Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 6
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Number of live births per 1,000 women, by age
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Total
15 to 44 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44
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All races
1950 ... 106.2 81.6 196.6 166.1 103.7 52.9 15.1
1960 ... 118.0 89.1 258.1 197.4 112.7 56.2 15.5
1970 ... 87.9 68.3 167.8 145.1 73.3 31.7 8.1
1980 ... 68.4 53.0 115.1 112.9 61.9 19.8 3.9
1985 ... 66.3 51.3 108.9 110.5 68.5 23.9 4.0
1990 ... 70.9 59.9 116.5 120.2 80.8 31.7 5.5
1991 ... 69.6 62.1 115.7 118.2 79.5 32.0 5.5
1992 ... 68.9 60.7 114.6 117.4 80.2 32.5 5.9
White\2\
1950 ... 102.3 70.0 190.4 165.1 102.6 51.4 14.5
1960 ... 113.2 79.4 252.8 194.9 109.6 54.0 14.7
1970 ... 84.1 57.4 163.4 145.9 71.9 30.0 7.5
1980 ... 64.7 44.7 109.5 112.4 60.4 18.5 3.4
1985 ... 63.0 42.8 102.8 110.0 68.1 22.7 3.6
1990 ... 68.3 50.8 109.8 120.7 81.7 31.5 5.2
1991 ... 67.0 52.8 109.0 118.8 80.5 31.8 5.2
1992 ... 66.5 51.8 108.2 118.4 81.4 32.2 5.7
Black\2\
1950 /1. 137.3 163.5 242.6 173.8 112.6 64.3 21.2
1960 /1. 153.6 158.2 294.2 214.6 135.6 74.2 22.0
1970 ... 115.4 140.7 202.7 136.3 79.6 41.9 12.5
1980 ... 84.7 97.8 140.0 103.9 59.9 23.5 5.6
1985 ... 78.8 95.4 135.0 100.2 57.9 23.9 4.6
1990 ... 86.8 112.8 160.2 115.5 68.7 28.1 5.5
1991 ... 85.2 115.5 160.9 113.1 67.7 28.3 5.5
1992 ... 83.2 112.4 158.0 111.2 67.5 28.8 5.6
American Indian\2\
1980 ... 82.7 82.2 143.7 106.6 61.8 28.1 8.2
1985 ... 78.6 79.2 139.1 109.6 62.6 27.4 6.0
1990 ... 76.2 81.1 148.7 110.3 61.5 27.5 5.9
1991 ... 75.1 85.0 144.9 106.9 61.9 27.2 5.9
1992 ... 75.4 84.4 145.5 109.4 63.0 28.0 6.1
Asian or Pacific Islander\2\
1980 ... 73.2 26.2 93.3 127.4 96.0 38.3 8.5
1985 ... 68.4 23.8 83.6 123.0 93.6 42.7 8.7
1990 ... 69.6 26.4 79.2 126.3 106.5 49.6 10.7
1991 ... 67.6 27.4 75.2 123.2 103.3 49.0 11.2
1992 ... 67.2 26.6 74.6 121.0 103.0 50.6 11.0
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/1/ Data include ''other races''.
/2/ Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
NOTE: Data before 1980 are based on race of child; data for later years are based on race of mother. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data are not available for some racial categories in all years.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States to 1975. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, various years; and Vital Statistics of the United States, vol. 1, Natality, 1986, and 1992.
[Indicator 5. Marriage and Divorce Rates]
[Indicator 7. Births to Unmarried Women, by Age and Race]
