Births and Natality
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of births: 4,130,665
- Birth rate: 13.5 per 1,000 population
- Fertility rate: 66.7 births per 1000 women aged 15-44 years
- Percent born low birthweight: 8.2%
- Percent born preterm: 12.2%
- Percent unmarried: 41.0%
- Mean age at first birth: 25.2
Source: Births: Final Data for 2009, tables 1, 13, 18 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
More data
- Birth data
- Births - method of delivery
- Births – multiple births
- Births – teen births
- Births – unmarried childbearing
- Births: Final Data for 2009 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- Birthweight and gestation
- Childbearing differences among three generations of U.S. women [PDF - 446 KB]
- Delayed childbearing: more women are having their first child later in life [PDF - 701 KB]
- Estimated Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: United States, 1990-2008 [PDF - 463 KB]
- Intended and Unintended Births in the United States: 1982–2010 [PDF 416 KB]
- Expanded health data from the new birth certificate, 2006 [PDF - 300 KB]
- Fertility of Men and Women Aged 15–44 Years in the United States: National Survey of Family Growth, 2006–2010 [PDF - 543 KB]
- Home Births in the United States, 1990–2009
- Recent Decline in Births in the United States, 2007-2009 [PDF - 1 MB]
- Vital Statistics of the United States
- VitalStats - Online data tool
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