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July 2006 Final Births for 2004by Brady E. Hamilton, Ph.D.; Stephanie J. Ventura, M.A.; Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H.; and Paul D. Sutton, Ph.D.; Division of Vital Statistics This report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention抯 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) summarizes the 2004 final births and birth rates for the United States. A report that includes both demographic and health characteristics of births as well as state-based final 2004 data is forthcoming (1). Key findings, illustrated in Tables 1-4 and Figure 1, show:
Technical Notes Nature and source of data Final data for 2004 are based on 100 percent of the birth certificates in all states and the District of Columbia. The data are provided to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP). Missing data for mother抯 race, age, and marital status are imputed. Detailed information on reporting completeness and imputation procedures may be found in the 揟echnical Appendix� of Vital Statistics of the United States, 2003, Natality (3). Hispanic origin of mother Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the birth certificate. Data shown by race (i.e., American Indian or Alaska Native and Asian or Pacific Islander) include persons of Hispanic or non-Hispanic origin, and data for Hispanic origin include persons of any race. Data shown for Hispanic persons include all persons of Hispanic origin of any race. Data for non-Hispanic persons are shown separately according to the race of the mother, because there are substantial differences in fertility characteristics between, for example, Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Single, multiple, and bridged race of mother The 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth allows the reporting of more than one race (multiple races) for each parent (4). Information on this change is presented in a recent report (2). In 2004, multiple race was reported on the revised birth certificates of Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York State (excluding New York City), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington, as well as on the unrevised certificates of California, Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Utah. Data from the vital records of the remaining 35 states and the District of Columbia are based on the 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth that follows the 1977 Office of Management and Budget standard, allowing only a single race to be reported (5-7). In order to provide uniformity and comparability of the data during the transition period, before all or most of the data are available in the new multiple race format, it was necessary to 揵ridge� the responses of those who reported more than one race (multiple race) to one, single race (see 揚opulation denominators�). Information on the processing and tabulation of data by race is presented in a recent report (1,2). Marital status Information on the national estimates of births to unmarried women (i.e., methods of determining marital status) and the computation of birth rates for unmarried women are presented elsewhere (1,2). Population denominators Birth and fertility rates shown in this report for 2003 and 2004 are based on population estimates based on the 2000 census, as of July 1, 2003, and 2004. These population estimates are available on the NCHS Web page (8,9). The production of these population estimates is described in detail in a recent report (2). Rates for unmarried women shown in this report are based on distributions of the population by marital status as of March 2004 as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in the March Current Population Survey, which have been adjusted to July 2004 population levels by the Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS (8,10). The nonmarital birth rate shown in reports based on final data are based on populations estimated from 3-year averages of the marital status distributions (1,11). References 1. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, et al. Births: Final data for 2004. National vital statistics reports. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Forthcoming. 2. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, et al. Births: Final data for 2003. National vital statistics reports; vol 54 no 2. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2005. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/ nvsr54_02.pdf. 3. National Center for Health Statistics. Technical Appendix. Vital statistics of the United States, 2003, vol I natality. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Hyattsville, MD. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm and included on the forthcoming CD-ROM titled Vital Statistics of the United States, vol 1, Natality, 2003. 4. National Center for Health Statistics. 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth. 2003. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/birth11-03final-ACC.pdf. 5. Office of Management and Budget. Revisions to the standards for the classification of Federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register 62FR58781-58790. October 30, 1997. Available from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/ ombdir15.html. 6. National Center for Health Statistics. Report of the Panel to Evaluate the U.S. Standard Certificates and Reports. National Center for Health Statistics. 2000. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/panelreport_acc.pdf. 7. Office of Management and Budget. Race and ethnic standards for federal statistics and administrative reporting. Statistical Policy Directive 15. May 12, 1977. 8. National Center for Health Statistics. Postcensal estimates of the resident population of the United States as of July 1, 2004, by year, state and county, age, bridged race, sex, and Hispanic origin (vintage 2004). File pcen_v2004_y04.txt (ASCII). Released September 8, 2005. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/ nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/datadoc.htm. 9. National Center for Health Statistics. Postcensal estimates of the resident population of the United States as of July 1, 2003, by year, State and county, age, bridged race, sex, and Hispanic origin (vintage 2003). File pcen_v2003_y03.txt (ASCII). Released September 14, 2004. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/ nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/datadoc.htm. 10. U.S. Census Bureau. Unpublished data from the March 2004 current population survey. U.S. Census Bureau. 2004. 11. Ventura SJ, Bachrach CA. Nonmarital childbearing in the United States, 1940-99. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no 16. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
Suggested citation Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, Martin JA, Sutton PD. Final births for 2004. Health E-stats. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Released July 6, 2006. Acknowledgments This report was prepared under the general direction of Stephanie J. Ventura, Chief of the Reproductive Statistics Branch (RSB), and Charles J. Rothwell, Director of the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS). Nicholas F. Pace, Chief of the Systems, Programming, and Statistical Resources Branch (SPSRB), and Steven J. Steimel, Candace M. Cosgrove, Jordan A. Sacks, Sergey Yagodin, Jaleh Mousavi, Annie Liu, Manju Sharma, Bonita Gross, and Thomas D. Dunn provided computer programming support and statistical tables. Yashodhara Patel of RSB also provided statistical tables. Sharon Kirmeyer, T.J. Mathews, Yashodhara Patel, and Martha L. Munson of RSB provided content review. Steven J. Steimel of SPSRB prepared the natality file. Staff of the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch carried out quality evaluation and acceptance procedures for the state data files on which this report is based. The Registration Methods staff of DVS consulted with state vital statistics offices regarding the collection of birth certificate data. This report was edited by Demarius V. Miller, Office of Information Services, Information Design and Publishing Staff, graphic produced by Jarmila G. Ogburn of CoCHIS/NCHM/Division of Creative Services, and posted on the Internet by Christine J. Brown, Office of Information Services, Information Design and Publishing Staff.
This page last reviewed October 15, 2008
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