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**Birth DataBirth Data Home | Description | New Report ReleasesNews Releases and Fact Sheets | Data HighlightsStatistical Tables on Births | Methods | Micro-dataPublications | Links to Related Sites | Search NCHS | Contact Us  ****Second release of tables from Vital Statistics of          the        United States,          1997, Part I, Natality**
**Description**
 

**New Report Releases**Births: Preliminary Data for        1999. Vol. 48, No. 14. 24 pp. (PHS) 2000-1120.**View/download PDF**170 KBVariations in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98: National and        State Trends.Vol. 48, No. 6. 14 pp.(PHS) 2000-1120.**View/download PDF**179 KB****Births: Final Data for 1998.        Vol. 48,        No. 3. 100 pp. (PHS) 2000-1120.**View/download PDF** 1,132 KBTrends in Pregnancies and        Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the United States, 1976-96. Series 21, No. 56.        60 pp.(PHS) 2000-1934**View/download PDF** 348 KB****
**News    Releases and Fact Sheets****New CDC Birth Report Shows Teen Birth Rates    Continue to Drop; Report Also Covers Key Aspects of Maternal and Infant Health**--Births:    Preliminary Data for 1999    (August 8, 2000)**State    Data on Teen Births Now Available**--Variations in Teenage Birth Rates,    1991-98:  National and State Trends(April 24, 2000)**Births in the    U.S. Increase for the First Time Since 1990**--Births: Final Data for 1998 (3/28/00)**U.S. Pregnancy Rate Lowest in Two Decades**--New Report Documents Trends in    Births, Abortions, and Miscarriages (2/11/00)**Attendant, Place, and Timing, and Use    of Obstetric Interventions** of U.S. Births Change Over Past Decade  (12/2/1999)**New Guide to Help Local Communities    Establish Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs**(10/25/1999)**AIDS Falls From Top Fifteen Causes of    Death;** Teen Births, Homicides Decline;    But no Change in Infant Mortality (10/5/99)

**Data    Highlights**Selected charts from: **National    Vital Statistics System**, Declines in Teenage Birth Rates, 1991-98: Update of    National State Trends, (PHS) 2000-1120 *(Click figure to view full size)**NVSR, Vol. 47, No. 26, Figure 3***View/Download PDF**    153KB**Teen pregnancy****Preliminary    number of live-births**    Table excerpted from the Births and Deaths: United States, 1998**View/download    PDF** 11KB****Preliminary number of live births: Each    division and State****    Table excerpted from the Births and Deaths: United States, 1998**View/download PDF** 14KB**Live Births, Birth rates, and Fertility Rates**    Table excerpted from the Report of Final Natality Statistics, 1997**View/download PDF** 13KB

**Statistical    Tables on Births****First release of tables from Vital Statistics of the    United States, 1997, Part I, Natality****Linked birth/infant death**Live birth by age of    mother and race: United States, 1933-98**View/download PDF** 368 KB**Live    Births by race and Hispanic origin of mother:**U.S., each State, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam**View/download PDF** 14KB**Live Births by State, County,    and Specified Urban Places**of 10,000 or more, 1997**View/download PDF** 529KB (300+ pages)
**Methods****Data processing****Public use data    files documentation**       1998    Technical Appendix**           View/download PDF** 314 KB       1997    Technical Appendix**           View/download PDF** 472 KB**1996 Natality File1996 Linked Birth/Infant Death1995    Natality File**

**Micro-data****Natality data**    (births)**Linked Birth and Infant Death****Maternal and Infant Health Survey**

**Publications****Special reports****National    Vital Statistics Reports** (NVSR) Births Preliminary Data    for 1999. NVSR Vol. 48, No. 14**News Release****View/download PDF** 170 KBDeclines in Teenage Birth    Rates,1991-98. Vol. 47, No. 26**News ReleaseView/download    PDF** 143 KBTeenage Birth Rates,****Vol. 47, No. 12**View/download PDF** 426 KBSmoking during pregnancy, NVSR Vol. 47, No. 10**View/download PDF** 188 KB

**Monthly Vital Statistics Reports**    (MVSR)Linked births/infant    deaths,** **MVSR Vol. 46,****No.    6s2**Fact Sheet****View/download PDF** 252KBTrends in Hispanic Births, MVSR Vol. 46,****No. 6s**View/download PDF** 282KBEducation, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 10s**View/download PDF** 255KBTeenage mothers,****MVSR Vol. 45,****No.    5s****View/download PDF**** 318KBCesarean sections, MVSR Vol. 45, No. 11s3)**View/download PDF** 193KBPregnancies, MVSR Vol. 43, No. 11s**View/download PDF** 226KB
**Vital and Health Statistics    Series 21 Reports**Trends in Pregnancies and    Pregnancy Rates by Outcome,    Series 21, No. 56**View/download PDF**    348 KBUnmarried mothers,****Series 21,****No. 53****View/download PDF**** 399KBTriplets, Series 21, No. 55**View/download PDF** 216KB
**Other publications**

**Links to Related Sites****DHHS Fatherhood Initiative****Teenage Pregnancy Links****Links to State Health Departments****Mortality data from the National Vital    Statistics Systems****Reproductive health links****National    Survey of Family Growth**

 

 

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