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vital stats logoIn the births section of VitalStats, you can access prebuilt birth and population tables, as well as data files.

The files, organized into folders, can be accessed by folder, topic or search.


Graphic represeting a table Birth Tables
VitalStats provides many prebuilt tables, at both national and subnational levels, to customize and chart, map or export.  Access them from the birth tables folder, by choosing a topic and geography below, or searching:

Graphic of bulletLength of Pregnancy (Gestation) and Birthweight

National | Subnational
Graphic of bulletMethod of Delivery (Cesarean and Vaginal Births) National | Subnational
Graphic of bulletCharacteristics of Mother (Age, Race/Ethnicity, Education, Marital Status, State) National | Subnational

Graphic of bulletRisk Factors (Maternal Diabetes, Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, Smoking)

National
Graphic of bulletPrenatal Care National | Subnational
Graphic of bulletTrends in Birth Rates, Fertility Rates and Selected Characteristics National | Subnational
 
Graphic represeting data files Birth Data Files
Create your own table by choosing items from a list of over 100 variables on the birth data files.  The files are available in two formats, one with the full range of demographic and health variables at state levels of geography.  The other with county level detail (population over 100,000 only), and a more limited set of other variables. Please note a log-in is required to use this feature.

 

Graphic representing U S population Populations Tables

Use the population tables to create rates (for more information please see the graphic of PDF of the Quick Guide: Calculating Rates and Percents) or use population data.

 

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Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm.  [Date of access].

 
Page Last Modified: September 10, 2008

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