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Document 0638
DOCN M9630638
TI Annual summary of vital statistics-1994.
DT 9603
AU Guyer B; Strobino DM; Ventura SJ; Singh GK; Department of Maternal and
Child Health, Johns Hopkins School of; Hygiene and Public Health,
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
SO Pediatrics. 1995 Dec;96(6):1029-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96095150
AB Recent trends in the vital statistics of the United States continued in
1994, including decreases in the number of births, the birth rate, the
age-adjusted death rate, and the infant mortality rate. Life expectancy
increased slightly to 75.7 years. Only marriages reversed the recent
trend with a slight increase in 1994. An estimated 3,979,000 infants
were born during 1994, a decline of < 1% from 1993. The birth rate was
15.3 live births per 1000 population, a 1% decline. These decreasing
rates reflect a decline in the fertility rate to 67.1 live births per
1000 women aged 15 to 44 years. Final figures for 1993 indicate that
fertility rates declined for all racial groups, by 1% for white women
(to 65.4) and 3% for black women (to 80.5). The fertility rate for
Hispanic women (106.9) was 84% higher than that for non-Hispanic white
women and 31% higher than for non-Hispanic black women. Between 1991 and
1993, birth rates for teenage mothers remained virtually unchanged, and
abortion rates have steadily declined, suggesting that teenage pregnancy
rates are levelling off. The number and proportion of births to women
over age 30, however, continued to rise. The rate of births to all
unmarried women (45.3 per 1000 in 1993) has been stable for 3 years.
Prenatal care utilization improved in 1993; 79% of women initiated care
in the first trimester and < 5% had delayed care or no care.
Improvements occurred among nearly all racial and ethnic groups.
Reported smoking during pregnancy declined to 15.8% in 1993 from 16.9%
in 1992. The proportion of babies delivered by cesarean section was
21.8% in 1993, a 2% decrease from 1992. Between 1992 and 1993, the rate
of low birth weight (LBW) rose slightly to 7.2%, while very low birth
weight (VLBW) remained stable at 1.3%. Most of the increase in LBW
occurred among white infants and reflected, primarily, an increase in
the proportion of multiple births. The black/white ratio in LBW
continued to increase to more than two-fold with the largest difference
recorded among term and postterm infants. Age-adjusted death rates in
1994 were lower for heart disease, malignant neoplasm, pulmonary
diseases, other accidents, and homicides. The age-adjusted death rate
for human immunodeficiency virus disease continued to rise to 15.1 in
1994. The infant mortality rate declined 4% in 1994, to 7.9 per 1000,
the lowest rate ever recorded in the United States. The decline was
primarily in neonatal mortality.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
DE Adolescence Adult Birth Weight Delivery/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Female Human Infant Mortality Infant, Newborn Male Maternal Age
Population Dynamics Pregnancy Pregnancy Rate Racial Stocks Single
Parent/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA United States *Vital Statistics
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).