Birth rates for females 15 to 29 years old by marital status, age group, and race/ethnicity of mother: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

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Table 7.	Birth rates for females 15 to 29 years old by marital status, age group, and race/ethnicity of mother: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

	Number of live births per 1,000 females						Number of live births per 1,000 unmarried females
Year and race/ethnicity	Ages 15–19		Ages 20–24		Ages 25–29		Ages 15–19		Ages 20–24		Ages 25–29
Total
1980	53.0		115.1		112.9		27.6		40.9		34.0
1990	59.9		116.5		120.2		42.5		65.1		56.0
1995	56.0		107.5		108.8		43.8		68.7		54.3
2000	47.7		109.7		113.5		39.0		72.2		58.5
2005	40.5		102.2		115.5		34.5		74.9		71.1
2006	41.9		105.9		116.7		36.2		79.5		74.9
2007	42.5		106.3		117.5		37.4		80.6		76.9
2008	41.5		103.0		115.1		37.0		79.2		76.1
2009	39.1		96.3		110.5		―		―		―

White, non-Hispanic
1980	45.4	¹	111.1	¹	113.8	¹	16.5	¹	25.1	¹	21.5	¹
1990	42.5		97.5		115.3		25.0		36.4		30.3
1995	39.3		90.2		105.1		27.7		43.9		34.4
2000	32.6		91.2		109.4		24.7		47.0		36.9
2005	25.9		81.4		109.1		20.9		49.1		45.0
2006	26.6		83.4		109.1		21.6		51.6		47.7
2007	27.2		83.2		108.6		22.6		52.3		49.2
2008	26.7		80.7		106.0		22.4		51.6		49.1
2009	25.6		76.7		102.6		―		―		―

Black, non-Hispanic
1980	97.8	¹	140.0	¹	103.9	¹	87.9	¹	112.3	¹	81.4	¹
1990	116.2		165.1		118.4		106.0	¹	144.8	¹	105.3	¹
1995	97.2		137.8		98.5		91.2	¹	124.6	¹	82.3	¹
2000	79.2		145.4		102.8		75.0	¹	129.0	¹	85.9	¹
2005	60.9		126.8		103.0		60.6	¹	120.7	¹	93.8	¹
2006	63.7		133.2		107.1		63.5	¹	126.0	¹	96.9	¹
2007	64.2		133.6		107.5		64.1		126.5	¹	98.3	¹
2008	62.8		130.6		105.7		63.0		125.6		96.3
2009	59.0		123.8		101.9		―		―		―

Hispanic
1980	―		―		―		―		―		―
1990	100.3		181.0		153.0		65.9		129.8		131.7
1995	99.3		171.9		140.4		73.2		135.8		122.3
2000	87.3		161.3		139.9		68.5		130.5		121.6
2005	81.7		170.0		149.2		68.0		150.4		153.5
2006	83.0		177.0		152.4		70.6		164.7		163.3
2007	81.8		178.6		155.7		71.0		166.8		167.8
2008	77.5		170.7		152.6		68.8		156.2		62.0
2009	70.1		151.2		145.0		―		―		―

Asian/Pacific Islander
1980	26.2		93.3		127.4		―		―		―
1990	26.4		79.2		126.3		―		―		―
1995	25.5		64.2		103.7		―		―		―
2000	20.5		60.3		108.4		15.2		24.2		25.4
2005	17.0		61.1		107.9		13.1		29.7		35.1
2006	17.0		63.2		108.4		13.4		31.4		34.5
2007	16.9		65.5		118.0		13.6		33.4		38.5
2008	16.2		64.4		120.1		13.3		33.8		41.6
2009	14.6		57.5		110.5		―		―		―

American Indian/Alaska Native
1980	82.2		143.7		106.6		―		―		―
1990	81.1		148.7		110.3		―		―		―
1995	72.9		123.1		91.6		―		―		―
2000	58.3		117.2		91.8		―		―		―
2005	52.7		109.2		93.8		―		―		―
2006	55.0		115.4		97.8		―		―		―
2007	59.3		116.8		96.4		―		―		―
2008	58.4		115.6		94.4		―		―		―
2009	55.5		109.1		90.8		―		―		―

― Not available.

¹ Includes persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

NOTE: Number of live births per 1,000 females includes births to unmarried females. Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity unless noted otherwise. Data for 2009 were preliminary for females overall and not available for unmarried females by age.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 59, no. 1, Births: Final Data for 2008, released December, 2010 and Vol. 59, no. 3. Births: Preliminary Data for 2009, released December 21, 2010.