1120 Click to open PDF file 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)

Bullet graphicHoja Informativa (Fact Sheet in Spanish) NVSR Vol. 51, No. 12. 94 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120 Click to open PDF file 5.5 MB

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2002. NVSR Vol. 51, No. 11. 20 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120 Click to open PDF file 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 Click to open PDF file 2.3 MB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2001. NVSR Vol. 51, No. 2. 103 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120 Click to open PDF file 6.2 MB

bullet graphicMean Age of Mother, 1970-2000. NVSR Vol. 51, No. 1. 14 pp. (PHS) 2003-1120 Click to open PDF file 629 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2001. NVSR Vol. 50, No. 10. 20 pp. (PHS) 2002-1120 Click to open PDF file 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 Click to open PDF file 293 KB

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 2000. NVSR Vol. 50, No. 5. 104 pp. (PHS) 2002-1120 Click to open PDF file 1.3 MB

bullet graphicTrends in Cesarean Birth and Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean, 1991-99. NVSR Vol. 49, No. 13. 15 pp. (PHS) 2002-1120 Click to open PDF file 766 KB

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

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

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

bullet graphicBirths: Preliminary Data for 2000. Vol. 49, No. 5. 20 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120 Click to open PDF file 1 MB

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

bullet graphicBirths: Final Data for 1999. Vol. 49, No. 1. 102 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120 Click to open PDF file 869 KB

bullet graphicNonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 1940-99. Vol. 48, No. 16. 39 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120 Click to open PDF file 282 KB

bullet graphicVariations in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98: National and State Trends. Vol. 48, No. 6. 14 pp. (PHS) 2000-1120 Click to open PDF file 179 KB

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 Click to open PDF file 348 KB

News Releases and Fact Sheets

bullet graphicTeen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 14 Years (December 5, 2007)

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 Click to open PDF file 24 KB

bullet graphicTeen Pregnancy

bullet graphicPreliminary number of live-births
Table excerpted from the Births:  Preliminary Data for 2000 Click to open PDF file 132 KB

bullet graphicPreliminary number of live births by State
Table excerpted from the Births:  Preliminary Data for 2000 Click to open PDF file 166 KB

bullet graphicLive Births, Birth rates, and Fertility Rates
Table excerpted from the Report of Final Natality Statistics, 1999 Click to open PDF file 33 KB

Statistical Tables on Births

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 2003,
 
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 2002,
 
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 2001,
 
Part I, Natality

bullet graphicTables from Vital Statistics of the United States, 2000,
 
Part I, Natality

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 Click to open PDF file 169 KB

bullet graphicLive births by age of mother, live-birth order, and race, United States, each State and territory
Births: Final Data for 2002, table 11 Click to open PDF file 23 KB

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 Click to open PDF file 25 KB

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. NCHS has also released U.S. Intercensal Population Estimates by Specified Hispanic Origin Groups for the time period July 1, 1991 - July 1, 1999  for calculating vital rates.

2003 Revisions of the U.S. Vital Certificates

bullet graphicGuide to Completing The Facility Worksheets for the Certificate of Live Birth and Report of Fetal Death Click to open PDF file 678 KB

bullet graphicU.S. Standard Birth Certificate, 2003 Revision Click to open PDF file 678 KB

bullet graphicU.S. Standard Birth Certificate, 1989 Revision Click to open PDF file 678 KB

Instruction Manuals

bullet graphicCoding Instructions for Live Birth Records

2006 NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties
To permit calculation of vital rates by urbanization level.

Data processing

bullet graphicPublic use data files documentation

bullet graphic2004 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 1.3 MB

bullet graphic2003 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 1.3 MB

bullet graphic2002 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 1.2 MB

bullet graphic2001 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 1 MB

bullet graphic2000 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 739 KB

bullet graphic1999 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 1.9 MB

bullet graphic1998 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 314 KB

bullet graphic1997 Technical Appendix Click to open PDF file 472 KB

bullet graphic1996 Natality File

bullet graphic1996 Linked Birth/Infant Death

bullet graphic1995 Natality File

Micro-data
NCHS Data Release Policy

bullet graphicNatality data (births)

bullet graphicLinked Birth and Infant Death

bullet graphicMaternal and Infant Health Survey

bullet graphic1995-98 Matched Multiple Birth Data Set

bullet graphic1995-2000 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 Click to open PDF file 506 KB

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

bullet graphicDeclines in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98. Vol. 47, No. 26 Click to open PDF file 143 KB
News Release

bullet graphicTeenage Birth Rates, Vol. 47, No. 12 Click to open PDF file 426 KB

bullet graphicSmoking during pregnancy, NVSR Vol. 47, No. 10 Click to open PDF file 188 KB

Monthly Vital Statistics Reports (MVSR)

bullet graphicTrends in Hispanic Births, MVSR Vol. 46, No. 6s Click to open PDF file 282 KB

bullet graphicEducation, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 10s Click to open PDF file 255 KB

bullet graphicTeenage mothers, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 5s Click to open PDF file 318 KB

bullet graphicCesarean sections, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 11s3 Click to open PDF file 193 KB

Vital and Health Statistics Series 21 Reports

bullet graphicTrends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome, Series 21, No. 56 Click to open PDF file 348 KB

bullet graphicUnmarried mothers, Series 21, No. 53 Click to open PDF file 399 KB

bullet graphicTriplets, Series 21, No. 55 Click to open PDF file 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

 

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This page last reviewed August 19, 2008

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