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Live births and fertility rates: United States, 1930–2006

Links NVSR USA Births 2006: Cesarean rate by gestational age | Live births and fertility rates | Mean age mother first birth by state | Change distribution births by gestational age | Percentage low birthweight by maternal age | Triplet birth rate | Reference | Birth | National Vital Statistics Reports


NOTE: Beginning with 1959, trend lines are based on registered live births; trend lines for 1930–1959 are based on live births adjusted for underregistration.


Fertility rate - The general fertility rate (GFR) was 68.5 live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15–44 years) in 2006, a 3percent increase from 2005 (66.7) and the highest rate reported since 1991. The GFR decreased substantially from 1990 (70.9) to 1997 (63.6) but has generally increased since.


SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.

Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, et al. Births: Final data for 2006. National vital statistics reports; vol 57 no 7. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009.

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