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Measuring childbearing patterns in the United States National Center for Health Statistics • Birth certificates (through National Vital Statistics System) • National Survey of Family Growth (interviews with women and men ages 15–44) 1
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Measuring childbearing patterns in the United States
National Center forHealth Statistics
• Birth certificates (through National Vital Statistics System)
• National Survey of Family Growth (interviews with women and men ages 15–44)
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Childbearing patterns in the United States
National Center forHealth Statistics
• Teen birth and pregnancy rates now at historic lows
• Teen childbearing down among age and racial groups
• Women starting families at older ages and having fewer children
• Out-of-wedlock childbearing rates stabilizing
• Births to cohabiting women are rising
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics. 2
Childbearing in the U.S.1920–2011
NOTE: Beginning with 1959, trend lines are based on registered live births; trend lines for 1920–1958are based on live births adjusted for underregistration.
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
National Center forHealth Statistics
Bir
ths
in m
illio
ns
Rate p
er 1,000 wom
en ag
ed 15–44
Number
Rate
0
1
2
3
4
5
20112000199019801970196019501940193019200
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
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Women are having fewer children today
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.National Center for
Health Statistics
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0All races
2010199019761957
3.8
1.7 2.11.9
Replacement level=2.1
Bir
ths
per
wom
an
4
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.National Center for
Health Statistics
Wide variation in number of children by race/ethnicity, 2010
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
HispanicAsian orPacific
Islander
AmericanIndianAlaskaNative
Non-Hispanic
Black
Non-Hispanic
White
Allraces
1.91.8 2.0
1.41.7
2.4Replacement level=2.1
Bir
ths
per
wom
an
5
First births in the United States, by age, 1975 and 2010
National Center forHealth Statistics
19751,319,126 births
20101,604,181 births
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
Under age 20
35%
Ages 20–2960%
Ages 20–2956%
Age 30or over
25%
Under age 20
19%
5%
Age 30or over
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Teen births have declined sharplyover the years
National Center forHealth Statistics
NOTE: Data for 2010 are preliminary. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
Num
ber
of b
irth
s (in
thou
san
ds)
Rate p
er 1,000 wom
en ag
ed 15–19
Number of births
Birth rate
0
200
400
600
800
1000
0
20
40
60
80
100
2010200019901980197019601950 1940
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Teen birth rates have declined across all race/ethnic groups
NOTE: Data for 2010 are preliminary.
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.National Center for
Health Statistics 8
Rate
s pe
r 1,0
00 w
omen
age
d 15
–19
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140 20101991
Asian or Pacific Islander
American Indian or
Alaska Native
HispanicNon-Hispanic
black
Non-Hispanic
white
All races
61.8
34.343.4
118.2
104.6
55.7
84.1
38.727.3
10.9
51.5
23.5
Teen rates higher in the sun belt and lowest in New England region
National Center forHealth Statistics
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UTCO
AZNM
AK
TX
OK
KS
NE
SD
ND
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
MS
TN
KY
IN
WIMI
OH
NY
ME
IL
AL GA
FL
SC
NC
VAWV
PA
HI
MD
DE
NJ
CT RI
MANHVT
DC
50.0 or more
40.0–49.9
30.0–39.9
20.0–29.9
Less than 20.0
U.S. teen birth rate in 2010 was 34.3 per thousand
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. 9
Selected birth outcomes
NOTE: Infant mortality rate is per 1,000 live births
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. National Center forHealth Statistics
0
3
6
9
12
15 Mothers 20 and overMothers under age 20
Infant mortality rate
Low birthweightPreterm birthPercent
13.7
12.0
9.7
8.0
9.6
6.3
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Pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates for teens aged 15–19 years
National Center forHealth Statistics
NOTES: Birth rate for 2010 is preliminary. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Survey of Family Growth, National Vital Statistics System, National Abortion Surveillance System, and the Guttmacher Institute.
Rate per 1,000 women
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Abortion rate
Birth rate
Pregnancy rate
20102005200019951990198519801976
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Pregnancy rates for teens by race andHispanic origin aged 15–19 years
National Center forHealth Statistics
0
50
100
150
200
250
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic black
Non-Hispanic white
20082005200019951990
Rate per 1,000 women
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Survey of Family Growth, National Vital Statistics System, National Abortion Surveillance System, and the Guttmacher Institute. 12
Out-of-wedlock childbearing hasrisen over the past several decades
National Center forHealth StatisticsSOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
Births in thousandsPercent unmarried
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Percent
20102000199019801970196019501940
13
0
250
500
750
1000
1250
1500
1750Number
201020102010200020002000199019901990198019801980197019701970196019601960195019501950 194019401940
40.8
Most unmarried births arenot to teens
National Center forHealth Statistics
1970398,700 births
20101,633,785 births
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
Age 30or over
20%
8%
Under age 20
50%Ages 20–29
60%
Age 30or over
Ages 20–2942%
Under age 20
20%
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More first births to cohabiting women
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Survey of Family Growth, 2006–2010. National Center for
Health Statistics
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80 2006–20102002
Neither married nor cohabiting
CohabitingMarried
6255
12
2225 24
Perc
ent
15
Births that were intended at conception
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Survey of Family Growth, 2006–2010.National Center for
Health Statistics
Percent
23
50
77
49
33
Age (years)
0
20
40
60
80
Not married
or cohabiting
CohabitingMarried25–4420–2415–19
75
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