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Projections of Education Statistics to 2014, Thirty-third Edition, September 2005 - Annual number of births: 1946 to 2002

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Table B1. Annual number of births: 1946 to 2002
Calendar year Number of births, in thousands Calendar year Number of births, in thousands
1946 3,426 1975 3,144
1947 3,834 1976 3,168
1948 3,655 1977 3,327
1949 3,667 1978 3,333
1950 3,645 1979 3,494
1951 3,845 1980 3,612
1952 3,933 1981 3,629
1953 3,989 1982 3,681
1954 4,102 1983 3,639
1955 4,128 1984 3,669
1956 4,244 1985 3,761
1957 4,332 1986 3,757
1958 4,279 1987 3,809
1959 4,313 1988 3,910
1950 4,307 1989 4,041
1961 4,317 1990 4,158
1962 4,213 1991 4,111
1963 4,142 1992 4,065
1964 4,070 1993 4,000
1965 3,801 1994 3,953
1966 3,642 1995 3,900
1967 3,555 1996 3,891
1968 3,535 1997 3,881
1969 3,626 1998 3,942
1970 3,739 1999 3,959
1971 3,556 2000 4,059
1972 3,258 2001 4,026
1973 3,137 2002 4,022
1974 3,160
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Annual Summary of Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: United States, various years, National Vital Statistics Reports. (This table was prepared October 2004.)

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