APPENDIX D
VITAL STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR U.S. WHITE POPULATION
1955 - 1999
|
YEAR |
CRUDE BIRTH RATE a |
FERTILITY RATE a |
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PERCENT a |
CRUDE DEATH RATE b |
INFANT DEATH RATE b,c |
NEONATAL DEATH RATE b,c |
FETAL DEATH RATE d |
ABORTION RATIO e |
MARRIAGE RATE f |
DIVORCE RATE f |
|
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 |
23.8 22.7 18.3 17.4 13.6 |
113.7 113.2 91.3 84.1 62.5 |
** 6.8 7.2 6.8 6.3 |
9.2 9.5 9.4 9.5 8.9 |
23.6 22.9 21.5 17.8 14.2 |
17.7 17.2 16.1 13.8 10.4 |
14.9 13.9 13.7 12.3 9.4 |
277 |
|
|
|
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
15.1 15.0 15.1 14.8 14.8 15.0 14.8 14.9 15.0 15.4 |
65.6 64.8 64.8 63.4 63.2 64.1 63.1 63.3 64.5 66.4 |
5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 |
8.9 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.1 8.9 |
11.0 10.5 10.1 9.7 9.4 9.3 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.2 |
7.5 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.2 |
8.1 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.4 |
332 329 309 302 288 277 269 267 259 252 |
10.6 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.7 |
5.2 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 |
|
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999f |
15.8 15.4 15.0 14.7 14.4 14.2 14.1 13.9 14.0 13.9 |
68.3 67.0 66.5 65.4 64.9 64.4 64.7 63.9 64.6 65.1 |
5.7 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.6 |
8.9 8.9 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.3 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.2 |
7.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 |
4.8 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 |
6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 ** |
258 246 236 231 217 204 202 193 ** ** |
9.8 9.4 9.3 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.6 |
4.7 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.5 4.1 |
a NCHS. "Births: Final Data for 1999". Monthly Vital Statistics Report; Vol. 49, No. 1, April 17, 2001. 1955-1975 rates based on race of child; 1980-1992 were previously reported by race of child, now reported by race of mother. Crude birth rates are per 1000 population. Fertility rates are per 1000 women aged 15-44.
b NCHS. "Deaths: Preliminary Data for 1999". National Vital Statistics Report; Vol. 49, No. 3, June 26, 2001. Crude death rates are per 1000 population.
c Prior to 1980, infant deaths based on race of decedent, live births based on race of child. For 1980-1999, infant deaths and live births based on race of mother. Rates are per 1000 live births.
d 1998 rate provided by Joyce Martin at NCHS via e-mail March 9, 2001. Fetal rates are per 1000 live births plus fetal deaths.
e NCHS. Health United States, 2000. Hyattsville, Maryland: Public Health Service. 2000. Abortion ratio is per 1000 live births.
f NCHS. "Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 1999". National Vital Statistics Report; Vol. 48, No. 19, February 22, 2001. These data are for all races. Rates are per 1000 population.
** Data not available