This dataset has counts of births occuring within the United States to U.S. residents and non-residents. Counts can be obtained by state, county, child's gender and weight, mother's race, mother's age, mother's education, gestation period, prenatal care, and birth plurality. The data is derived from birth certificates. Data from 1995 -2004
Scroll down to "Statistical Tables on Births". Contains tables from "Vital Statistics of the United States, Part I, Natality" for years 1994 - 2002. Includes live births, birth rates and fertiltiy rates by race, live births by hispanic origin, national origin, age of mother, unmarried status, age and race of father, birth weight, place of occurance, and more. Various geographies.
Provides total resident population estimates and demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration) each year, and estimates by demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin) for the nation, states and counties
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This page was last updated Monday, August 28, 2006.
