| All races2 |
| 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 |
| 1990 | 70.9 | 59.9 | 116.5 | 120.2 | 80.8 | 31.7 | 5.5 |
| 2000 | 65.9 | 47.7 | 109.7 | 113.5 | 91.2 | 39.7 | 8.0 |
| 2002 | 64.8 | 43.0 | 103.6 | 113.6 | 91.5 | 41.4 | 8.3 |
| White3 |
| 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 | 65.6 | 45.4 | 111.1 | 113.8 | 61.2 | 18.8 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 68.3 | 50.8 | 109.8 | 120.7 | 81.7 | 31.5 | 5.2 |
| 2000 | 65.3 | 43.2 | 106.6 | 116.7 | 94.6 | 40.2 | 7.9 |
| 2002 | 64.8 | 39.4 | 101.6 | 117.4 | 95.5 | 42.4 | 8.2 |
| White, non-Hispanic |
| 1990 | 62.8 | 42.5 | 97.5 | 115.3 | 79.4 | 30.0 | 4.7 |
| 2000 | 58.5 | 32.6 | 91.2 | 109.4 | 93.2 | 38.8 | 7.3 |
| 2002 | 57.4 | 28.5 | 84.3 | 109.3 | 94.4 | 40.9 | 7.6 |
| Black3 |
| 1960 | 153.5 | 156.1 | 295.4 | 218.6 | 137.1 | 73.9 | 21.9 |
| 1970 | 115.4 | 140.7 | 202.7 | 136.3 | 79.6 | 41.9 | 12.5 |
| 1980 | 84.9 | 97.8 | 140.0 | 103.9 | 59.9 | 23.5 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 86.8 | 112.8 | 160.2 | 115.5 | 68.7 | 28.1 | 5.5 |
| 2000 | 70.0 | 77.4 | 141.3 | 100.3 | 65.4 | 31.5 | 7.2 |
| 2002 | 65.8 | 66.6 | 127.1 | 99.0 | 64.4 | 31.5 | 7.4 |
| Hispanic |
| 1990 | 107.7 | 100.3 | 181.0 | 153.0 | 98.3 | 45.3 | 10.9 |
| 2000 | 95.9 | 87.3 | 161.3 | 139.9 | 97.1 | 46.6 | 11.5 |
| 2002 | 94.4 | 83.4 | 164.3 | 139.4 | 95.1 | 47.8 | 11.5 |
| American Indian3, 4 |
| 1980 | 82.7 | 82.2 | 143.7 | 106.6 | 61.8 | 28.1 | 8.2 |
| 1990 | 76.2 | 81.1 | 148.7 | 110.3 | 61.5 | 27.5 | 5.9 |
| 2000 | 58.7 | 58.3 | 117.2 | 91.8 | 55.5 | 24.6 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | 58.0 | 53.8 | 112.6 | 91.8 | 56.4 | 25.4 | 5.8 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander3 |
| 1980 | 73.2 | 26.2 | 93.3 | 127.4 | 96.0 | 38.3 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 69.6 | 26.4 | 79.2 | 126.3 | 106.5 | 49.6 | 10.7 |
| 2000 | 65.8 | 20.5 | 60.3 | 108.4 | 116.5 | 59.0 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 64.1 | 18.3 | 60.4 | 105.4 | 109.6 | 56.5 | 12.5 |
| 1Rates computed by relating total births to all females to the population of females ages 15 to 44 years. |
| 2For 1960–1990, includes births to races not separately shown. |
| 3Includes persons of Hispanic origin. |
| 4Includes births to Native Alaskans. |
| 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. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1997, Volume I, Natality; and National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 49, nos. 1, 5; Vol. 50, no. 10; Vol. 51, no. 4; Vol. 52, no. 10. |
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