Table 1.8a. Fertility rates, by race/ethnicity and age group of mother: Selected years, 1990 to 2005

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Table 1.8a. Fertility rates, by race/ethnicity and age group of mother: Selected years, 1990 to 2005

Age of mother	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
	1990
Total (ages 15–44)	70.9	68.3	86.8	107.7	69.6	76.2
15–19 years	59.9	50.8	112.8	100.3	26.4	81.1
20–24 years	116.5	109.8	160.2	181.0	79.2	148.7
25–29 years	120.2	120.7	115.5	153.0	126.3	110.3
30–34 years	80.8	81.7	68.7	98.3	106.5	61.5
35–39 years	31.7	31.5	28.1	45.3	49.6	27.5
40–44 years	5.5	5.2	5.5	10.9	10.7	5.9

	1995
Total (ages 15–44)	64.6	63.6	71.0	98.8	62.6	63.0
15–19 years	56.0	49.5	94.4	99.3	25.5	72.9
20–24 years	107.5	104.7	133.7	171.9	64.2	123.1
25–29 years	108.8	111.7	95.6	140.4	103.7	91.6
30–34 years	81.1	83.3	63.0	90.5	102.3	56.5
35–39 years	34.0	34.2	28.4	43.7	50.1	24.3
40–44 years	6.6	6.4	6.0	10.7	11.8	5.5

	2000
Total (ages 15–44)	65.9	65.3	70.0	95.9	65.8	58.7
15–19 years	47.7	43.2	77.4	87.3	20.5	58.3
20–24 years	109.7	106.6	141.3	161.3	60.3	117.2
25–29 years	113.5	116.7	100.3	139.9	108.4	91.8
30–34 years	91.2	94.6	65.4	97.1	116.5	55.5
35–39 years	39.7	40.2	31.5	46.6	59.0	24.6
40–44 years	8.0	7.9	7.2	11.5	12.6	5.7

	2005
Total (ages 15–44)	66.7	66.3	69.0	99.4	66.6	59.9
15–19 years	40.5	37.0	62.0	81.7	17.0	52.7
20–24 years	102.2	99.2	129.9	170.0	61.1	109.2
25–29 years	115.5	118.3	105.9	149.2	107.9	93.8
30–34 years	95.8	99.3	70.3	106.8	115.0	60.1
35–39 years	46.3	47.3	35.3	54.2	61.8	27.0
40–44 years	9.1	9.0	8.5	13.0	13.8	6.0

NOTE: Rates are number of live births per 1,000 women in specified age and racial or ethnic group. Race categories include persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Vital Statistics Reports: Vol. 51, no. 12, Revised Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s and New Rates for Hispanic Populations, 2000 and 2001: United States, tables 1 and 2; and Vol. 56, no. 6, Births: Final Data for 2005, tables 3 and 7.

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