Births and Natality
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Data are for the U.S.
- Number of births: 3,988,076
- Birth rate: 12.5 per 1,000 population
- Fertility rate: 62.9 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years
- Percent born low birthweight: 8.0%
- Percent born preterm: 9.6%
- Percent unmarried: 40.2%
- Mean age at first birth: 26.3
Source: Births: Final Data for 2014, tables 1, 13, 18 [PDF - 2.9 MB]
More data
- Birth data
- Births - method of delivery
- Births – multiple births
- Births – teen births
- Births – unmarried childbearing
- Births in the United States, 2015
- Births Resulting from Assisted Reproductive Technology: Comparing Birth Certificate and the National ART Surveillance System Data, 2011 [PDF - 668 KB]
- Birthweight and gestation
- Cohort Fertility Tables
- Fertility of Men and Women Aged 15–44 Years in the United States: National Survey of Family Growth, 2006–2010 [PDF - 543 KB]
- First Births to Older Women Continue to Rise
- Intended and Unintended Births in the United States: 1982–2010 [PDF - 416 KB]
- Interpregnancy Intervals in the United States: Data From the Birth Certificate and the National Survey of Family Growth [PDF - 314 KB]
- Mean Age of Mothers is on the Rise: United States, 2000–2014
- Newly Released Data From the Revised U.S. Birth Certificate, 2011 [PDF - 576 KB]
- Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index by Maternal Characteristics and State: Data from the Birth Certificate, 2014 [PDF - 502 KB]
- 2010 Pregnancy Rates Among U.S. Women
- Pregnancy Rates for U.S. Women Continue to Drop
- Routine Prenatal Care Visits by Provider Specialty in the United States, 2009–2010
- Short Interpregnancy Intervals in 2014: Differences by Maternal Demographic Characteristics
- Trends in Fetal and Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2006–2012
- Trends in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990–2012
- Vital Statistics of the United States
- When Are Babies Born: Morning, Noon, or Night? Birth Certificate Data for 2013
- Page last reviewed: July 20, 2015
- Page last updated: October 7, 2016
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