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- Births & Birth Rates: 1970 - 1988[In thousands.]Item 1970 1975 1980 1985 1987 1988
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- Live Births(1) 3,731 3,144 3,612 3,761 3,809 3,910
- Average annual
- percent change -.2 -3.4 3.4 2.5 1.4 2.6
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- White(1) 3,091 2,552 2,899 2,991 2,992 3,046
- Black 572 512 590 608 642 672
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- Male 1,915 1,613 1,853 1,928 1,951 2,002
- Female 1,816 1,531 1,760 1,853 1,858 1,907
- Males per 100 females 105.5 105.4 105.3 105.2 105.0 105.0
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- Age of mother:
- Under 20 years old 656 595 562 478 473 489
- 20-24 years old 1,419 1,094 1,226 1,141 1,076 1,067
- 25-29 years old 995 937 1,108 1,201 1,216 1,239
- 30-34 years old 428 376 550 696 761 804
- 35-39 years old 180 115 141 214 248 270
- 40 years old or more 53 28 24 29 36 41
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- Age of father:
- Under 20 years old 189 159 137 108 105 111
- 20-24 years old 1,015 779 803 685 627 617
- 25-29 years old 1,085 979 1,082 1,081 1,053 1,055
- 30-34 years old 599 537 739 837 872 904
- 35-39 years old 298 213 275 381 413 431
- 40 years old or more 214 135 139 167 191 205
- Age not stated 330 342 437 502 549 585
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- Birth rate per 1,000
- population 18.4 14.6 15.9 15.8 15.7 15.9
- White 17.4 13.6 14.9 14.8 14.5 14.7
- Black 25.3 20.7 22.1 21.1 21.6 22.2
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- Male 19.4 15.4 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.7
- Female 17.4 13.8 15.1 15.0 14.9 15.1
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- Plural birth ratio(2) 18.1 19.1 19.3 21.0 22.0 22.4
- White 17.3 18.5 18.5 20.4 21.6 22.0
- Black 22.8 23.1 24.1 25.3 25.4 25.8
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- Birth rate per 1,000
- women(3) 87.9 66.0 68.4 66.2 65.7 67.2
- White 84.1 62.5 64.7 63.0 62.0 63.0
- Black 115.4 87.9 88.1 82.2 83.8 86.6
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- Age of mother:
- 10-14 years old 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3
- 15-19 years old 68.3 55.6 53.0 51.3 51.1 53.6
- 20-24 years old 167.8 113.0 115.1 108.9 108.9 111.5
- 25-29 years old 145.1 108.2 112.9 110.5 110.8 113.4
- 30-34 years old 73.3 52.3 61.9 68.5 71.3 73.7
- 35-39 years old 31.7 19.5 19.8 23.9 26.2 27.9
- 40-44 years old 8.1 4.6 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.8
- 45-49 years old .5 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2
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- Birth rate per 1,000
- men(4) 71.5 53.8 57.0 55.7 55.0 55.9
- White 67.1 49.8 52.9 51.9 50.9 51.4
- Black 107.4 82.1 83.8 78.2 79.5 82.0
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- Age of father:(5)
- 15-19 years old(6) 25.6 20.8 18.8 18.2 18.6 20.0
- 20-24 years old 146.6 96.2 92.0 82.8 83.0 85.5
- 25-29 years old 175.0 123.9 123.0 111.9 109.4 111.1
- 30-34 years old 112.3 81.5 91.0 89.7 89.3 90.9
- 35-39 years old 57.6 39.9 42.8 47.0 48.2 49.4
- 40-44 years old 24.9 16.5 17.1 18.1 19.1 20.0
- 45-49 years old 9.1 6.1 6.1 6.6 6.9 7.1
- 50-54 years old 3.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6
- 55 years old & over .6 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4
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- 1. Includes other races, not shown separately.
- 2. Per 1,000 live births.
- 3. Per 1,000 women, 15-44 years old in specified group.
- 4. Rate computed by relating total births, regardless of age of
- father, to 1,000 men, 15-54 years old in specified group.
- 5. Rates of age of father computed by using frequencies with age
- not stated distributed among all age groups.
- 6. Rate computed by relating births to fathers under 20 years of
- age to men 15-19 years old.
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- Source:U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
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