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Births: Final Data for 1997

Released on April 29, 1999, this new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals that the US birth rate has dropped to a record low, due in part to a continuing decline in the teen birth rate. The birth rate for fifteen to nineteen year-olds has declined for six straight years, falling sixteen percent between 1991 and 1997. The report, presented in .pdf format, offers a comprehensive...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr47/nvs47_18.pdf
Births: Final Data for 1998

This National Vital Statistics Report presents final data for 1998 on US births according to "a wide variety of maternal demographic characteristics including age, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and educational attainment; maternal lifestyle and health characteristics; medical care utilization; and infant health characteristics." Also presented are birth and fertility...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvs48_3.pdf
Births: Final Data for 2000

The National Center for Health Statistics recently released this 102-page report containing data on the 4 million US births in 2000. The report states that the birth rate increased by 3 percent in 2000, marking the first time in almost 30 years that "the total fertility rate was above 'replacement.'" Information about demographic characteristics, maternal lifestyle and health, medical services...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr50/nvsr50_05.pdf
Births: Preliminary Data for 1999

On Tuesday, the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released preliminary data on US births, including numbers that show the birth rate for teen mothers has declined to a 60-year low. "The preliminary report also found a drop in the number of births to unmarried teens, record high levels of women receiving early prenatal care, a rise in the cesarean delivery rate, and no improvement...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_14.pdf
Fertility of American Women

The U.S. Census Bureau prepares numerous papers each year, and they are an important source of information for public policy analysts, geographers, economists, and civic leaders. These reports are based on the biannual Current Population Surveys (CPS) conducted across the country. The reports here date back to 1994, and they look at fertility rates among American women in the noninstitutionalized...

https://www.census.gov/topics/health/fertility.html
Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the United States, 1976-96

In January 2000, the National Center on Health Statistics (NCHS) released this report. The 48-page "Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome" study shows a decline in pregnancy rates between 1990 and 1996 with rates in 1996 being at their lowest in twenty years. The sharpest decline was among teenagers, "with the teen pregnancy rate falling by fifteen percent from its record high in...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_21/sr21_056.pdf
U. S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a nonpartisan organization that provides research, policy analysis, and public education about reproductive health. Recently, the AGI posted this special statistical report on teenage pregnancy in the US. The report consists of two large data tables synthesizing pregnancy statistics from 1972 to 1996. The first table provides the number of births, number of...

https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/pubs/sta...