Data from the

NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM

Birth andFertility Rates

for States andMetropolitanAreas

United States

A presentation of birth and fertility rates for geographic divisions,

States, and selected standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA’S)

and cities during the years 1969-71. Discusses differences in rates

by place of residence according to birth characteristics (age of

mother, live-birth order, race, and legitimacy status). Rates are also

shown for specified racizd or national origin groups and for native

and foreign-born women.

DHEW Publication No. (HRA) 78-1905

Series 21

Number 27

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

Public Health Service

Health Resources Administration

National Center for Health Statistics

Hyattsville, Md. September 1977
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Spratley, Ernell.

Birth and fertility rates for States and metropolitan areas.

(Vital and health statistics: Series 21, Data from the National Vital Statistics System;

no. 27) DHEW publication; no. (HRA) 78-1905

“Birth and fertility rates for geographic divisions, States, and selected standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA’S) and cities during the years 1969-7 1.“

Supt. of Dots. no.: HE 20.6209:21/27

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II. Series: United States. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and health statistics:

Series 21, Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Data on natality, marriage, and

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ISBN 0-8406 -0101-8 77-608130
NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS

DOROTHY P. RICE, Director

ROBERT A. ISRAEL, Deputy Director

JACOB J. FELDMAN, Ph.D., Associate Director for Analysis

GAIL F. FISHER, Associate Director for the Cooperative Health Statistics System

ELIJAH L. WHITE, Associate Director for Data Systems

JAMES T. BAIRD, JR., Ph.D., Associate Director for International S tatistics

ROBERT C. HUBER, Associate Director for Management

MONROE G. SIRKEN, Ph.D., Associate Director for Mathematical S tatistics

PETER L. HURLEY, Associate Director for Operations

JAMES M. ROBEY, Ph.D., Associate Director for Program Development

PAUL E. LEAVERTON, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research

ALICE HAYWOOD, Information Officer

DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

JOHN E. PATTERSON, Director

ALICE M. HETZEL, Deputy Director

ROBERT L. HEUSER, M.A., Chief, Natality Statistics Branch

RITA U. HOFFMAN, Chief, Pro~umnzing Branch

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Vital and Health Statistics-Series 21-No. 27

DHEW Publication No. (HRA) 78-1905

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 77-608130
CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SurnmaryofFhiings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Specified Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NativityofMother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Illegitimacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Place of Residence ...,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GeographicDivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The50Largcst SMSA’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Specified RaccorNational Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NativityofMother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Illegitimacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reporting States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SMSA’sof500,0000rMore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ListofDetailedTables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix: Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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standardmetropolitanstatisticrd -areaswithpopulationsof 500,0000rmore, 1970-71 average . .

LISTOFTEXTFIGURES

1. Birth rates by age of mother and race for the United States amd the 50 largest SMSA’S,

1970-71 average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Birth rates by live-birth order and race for the United States and the 50 largest SMSA’S,

1970-71 average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Bfi mtes by age ofmother and race inside and outside central cities ofthe50kgest SMSA’S:

UnitedStates, 1970-71average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Bhrates byageandnativity ofmother: United States, 1970-71average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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BIRTH AND FERTILITY RATES

FOR STATES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS

Ernell Spratley, Division of Vital Statista”cs

INTRODUCTION

This report presents average birth and fertility rates for geographic divisions, States, and

selected standard metropolitan statistical areas

(SMSA’S) and cities for the years 1969-71.

AvaiIability of detailed population data from the

1970 Decennial Census made it possible to

expand and supplement the rates that have

previously been published for these years in

Vital Statistics of the United States, Vol. I,

Natality.

Birth statistics presented in this report, with

the exception of those concerned with illegitimacy, are based on information obtained from

the birth certificates of the 50 States and the

District of Columbia. Illegitimacy data refer

only to those States reporting legitimacy status

on the birth certificates. Microfilm copies of all

birth records were sent to the National Center

for Health Statistics where a 50-percent sample

of records was seIected.

All rates shown in this report, except those

for SMSA’S and those according to the mother’s

nativity, are averages of data for the 3 years

1969-71. Birth data for SMSA’S during 1969 are

based on the 1960 definition of SMSA’S, and

data for 1970-71 are based on the 1970 definition of these areas. Because of this change in

definition, rates for SMSA’S were limited to an

average of data for 1970 and 1971. Data on

births according to place of birth of mother

were unavailable for 1969 so rates according to

the mother’s nativity were restricted to an

average for 1970 and 1971.

The rates shown in this report include the

following: birth rates by age of mother and by

live-birth order for the United States, each of

the nine geographic divisions (as defined by the

U.S. Bureau of the Census), each State, and the

50 largest SMSA’S; birth rates by age of mother

for the central city or cities of these SMSA’S and

the area outside of the central cities; illegitimacy

rates by age of mother for States reporting

legitimacy status and for SkfSA’s with populations of 500,000 or more entirely within States

reporting Iegitimac y status; birth and fertility

rates for specified racial or national origin

groups; and birth rates by age of mother

according to the mother’s nativity. AU tabulations show data by race.

The measures of fertility used in this

report-birth rate, general fertility rate, agespecific birth rates, and total fertility rate—are

defined in the appendix.

There have been sharp declines in fertility

since the years for which data are presented in

this report. Comparison of data on birth and

fertility rates for the United States during

1969-71 with data for 1975 shows that the birth

rate has dropped 17 percent to 14.8 births per

1,000 population and that the fertility rate has

declined 22 percent, reaching an alltime Iow of

66.7 births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age.

The decline of the birth rate in recent years

has been general, affecting each geographic
division and all States except Utah. Between

1969-71 and 1975 the declines in birth rates for

States ranged from 1 to 30 percent.

At the national level, the declines in agespecific fertility have been greatest for older

women. During the period from 1969-71 to

1975 birth rates for women in the age groups

35-39 through 45-49 declined 38 to 43 percent.

Substantial decreases during this period have

also occurred for women in the peak childbearing age groups (20-24 and 25-29 years);

these declines amounted to 30 and 22 percent,

respectively.

Population data have not been available in

sufficient detail for divisions, States, and

SMSA’S during intercensal years to allow the

calculation of age-race-specific rates as shown in

this report. Moreover, births for SMSA’S during

the years since 1970 are classified according to

the 1970 definition of these areas and, therefore, may not be comparable to the intercensal

estimates of population of these areas, which are

classified according to a current definition.

Hence, data are not available to update the

measures of fertiIity for geographic areas below

the national level as are shown in this report, so

it is not possible to determine how the changes

in fertility evident for the country as a whole

compare with changes for specific smaller areas.

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

Residence

Birth rates and fertility rates for four of the

nine geographic divisions were below the

national averages during 1969-71 and those for

five divisions exceeded national levels. Birth

rates for the divisions ranged from 91 to 113

percent of the national average of 17.9 births

per 1,000 population, and fertility rates varied

from 92 to 111 percent of the national average

of 85.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44

(table 1).

There is greater variability among the divisions in the age-sex distribution of the Negro

population than of the white population. As a

result, there is less correspondence for the Negro

population between the relative standing of the

divisions with respect to their ranks according to

birth rates amd ranks according to fertility rates.

The pattern of birth rates by age of mother

was similar for all divisions and both major racial

gToups (table 2).

Although birth rates for States within some

divisions such as the West North Central and

East North Central were very similar, in other

divisions individual State rates were qu~ite diverse. In the South Atlantic Division the rates

varied from 16.7 (Florida) to 20.4 (Georgia) and

in the Pacific Division rates ranged from 16.3

(Oregon) to 24.1 (Alaska). The ranges of State

birth rates and fertility rates in relation to the

national averages were somewhat wider than the

ranges for divisions. State birth rates ranged

from 88 through 139 percent of the national

birth rate and fertility rates ranged from 91

through 134 percent of the comparable national

rate. States with relatively high and low fertility

rates were not always the same for white women

as for Negro women. Even in divisions where the

rates for both groups were generally high or low

there was considerable variation in the ranking

of States for the two racial groups.

The average birth rate for 1970-71 was

slightly lower for the 50 largest SMSA’S combined than for the United States as a whole

(17.5 compared with 17.9). The difference in

the birth rates between these two areas was

greater for the white population than for the

Negro population. Fertility rates for all women

as well as for ‘each racial group were 5 to 6

percent higher for the United States as a whole

than for these metropolitan areas.

Birth rates and fertility rates were somewhat

higher for persons living inside the central cities

of the 50 largest SMSA’S than for those living

outside the central cities. While the difference in

birth rates was nearly the same for the white and

Negro populations living inside and outside

central cities (5 and 7 percent, respectively),

there was a difference of 8 percent in white

fertility rates compared with a 2-percent difference in the Negro fertility rates (table 4).

The magnitude of these differences for both

racial groups is influenced by the age-sex, distribution of the population in these areas. The

total fertility rate controls for these differences,

and it can be seen that for both racial groups the

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differences in this measure between women

living inside and outside central cities were less

than 1 percent.

The traditionally wide difference in agespecific fertility noted between women living in

central cities and those living in areas surrounding central cities is not evident in the data shown

in this report. Although other vital statistics data

are not available to evaluate this apparent

reduction in the differential, data from the U.S.

Bureau of the Census indicate that between

1960 and 1970 the difference between numbers

of children under 5 yetus of age per 1,000

women of childbearing ages for women living in

central cities and those living in the urban fringe

declined for most age-color groups.

Specified Race

American Indians generally maintained the

highest levels of fertility of any specific racial or

national origin group in the United States;

Japanese women maintained the lowest. In

1970 the fertility rate for American Indian

women was 32 percent higher than the rate for

Negro women who had the second highest rate.

The rate for Japanese women was 66 percent

below the rate for American Indian women and

39 percent below the rate for white women who

generally maintained the second lowest rates in

the country (table 7).

Nativity of Mother

The average fertility rate during 1970-71 for

women born outside the United States was 32

percent higher than the rate for native women

(1 11.5 compared with 84.5). The difference

according to nativity was slightiy greater for

Negro women than for white women. The rate

for foreign-born Negro women exceeded that for

native Negro women by 41 percent; the difference for white women was 36 percent (table 8).

.

Illegitimacy

Illegitimacy rates–births per 1,000 unmarried

women aged 15-44 years—for States reporting

legitimacy status were quite diverse for both

major racial groups. States with the highest and

lowest rates were generally different for white

and Negro women. Rates for unmarried Negro

women were higher than rates for unmarried

white women in all reporting States, ranging

from 2 to 12 times higher (table 9).

The illegitimacy rate for the total of SMSA’S

of 500,000 or more located entirely within

reporting States was 10 percent higher than the

rate for the total of the reporting States (see

table A).

PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Geographic Divisions

Comparison of birth rates and fertility rates

for the nine geographic divisions with national

averages for 1969-71 showed that rates for four

divisions were beIow the national averages and

rates for five divisions exceeded the national

levels. Birth rates vaned from 91 to 113 percent

of the national average of 17.9 births per 1,000

population, and fertility rates varied from 92 to

111 percent of the national average of 85.5

births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years.

The ranking of the nine geographic divisions

according to fertility rates for dl women and

white women was nearly the same as the ranking

according to birth rates as shown by the rank

order correlations (r) of 0.97 and 0.93, respectively. For Negro births, however, the rank of

the divisions according to fertility rates varied

considerably from the rank by birth rates (r =

0.64), reflecting the greater variability that

exists among divisions in the age-sex distribution

of the Negro population than of the white

population. When rates for the Negro population

in each of the divisions were adjusted to reflect

an age-sex distribution that is the same as that of

the white population, much of the difference in

the ranks of the birth and fertility rates disappeared, and the correlation increased to 0.90.

The effects of variations in population composition can be seen by comparing birth and

fertility rates for the Negro populations in the

MiddIe Atlantic and West South Central Divisions (tabIe 1). The birth rates for these divisions

were virtually the same, but the fertility rate for

the West South Central Division was 16 percent

higher than for the Middle Atlantic. This is

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because women in the childbearing ages (15-44

years) comprised a smaller proportion of the

total population in the West South Central

Division (20.7 percent) than those in the Middle

Atlantic Division (23.9 percent). Although the

women -of the West South Central Division had a

higher average number of births, they could

maintain the birth rate of the total population

only at the level of the Middle Atlantic Division.

The use of age-specific birth rates as comparative measures of fertility among the divisions provides the most control for the age

differences in the populations and thus allows

for more detailed analysis of differences in

fertility levels for these areas.

The pattern of birth rates by age of mother

was similar for all divisions. The greatest disparity among the divisions for white women is

found among rates for women under 20. For the

age group 15-19 the highest rate exceeded the

lowest by 95 percent. In contrast, for Negro

women differences between the divisions were

relatively greater for older women. The largest

difference was for the age group 40-44 years,

where the highest rate was 116 percent greater

than the lowest rate. Differences between the

divisions were smallest for women at the peak

childbearing ages (20-29 years) for both racial

groups (table 2).

There was little difference between the

divisions in the pattern of birth rates by livebirth order. However, there were substantial

differences in the level of these rates for some

birth orders. The largest differences between the

divisions in these rates were at the highest

orders. For white women the highest rate for

eighth and higher order births was 171 percent

greater than the lowest rate. The difference

between the divisions for this birth order was

even greater for Negro rates for which the

highest rate was nearly four times as great as the

lowest (table 3).

States

The highest average birth rates for the 3-year

period 1969-71 were in Utah (24.8) and Alaska

(24.1); Pennsylvania had the lowest rate (15.8).

Of the remaining States and District of Columbia, 24 areas had rates above the national

average of 17.9 and 23 areas had rates below this

average; the rate for one area equaled the

average (table 1). State birth rates were from 88

through 139 percent of the national birth rate.

Although rates for States within some divisions

such as the West North Central and East North

Central were very similar, in other divisions

individual State rates were quite diverse. For

example, in the South Atlantic Division the rates

varied from 16.7 (Florida) to 20.4 (Georgia),

and in the Pacific Division rates ranged from

16.3 (Oregon) to 24.1 (Alaska).

Since the birth rate is affected by population

composition, notably the proportions of women

in childbearing ages, differences in the birth

rates by State are affected to some degree by

differences in these proportions. For example,

the higher proportion of women in childbearing

ages in Alaska and Georgia (21.9 percent) than

in Florida (14.9 percent) and Oregon (20.7

percent) favored higher birth rates in the former

States.

States with relatively high and low fertility

rates were not necessady the same for white

women as for Negro women; the rank order

correlation between these two groups was 0.51.

Even in divisions where the rates for both gToups

were generally high or low, there was considerable variation in the ranking of States for

the two racial groups. One example of this is the

State of West Virginia, located in the South

Atlantic Division where rates were relatively low

for both groups. This State ranked 34 in the

order of white rates from lowest to highest,

while for Negro rates it was the second lowest of

all States.

As can be seen from table 2, the pattern of

birth rates by age of mother for each State and

the District of Columbia generally was the same

as that for the United States as a whole, with

the lowest rates at the extremes of the childbearing ages and the highest rates for women

20-24 years of age. These rates also show that in

the majority of States the rate of childbearing

was higher for Negro women throughout the

childbearing ages except for ages 25-29 years,

where rates were lower for Negro women..
The 50 Largest SMSA’S

The average birth rate for 1970-71 was

slightly lower for the 50 largest SMSA’S (17.5)

than for the United States (17.9). The difference

in the rates for these areas was greater for the

white population than for the Ne~o population.

The average birth rate for the white population

in these metropolitan areas was 16.2 compared

with 16.9 in the entire United States. The rates

for the Negro population were about the same,

25.3 for the SMSA’S and 25.2 for the United

States. Comparison of the two areas with respect

to the rate of childbearing, for all women as well

as by race, shows that fertility rates were 5 to 6

percent higher for the United States as a whole

than for these metropolitan areas.

For the Negro population, the nearly equal

birth rates for the United States and these

SMSA’S, despite a lower fertiIit y rate in the

SMSA’S, is explained by the difference in the

proportion of women in childbearing ages; the

childbearing population was a larger proportion

of the total Negro population in the SMSA’S

(23.2 percent compared with 22.0 in the United

States). Therefore, even with their lower rate of

childbearing they maintained a birth rate for the

total population within the SMSA’S at nearly the

same level as that for the United States.

Among the 50 largest SMSA’S shown in table

4 the highest average birth rate (23.2) and

fertility rate (108.5) were in the San Antonio,

Tex., SMSA and the lowest rates (14.2 and 69.3)

were in Patterson-Clifton-Passaic, N.J. Moreover,

differences between the fertility rates for white

and Negro women were smallest and largest in

these two SMSA’s-in the San Antonio SMSA

the fertility rate for Negro women was 2 percent

higher than the rate for white women, and in the

Patterson-Clifton-Passaic SMSA it was 86 percent higher.

Birth rates by age of mother for the 50

largest SMSA’S are shown in table 5. The levels

of fertility in these SMSA’S were within 3

percent of the levels for the entire United States

in the age groups 25-29 through 35-39 years

while for other age groups the differences were 8

percent or more. For white women the rates

were closest (within 2 percent) for the 25-29-

and 35-39-year age groups, but for Negro

women they were closest for those in the age

groups under 20 (see figure 1).

The pattern of birth rates by live-birth order

and race for the United States and the 50 Iargest

SMSA’S are illustrated in figure 2. For both

racial groups, rates at each birth order were

higher for the United States than for the

metropolitan areas. However, differences were

greater for white women than for Negro women

at all birth orders except the sixth and the

eighth and higher orders. Birth rates by live-birth

order for each of the 50 largest SMSA’S are

shown in table 6.

Inside and outside central cities. —There are

considerable differences between the population

inside central cities and outside central cities of

the SMSA’S with regard to race, sex, and age

composition. Therefore comparison of data for

these areas among individual SMSA’S could Iead

to different conclusions depending on the measure of fertility and controk that are used.

Comparison of the birth rates, fertility rates, and

total fertility rates by race for persons living

inside and outside the central cities of the 50

largest SMSA’S illustrates this point.

Birth rates and fertility rates were somewhat

higher for those persons Iiving inside the central

cities of the 50 largest ShlSA’s than for those

living outside of central cities. While the differences in birth rates inside and outside central

cities were nearly the same for the white and

Negro populations (5 and 7 percent, respectively), there was a difference of 8 percent in the

white fertility rates compared with 2 percent in

the Negro fertility rates. These differences reflect the fact that white women in childbearing

ages constituted a larger proportion of the total

population outside of the centrzd cities than inside; for Negro women the reverse was true. The

differences in the fertility rates for white and

Negro women living inside and outside of centraJ

cities are influenced by the age distribution

within the childbearing population of both

groups. Among white women in the childbearing

ages, the proportion at the ages of peak fertility

(20-24 years) was higher inside central cities–

23.4 percent compared with 18.1 percent

outside central cities—favoring a much higher

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fertility rate; comparable proportions for Negro

women were more similar— 19.9 compared with

18.7 percent. The total fertility rate may be

used to control for these differences within the

childbearing population. For both racial groups

the differences in the total fertility rates between women living inside and outside central

cities were less than 1 percent.

Although there was virtually no difference in

the total fertility rates for either white or Negro

women between those living inside and those

living outside central cities, for ail women

combined the rate was 7 percent higher for

women inside central cities. This is explained by

racial differences in the composition of the

childbearing population. In the central cities

Negro women comprised 26 percent of the

childbearing poptdation, but outside central

cities only 5 percent. Therefore, Negro women

exerted greater influence on the rates for all

women inside central cities than outside central

cities, causing the former to be higher.

Although birth rates for women under 20

years of age and women 30 years of age and over

were generally higher inside central cities than

outside central cities, rates for women at the

ages of peak fertility (20-24 years and 25-29

years) were 1 and 10 percent lower. This pattern

was the same for white women whose peak rates

were 8 percent lower in the central cities.

However, for Negro women rates were higher

inside central cities only for women under 20

years of age (figure 3).

Differences between age-specific birth rates

for women living inside central cities and women

living in the surrounding areas are not as

substantial as has been traditionally noted.

Other vital statistics data are not available to

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Figure 2. Birth rates by live-birth order and race for the United States and the 50 largest SMSA’S, 1970-71 average.

evaluate this apparent reduction in the differential. Howeve;~ data from the Bureau of the

Census show that between 1960 and 1970 the

difference between the number of children

under 5 years of age per 1,000 women in

childbearing ages for women living in central

cities and those living in the urban fringe

declined for most age-color groups.1,2

SPECIFIED RACE OR

NATIONAL ORIGIN

Birth and fertility rates for specified racial

groups during census years from 1940 to 1970

are shown in table 7. Drawing inferences from

comparison of these rates either interracially or

from decade to decade is difficult due to

differences in the age-sex composition of the

populations involved as well as certain incomparabilities of the data from one decade to the

next, as will be discussed.

Rates for 1940 and 1950 are computed for

births occurring in the 48 conterminous States

and the District of Columbia. The inclusion of

births in Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1960

affects the comparability with previous decades

due to the considerable concentration of

Chinese, Japanese, and other races in these two

States; over half of the “other races” resided in

7
—

—

300

200

100

80

60

40

20

10

8

6

4

2

1 —

1519

years

2024

years

25.29 30.34

years years

AGE OF MOTHER

EE

Ez2

ER

nllIl

White, insidecentral cities

White, outside central cities

Negro, reside c?ntral cities

Negro, outside central cities

35.39

yean

40.44

years

Fiaure 3. Birth rates by age of mother and race inside and outside central cities of the 50 largest SMSA’S: United States, 1970-71

average.

Alaska and Hawaii during 1960. Therefore,

changes in the rates for other races between

1950 and 1960 were in part due to the inclusion

of this group. In 1950 the number of births

among Hawaiians and Part-Hawaiians in Hawaii

alone was almost twice the number of births to

other races in the conterminous United States;

the birth rate for these residents of Hawaii

(43.7) was more than twice that of the latter

group.

A second factor is that rates for years prior

to 1960 are adjusted for underregistration while

rates for 1960 and 1970 are based on registered

births. The estimated underregistration varies

among races, and according to results from the

1950 test of birth registration completeness, the

underregistration was greatest for Amefican

Indian births. Consequently, part of the decreases in the rates shown between 1950 and

1960 may be due to the discontinuance of

adjustment for underregistration.

Thirdly, there was an artificial increase in

the American Indian census population between

1950 and 1960 because of the fact that a group

of persons of mixed white, Negro, and American Indian ancestry in the eastern section of the

country were classified as “other races” in the

1950 census and were classified as American

Indian in the 1960 census. They were classified

in birth statistics as American Indian in both

1950 and 1960.

Despite these strictures, it can be seen that

American Indians generally maintained the

highest levels of fertility of any specified race or

national origin group in the United States. In

1970 the fertility rate for women in this group
was 31 percent higher than the rate for Negro

women, who had the second highest rate.

Japanese women generally maintained the

lowest IeveIs of fertility with a fertility rate in

1970 that was 66 percent below the rate for

American Indiam women and 39 percent below

the rate for white women, who maintained the

second lowest rates in the country in all years

except 1970.

NATIVITY OF MOTHER

The average fertility rate for 1970-71 for

women born outside the United States was 32

percent higher than the comparable rate for

native women. The difference according to

nativity was slightly greater for Negro women

than for white women (table 8 and figure 4).

The rate for foreign-born Negro women was 41

percent higher than for native Negro women,

while for white women the difference was 36

percent.

Rates for native white women were lower

than the rates for foreign-born white women for

all age groups. In contrast, the rates for native

Negro women under 20 years of age were

substantially higher than those for foreign-born

Negro women of comparable ages–136 percent

for women under 15 and 38 percent for women

15-19 years of age. For all other ages the rates

were lower for the native Negro women.

ILLEGITIMACY

Data on illegitimacy m-e availabIe only for

States reporting illegitimacy status on their birth

certificates. There were 38 States and the

District of Columbia reporting this information

for all 3 years, 1969-71 (table 9). Illegitimacy

data are shown for an SMSA only if it is located

3W

200

100

80

60

40

20

10

8

6

4

2

1

1519

years

~ White,rmive

~ Whw,foreign.born

n

Negro, nat!ve

~ Negro, forei@mm

2024

years

2529 3034

years years

AGE OF MOTHER

35.39

wars

40-?4

years

—

Figure 4. Birth rates by age and nativity of mother: United States, 1970-71 average.

9
entirely within States that report legitimacy

status. An SMSA located in two or three States,

one of which does not report this information, is

excluded from the tabulation. The measure of

illegitimacy used in this report is the illegitimacy

rate, a measure of the “risk” that an unmarried

women will bear an illegitimate child. This is the

number of illegitimate births per 1,000 unmarried women 15-44 years of age.

Reporting States

Illegitimacy rates for States reporting legitimacy status were quite diverse, even within

geographic divisions (table 9). Moreover, States

with the highest and lowest rates were generzdly

different for white and Negro women. Rates for

white women were highest in Arizona (19.4),

Wyoming (18.8), and Hawaii (18.7), and lowest

in Alabama (8.3), New Jersey (8.9), and Mississippi and Utah (9.3). In contrast, the highest

rates for Negro women were in Wyoming

(201.3), Delaware (133.4), and North Dakota

(133.3), and the lowest rates for this group were

in South Dakota (24.5), Hawaii (35.0), and

Maine (45.2).

For white women, very little of the difference between the States with the highest and

lowest rates is accounted for by differences in

the distribution of unmarried women by age.

Even when the rates for white women in

Arizona, Wyoming, and Hawaii are adjusted to

reflect an age distribution for unmarried women

in childbearing ages, which is the same as that in

Alabama, the rates for those three States remain

twice as high.

The population of unmarried Negro women

15-44 years of age is relatively small in most of

the States with the extreme rates. Therefore

these rates should be interpreted with caution.

Moreover, due to the erratic F~ttern of the

age-specific rates in these States, adjustment for

population differences through standardization

is not feasible.

Rates for unmarried Negro women 15-44

years of age were higher than the rates for

unmarried white women in all reporting States,

ranging from 2 to 12 times higher.

With few exceptions the “risk” of having an

illegitimate birth was greatest for women 20-24

years of age. The States in which this was not

true were located primarily in the New England

and North Central Divisions of the country. For

these States the greatest risk was for women

25-29 years of age.

SMSA’S of 500,000 or More

Illegitimacy rates for SMSA’S are shown only

for all women and Negro women since the

population data necessary for computing rates

for white women (numbers of unmarried women

by age) were unavailable. Negro illegitimacy

rates are shown only for those SMSA’S in which

the Negro population was 25,000 or more. The

population data necessary to compute these

rates were unavailable for SMSA’S in which the

Negro population was less than 25,000.

Illegitimacy rates for 1970-71 were lower for

the total of all States reporting legitimacy status

than for the SMSA’S with a population of

500,000 or more located entirely within these

States, as shown in table A. This was true for

both the total and the Negro populations.

Examination of the rates by age group shows

that among older women the reverse was true–

Table A. I Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race: I-otal of

38 reporting States and the District of Columbia and

standard metropolitan statistical areas with populations of

500,000 or more, 1970-71

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Illegitimacy rates per

1,000 unmarried women residing in area for specified

group. Refers only to illegitimate births occurring within

reporting areas to residents of the areas]

Total

I

Negro

Age of mother

Re- Report- SMSA’S

porting

SMSA’S ing

States States

I

Illegitimacy rate

1544 yearsl .... 27.2 29.9 101.5 108.3

1519 years ................ 23.9 27.6 102.6 114.4

20-24 years ................ 40,4 42.7 145.4 155.7

25-29 years ................ 36.3 36.6 101.7 105.0

30-34 vears ................ 24.7 25.0 69.4 68.7

35-44 ~ears2 .............. 7.8 7.5 23.3 I

21.9

lRate~ computed by relating all illegitimate births regardless of age of mother to unmarried women aged 15-44 years.

2Rates ~omputed by relating illegitimatebirths to mothers

35 years and over to unm erried women aged 35-44 years.

10
for all women 35 years and over and Negro

women 30 years and over, the rates for the

SMSA’S were lower.

As can be seen from the data shown in table

10 the SMSA having the highest rate in 1970-71

for alI unmarried women was Memphis, Tenn.-

Ark. (59.8) and the lowest was AllentownBethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. (1 1.5). Of those

SMSA’S with rates for Negro women, the highest

rate was for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Fla.

(153.6) and the lowest was for Birmingham, AIa.

(69.9). The difference between the rates for

these areas remained nearly the same after

adjusting the rates to eliminate differences in the

distribution of unmarried women by age for

total and Negro women. Therefore these wide

variations are not attributable to differences in

the distribution of the popu.Iation “at risk.”

000

11
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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

LIST OF

Live births, birth rates, fertility rates, and total

average ...................................................................

DETAILED TABLES

Fertility rates, by race: United States, each division and State, 1969-71

Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race: United States, each division and State, 1969-71 average .........

Birth rates by live-birth order and race: United States, each division and State, 1969-71 average ................................. ............

Live births, birth rates, fertility rates, and total fertility rates, by race inside and outside central cities of the 50 largest

standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1970-71 average ....................................................................................

Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race inside and outside central cities of the 50 largest standard

metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1970-71 average ........................... ..................................... .. ................................

Birth rates by live-birth. order and race for the 50 largest standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1970-71

average ........................................................................................................................................... ........................... ................

Birth and fertility rates by specified race or national origin: United States, 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970 ..... ...........................

Birth rates by place of birth of mother, age of mother, and race of child: United States, 1970-71 ...........................................

Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race: 38 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1969-71 average ....................

Illegitimacy ratas by age of mother and race for standard metropolitan statistical areas of 500,000 or more: 38 reporting

States and the District of Columbia, 1970-71 average ......................... ............................................................................. .........

14

16

20

24

27

36

39

39

40

43

13
Table 1, Lwe births, birth rates, fertilmy rates, and mtal fertility rates, by race, United States, each divismn and State, 1969-71 average

[ Based on a 50-percent sample of buths. Birth rate

T,

Area

x 1,000 population residing m area for specifkd group. Fertrll

fertdity rates we the sums of birth rates by aze of mother mult

rates per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years m specified group.

ied by 5]

Birth rate Fertility rate Total fertilim te

Negro

Lwe births

Total

2,414.5

2,321,0

2,306.5

2,460.0

2,414.5

2,387.5

2,536.5

2,605.0

2,667.5

2,279.0

2,578.5

2,493.0

2,505.0

2,275.0

2,372.0

2,250.0,

2,290.0

2,348.0

2,308.5

2,441.0

2,457.0

2,448.5

2,509.0

2,442.0

2,428.0

2,439.0

2,384.5

2,670,5

2,725.5

2,457,5

2,313.0

2,414.0

2,227.0

2,129.5

2,303.0

2,463.5

2,368.5

2,637.0

2,520.0

2,429.5

2,485.5

2,338.5

2,537.0

2,987,5

2,544.5

2,685.0

2,346.0

2,646.5

Negro

—

Total Vegro

112.9

113.1

102.7

115.8

119.5

110.1

126.5

119.5

132.1

107.6

174.1

148,9

131,7

107.7

127.8

115.4

99.4

113.6

101.8

1081

114.5

120.3

117.4

129.3

132.0

125,3

116.8

163.8

169,1

122.9

123.2

123.2

98.1

94.4

101.6

95.5

109,5

115.8

116.4

124.0

115.0

114.6

119,0

148.5

136,1

121.8

121.1

113.9

Total Whtte

3,629,187

Whtte Afhtte

16,9

Uegro Total White

3,001,541 560,151 17.9 65.5 B1.6 2,317.5 3,032.5

. . _

2,293.5

2,242.5

2,380.5

2,363.5

2,222.5

2,310.5

2,488.0

2,5B7.O

2,212,0

2,558.0

2,483.0

2,505.5

2,255.0

2,324.5

2,190.5

2,230.5

2,245.0

2,258.5

2,388.6

2,404.5

2,309.5

2,425.0

2,405.5

2,412.0

2,426.0

2,264.0

2,591.0

2,550.5

2,422.5

2,266.0

2,267.0

2,120.0

1,241.5

2,184.5

2,448.5

2,190.0

2,289.5

2,319.5

2,231.0

2,439.5

2,201.0

2,271.5

2,385.5

2,302.5

2,414.E

2,202.(

2,599.?

2,991.0

2,854.0

3,123.5

3,177.5

2,905.0

3,446.5

3,194.5

3,515.0

2,880,0

4,345.0

4,045.0

3,753.0

2,837.5

3,391.5

3.058.0

2,783,0

3,116.5

2,788.0

2,892.0

3,108.5

3,258.0

3,128.5

3,376.5

3,431.5

3,200.0

3,135.0

4,505.5

4,628.0

3,182.5

3,224.5

3,170.5

2,597.0

2,484.5

2,743.5

2,698.5

2,877.5

3,098.0

3,039,0

3,314,5

3,055.0

3,015.0

3,299.0

4,142.0

3,737.0

3,300.5

3,178.5

3,020.0

194,103

607,404

729,864

276,658

561,691

245,062

382,446

167,437

464,520

17,608

13,152

8,060

91,432

15,323

48,527

304,254

116,714

186,436

193,370

96,318

198,688

166,616

74,660

65,629

46,883

78,362

10,666

11,580

25,344

37,152

10,169

67,810

14,708

84,112

30,319

95,784

51,977

93,746

113,062

59,494

71,206

66,119

48,239

35,055

74,094

44,360

228,936

162,048

504,740

622,638

254,662

404,730

179,349

303,468

152,608

397,285

17,336

13,000

6,018

86,118

14,405

43,171

247,036

95,266

162,417

169,218

67,038

156,985

139,362

70,033

63,737

45,729

66.924

10,022

10,197

23,913

34,136

8,oo3

51,448

2,056

65,088

29,008

67,853

32.760

63,796

04,716

54,096

56,078

44,220

24,954

26,258

46,25E

37,024

193,91?

10,443

97,130

102,075

17,726

152,030

64,823

74,424

4,945

36,552

90

78

21

4,529

706

5,018

53,461

20,590

23,078

23,218

8,946

39,774

26,232

3,903

982

870

12,045

77

46

1,084

2,620

2,080

15,547

12,472

18,281

1,196

26,208

19,011

29,596

27,636

5,237

14,916

21,614

23,054

8,699

27,568

4,185

33,971

16.4

16.3

16.1

17.0

18.3

19.1

19,8

20.2

17.5

17.7

17.B

18.1

16.1

16.2 !

16.0

16.7

16.3

15.8

18.2

18.5

17.9

16.8

16,9

17.2

16.6

17.0

17.3

17.4

17.1

16.5

18.6

173

19.4

18.1

17.4

18.8

20.1

20.4

16,7

185

18,1

19.2

21.8

18.2

203

173

204

16.0

15.3

17.2

16.4

16.8

17.6

18.8

19,6

16.6

17.6

17.7

18.1

15.7

15.7

15.2

15.6

16,0

15.1

17.5

18.1

16.4

17.8

16.4

17,1

16,4

16.0

16.7

16.2

16,7

16,1

17.2

16.1

9,6

17,3

17.3

17.4

183

18.8

14.8

16.1

170

17,5

17.9

16.6

18.2

16.2

20.0

26.9

24,6

26.4

25.4

23.8

25.2

24.7

27.4

24.1

32.1

31.1

28.0

25,8

27.9

27.7

24.6

26.7

22.7

23.9

25.0

27,9

26.5

30.4

28.2

26.7

25.1

31,0

28,3

27,!?

24,5

26.6

22.2

23.2

21.2

17.8

23.3

24,1

24.9

26,5

22,7

24.0

23.9

28.3

24,7

25,4

24:

24.2

804

79,0

86.9

84.7

86.3

91.6

94.1

96.3

82.0

89.9

68.2

86.6

78.4

82.2

77.6

79.4

79.3

78.2

86.1

86,4

863

89.0

84.2

84.7

84.5

84.2

89,4

90,6

85,7

82.3

66.0

79.5

81.1

63.1

85.5

86.3

93.1

93,5

85.8

90.0

M.8

91.2

107,6

92.4

96.7

85.0

95.6

79.0

75.8

83.5

82,5

79.6

83,2

89,4

92.4

79.7

89.1

87.8

88.6

77.2

80.3

74.7

76.4

74.6

75.6

83.9

86.5

60.5

85.2

82,4

83.9

83.8

80.1

86.5

84.4

84.1

60.3

79.7

75.0

44,2

78.9

65.0

79.1

83.6

85.6

77,9

88.1

78.2

61.6

85.7

83.6

66.2

79,6

93.4
Table 1. Lovebirths, birth rates, fertdmy rates, and total fermlny rates, by race Umted States, each dwmon and State, 1969-71 averege-Con.

[Based on a SO.percent sample of births. Birth rates per 1,000 p.ap.latio” residing m we. for specified group. Fertil

Total fertility rates are the sums of bwth rates by aze of mother mult

Lwe bmhs

Area

Total Whine

Mountain

Montana ................................................................... 12,240 11,141

ldaho ........................................................................ 14,136 13,794

WyOming .................................................................. 6,207 5,927

Colorado ........ ....... ............... ....... .. ............ .. .. ... 40,423 38.158

New Mex#co ............................................................. 2t,919 16,666

Arizona .................................................................... 36.784 31,240

Utah .................................... ..................................... 26,303 25,525

Nevada ..... ................................................................ 9,423 6,153

Pacific

WXhington ............................................................... 5s,445 54,127

Oregon ... . ..................................... .. ....... .... .. ...... 34,126 32,595

California .................................................. .... .. ..... 346,745 300,433

Alaska ...................................................................... 7,235 5,414

Hawa.i ...................................................................... 15,968 4,725

Nearo

62

41

74

1,549

528

1,482

171

936

1,920

636

33,574

220

202

Birth rate

Total

17.6

19.B

76.7

16.3

21.6

20.8

24.8

19.3

17,1

16,3

17.5

24,1

20.8

16,B

19.7

16.3

lB.1

20.4

19.5

24.7

18.2

16.6

16.0

16.8

22.9

15.B

WgrO

31.1

19.4

29.1

24.6

27.0

27.B

25.9

33.7

26.9

24.2

24.0

24.7

26,8

cafes per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years in specified group.

lied by s 1

Fertilitv rate

88.3 B4,4 1B3.4

98.9 88.5 123.0

91.2 B9.7 150.2

83.4 82.4 114.1

100.4 95.1 125,6

99.6 93.4 142,1

114.5 114.0 162.4

B8.O B4.4 153.2

82.3 80.2 133.1

78.9 77.8 110.5

81.4 78.7 106.1

110.2 102.7 126.1

83.4 70.6 155.2

Total fertility rate

Total II White I Negro

2.547.5 2,444.0

2,B21 .0 2,810.0

2,607.5 2,566.5

2,290.5 2,267.0

2,855.0 2,704.0

2,799.5 2,621.0

3,226.5 3,212.0

2,492.0 2,369.0

4,482.5

3,494.5

3, B70.5

3,05B.O

3,438.0

3,796.0

4,251.0

4,040.0

3,467.5

2,850.0

2,84B.5

3,325.5

3,682.5

15
7

Table 2 Total fertlllty rates and birth rates by age of mother and race United States, each dnv$si.anand State, 1969-71 average

[ Based on a 50-percent sample of broths. Total fertility rates are the sums of birth rates by age of mother multmlmd by 5. Birth rates :Irc’ live htrths p.< 1.000

women resldmg I

\

area for :if;ed &xIp I

_

Total

ertllny

rate

?,414.5

Age of mother

0-14

ears

—

1.1

Area and race !0-24

/ears

25-29

years

30-34

years

:5-39

,ears

31.2

.044 5.49

,ears

5-19

/ears

United States.. .... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... ..... ....... ... . .. ...... .. . .... ......... .... . .. . 66.3 162.9 141.0 71.9 8.0 0.5

?,317.5

1,032.5

2,321,0

?,293.5

?,991 .0

?,306.5

Z,242.5

2,854.0

2,460.0

2,380.5

3,123.5

2,414.5

2,363.5

3,177.5

2,387.5

2>222.5

2,905.0

2,536.5

2,310.5

3,446.5

2,605.0

2,488.0

3,194.5

2,667.5

2,587.0

3,515.0

2,279.0

2,212.0

2,880.0

2,578,5

2,558.0

4,345,0

2,493,0

2,483.0

4,045.0

2,505.0

2,505.5

3,753.0

2,275.0

2,255.0

2,837.5

2,372.0

2,324.5

3,391.5

2,250,0

2,190.5

3,058,0

0,5

5.0

0.4

0.3

4.3

0.8

0.3

4.4

1.0

0.4

5.5

0.6

0,3

5.5

1,9

0.6

5.4

1.9

0.8

5.0

1.8

0.8

5.0

0.6

0.5

5.0

0.7

0.5

3,8

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

15.1

0.5

0.5

0,4

O.i

3,?

0.6

0.:

7.:

O.E

o.:

4.(

55.5

I 37.9

43.6

40.1

136.5

49.4

38.6

131.3

63.7

53.1

I 51.2

55.4

49.9

I 54.9

83.0

65.2

I 34.4

90.2

75.3

135.6

84.7

73.3

I 34.9

68.0

64.4

169,0

63.4

58.8

135.8

65.4

64.8

145.5

55.3

54.2

138.6

53.4

53,3

168.4

37.E

34.7

123.7

44.!

40.4

167.:

42.f

35.:

145.[

158.3

198.3

145,3

143,2

196.7

147,2

142.1

189.9

I66,6

162.9

?01 .9

165.5

163.2

?04.0

162.8

155.2

I 90.3

175.6

166.4

214.9

184,0

179.6

208.7

187,5

183.9

239.9

155.2

153.1

193.8

191.0

189.6

374.3

175.0

174,5

227.5

173.2

173.4

196.1

132.5

130.7

186.E

157.1

154.f

224.C

141.:

136.[

200.:

141.7

132.2

151.3

152.2

130.9

145.6

149.2

126.0

145.9

147.2

134.7

146.8

146.9

133.0

129.5

130.0

125.4

131.2

126.6

153.5

140.4

140.3

141.2

155.3

152.8

151.3

133.7

132.0

126.9

144.6

143.8

219.8

151.5

151.4

185.2

152.9

153.3

1133,3

152,?

153.7

125.7

151.7

151.1

144.4

150.!

152.1

132.;

70.3

78.4

80,0

79.7

791

77.3

77,9

73.4

74.0

73.2

78.7

72.6

71.6

82.3

65.1

62.5

73.6

67.1

60.2

99.3

69.5

66.8

84.8

77.6

74.5

83.8

67.6

64.9

71.0

73.3

72.6

107.5

74.3

73,9

152.4

76.1

75.7

131 5.E

84.S

84.$

77.5

78.:

77.1

80,7

75.s

75.5

78.!

29.5

41.3

34.6

34.4

39.0

32.9

32.5

35.8

32,1

31.0

40.2

32.4

31.6

41.0

27.9

24.9

39.2

31.7

25.7

59.6

31.3

28.6

47.0

34.1

31.9

38.1

27.9

26.2

35.1

32.4

32.0

121.9

32.6

32,2

88,4

34.6

34.6

137.0

37.3

37.3

37.1

33.C

32,3

44,5

31,E

31.C

39.4

7.3

12.5

8.5

8.3

11,2

7.7

7,5

9.5

8.2

7.8

11.7

9.0

8.7

13.7

6.9

5.8

11.7

8.9

6.6

19.7

8.9

7.7

16.0

9.7

8.8

15.1

6.9

6.5

9.1

8.2

8.1

9.0

8.9

111.7

9.5

9.5

9.1

9.C

,2,5

8.6

8,5

10.1

7.1

6,$

10.2

0.4

0.9

0.5

0.5

10.5

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.5

1.1

0.4

0.3

1.0

0.7

0.5

1.7

0.6

0.5

1,3

0.7

0.6

10.8

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.8

0.5

0.5

10,7

0,6

0.6

0.4

0.4

10.3

GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION

New England

lRate computed with a total of less than 20 births for the years 1969-7

16
Table 2. Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race: United States, each divmon and State, 1969-71 average-Con,

[ Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Total fertility rates are the sums of birth rates by age of mother mtdtiplied by 5. Birth rates are live births per 1,000

women residing ecified group]

Age of mother

Area and race

Middle Atlantic

East North Central

West North Central

) area fo

Total

ferti lit)

rate

2,290.0

2,230.5

2,783.0

2,348.0

2,245.0

3,116.5

2,308.5

2,258.5

2,788.0

2,441.0

2,388.5

2,892.0

2,457.0

2,404.5

3,108.5

2,448.5

2,309.5

3,258.0

2,509.0

2,425.0

3,128.5

2,442.0

2,405.5

3,376.5

2,428.0

2,412.0

3,431.5

2,439.0

2,426.0

3,200.0

2,364.5

2,264.0

3,135.0

2,670.5

2,591.0

4,505,5

2,725,5

2,550,5

$,6280

2,457.5

2,422.5

3,182.5

2,313.0

2,266,0

3,224.5

lo-1~

years

o.g

0.4

3.9

0.9

0.2

5.0

0.6

0.3

4.7

0.9

0.4

5.0

1.0

0.6

5.1

1.3

0.3

6.1

1.0

0,4

5.4

0.4

0.2

5.4

0.3

0.2

7.2

0.3

0.3

13.0

1.2

0,5

5.8

10,2

10,2

0.3

10.1

17.6

0.5

0.3

6.0

0.6

0.4

4.3

15-1$

years

48.E

38.C

121.7

47.E

33.3

147.5

51.7

42.5

138.3

63.3

54.8

137.8

73.4

67.5

142.3

65.8

48.9

163.5

66.1

54.7

147.9

43.6

38.9

172.1

41.8

39.9

152,7

51.5

49.9

157.4

70.9

59.6

154.1

43.1

40.4

147.1

49.8

43.8

172,0

51.5

47.3

170,5

61,4

56.8

152.2

zo-z~

years

144.4

139.5

183.Z

148.5

140.4

209.4

151.1

147.3

189.9

168.2

165.7

193.4

175.3

174.1

196.2

159.1

151.5

209.8

171.1

167.6

199.0

161.1

159.2

213.6

155.6

154.9

213.8

173.8

173.3

216.1

161.6

157.7

196.2

185.1

180.0

421,9

186.3

176,8

271.2

171.4

169.3

216.4

166.3

163.8

222.0

25-29

years

143.f

147.;

125.$

152.S

156.S

134.4

144.2

147.1

118.7

145.9

147.5

129.1

137.6

137.7

137.1

144.1

145.8

132.3

149.5

150.7

142.5

153.9

154.4

137.6

158.0

158.0

164.2

149.7

149.7

140.2

132.4

132.6

129,5

168,8

164.9

176.5

168,1

161,0

396,4

153.9

154.2

129.4

139.1

139.2

133.0

30-34

years

78.3

79.2

74.3

79.2

79.3

78.2

74.2

74.9

66.7

71.7

71.6

70.3

67.1

65.8

82.6

76.8

75.2

83.2

74.2

73.5

77.4

80.7

80.4

83.6

82.0

81.7

91.3

71.5

71.2

76.0

67.7

65.6

83.8

82.2

79,8

104.9

86.7

79.4

78.4

72.8

72.6

84.7

62.1

61.0

81.2

35-39

years

33.9

33.3

37.2

32.5

31.8

38.1

31.6

31.7

30.6

30.4

30.0

33.7

28.8

27.7

42.1

33.8

32.0

43.5

31.3

30.0

40.6

37,4

36.9

45.3

36,8

36.7

43.9

32.0

31.8

40.6

30.2

28.8

41.5

40.7

39.5

150.7

40.1

36.4

32.0

31.5

38.0

25.9

25.1

39.5

40.44

years

7.9

7.6

9.8

7.6

7.3

10.2

7.8

7.5

8.3

7.3

7.2

8.5

7.7

7.1

15.3

8.3

7.7

12.2

8.2

7.7

12.3

10.6

10.4

16.9

10.4

10.3

11.6

8,4

8,4

14.1

8.4

7.6

15.2

13,1

12,5

12,7

11.5

8,8

8.7

9.2

6.9

6.6

11.9

45-49

years

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.4

1.0

0.5

0.5

1.0

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.7

10.8

0.7

0.7

11.6

0.6

R

0.5

0.4

0,8

0.9

0.9

11

1.1

0,6

0.6

12.3

0.3

0.3

10.8

lI{ate computed with d total of less than 20 births for the vears 1969.71,
Table 2. Total fertllny rates and birth rates by age of mother and race: Un,ted States, each division and State, 1969-71 average–Con.

[ Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Total fertility rates are the sums

women residing

Area and race

birth I

mea for

Total

wtility

rate

!,414.0

!,267.0

!,1 70.5

!,227.0

!,120.0

!,597.0

!,1 29.5

1,241.5

!,464.5

?,303.0

?,184.5

?,743.5

?,463.5

?,448.5

?,698.5

?,368.5

?,190.0

2,877.5

?,537.0

2,289.5

),098.0

?,520.0

2,319.5

1,039.0

2,429.5

2,231.0

1,314,5

2,485.5

2,439.5

3,055.0

2,338.5

2,201.0

3,015.0

2,537.0

2,271.5

3,299.0

2,987.5

2,385,5

4,142,C

2,544.5

2,302.E

3,737.C

2,685.C

2,474 E

3,300.5

2,346.C

2,202.C

3.178.!

: by age of mother multiplied by 5. Birth rates are live births per 1,000

:if]ed group]

Age of mother

0-14

tears

2.3

0.5

10.9

1.3

0.3

5.2

5.6

11.2

6.1

1,3

0,4

4.5

0.9

0.7

3.7

1.8

0.6

4.7

2.1

0.8

4.0

2.4

0.8

5.9

2,1

0.8

6.9

1.4

0.9

7.0

1.9

0.8

6,0

1.9

0.8

4.1

2.7

0.8

4.9

2.C

0.6

6.C

1 .E

0.5

4.>

1.>

0.7

5.E

15.19

years

72.1

52.9

174.0

67.6

49.1

137.9

109.5

30.0

133.0

72.4

58.5

121:2

71.9

70.8

98.7

86.2

69.3

127.0

88.9

71.3

118.1

97.6

78.6

139.3

85.0

66.2

161.3

85.9

80.9

144,1

87.4

73.9

143.9

89.2

72.4

123.6

102.0

72.0

140,6

9of

76.2

139.8

85.4

63.$

125.:

81.1

71.E

144.6

20-24

Vears

161.6

153.0

208.6

143.7

138.5

165.8

117.6

40.4

154.1

152.1

146.4

180.2

177.9

177.6

184.4

164.5

156.2

189.5

181.0

169.0

210.5

173.7

165.3

198.5

169.6

160.3

216.4

172.8

170.7

203.6

162.2

157.0

191.0

177.1

167.3

206.6

202,4

178.5

248.8

184.E

176.1

229.E

187.i

177.1

211,E

178.2

170,$

209.1

K-29

jears

144.3

145.6

133.4

131.4

135.3

109.7

94.7

74.2

102.7

132.4

133.3

124.2

134.9

134.9

125.2

126.2

125.3

127.1

133.1

129.6

143.1

129.8

129.9

128.5

129.7

127.9

136.9

129.3

129.4

126.5

121,7

120.6

128.2

131.8

126.9

149.7

152.2

135.5

189.4

128.4

123,C

161.7

143.s

140.!

152.E

126.>

122.E

138.E

30-34

years

68.4

68.8

66,4

66.3

67.1

60.6

62.7

65.6

61.5

67.3

65.9

71.1

68.9

68.5

69.5

61.8

58.6

74.2

65.3

59.0

82.7

64.5

60.4

77.3

64.5

60.5

82.2

66.7

65.9

77.3

60.3

57.6

76.0

66.7

57.9

96.8

81.5

59,3

130.1

62.6

54.6

109.6

74.9

67.2

94,5

54.E

50.5

77.5

15-39

{ears

26.6

25.7

29.5

28,0

27.1

30,8

27.8

29.8

27.2

27.7

26.1

35.2

29.7

29.2

43.4

26,2

22,6

39.7

29.2

22.9

48.5

28.2

23.2

44.2

28.0

24.6

45.2

31.5

30.8

40.3

26.6

23.8

43.4

31.4

23.3

58.4

42.4

24.5

82.8

30.5

23.6

70.6

33,7

26.6

52.5

21.7

1S.@

43.E

o-44

ears

6,7

6,4

8.7

6.7

6.3

8.5

7.5

6.6

7.9

6.9

6.0

11,0

7.9

7.7

12.5

6.6

5.1

12.2

7.3

5.0

13.5

7.3

5.4

13.2

6.7

5.6

13.3

8.9

8.7

11.4

7.1

6.1

13.6

8.6

5.3

18.9

13.1

6.0

29.0

9.4

6.0

27.8

9.6

6.g

17.3

5.8

4,$

13.E

5-49

ears

0.8

0.5

12.6

0.4

0.3

0.9

0.5

10.5

0.4

0.5

0.3

1.3

0.6

0.5

12.3

0.4

0.3

1.1

0.5

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.3

0.9

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.6

0.6

10.8

0.5

0.4

0.9

0.7

0.4

1.7

1.2

0.5

2.8

0.7

0.4

2.3

0.6

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.4

2.1

lRare computed vtth a total of less than 20 births for the $ears 1969.7 I

18
Table Z. Total fert!lity rates and birth rates by age of mother and race: Umted States, each division a“d State, lg6g.71 Wemg~_Co”.

[Based on a 50.percent sample of births. Total fertility rates are the sw

women residin

Area and race

West South Central –Con.

Negro ..... .. ........ ....................... ..... ... ..... ..................... ..... ........ ..... ........ ....

Mountain

of birth rates by age of mother multiplied by 5. Birth rates are live births Der 1,000

I area fo

_

Total

fertili~

rate

2,646.5

2,599.5

3,020.0

2,547.5

2,444.0

4,482.5

2,821.0

2,810.0

3,494.5

2,607.5

2,566.5

3,870.5

2,290.5

2,267.0

3,058.0

2,855.0

2,704.0

3,436.0

2,799.5

2,621.0

3,796.0

3,226.5

3,212.0

4,251.0

2,492.0

2,369.0

4,040.0

2,262.0

2,204.5

3,467.5

2,182.5

2,157.5

2,850.0

2,266.0

2,219.5

2,848.5

2,968.0

2,729.0

3,325.5

2,646.0

1,782.5

3,6S2.5

10-14

years

1.6

1.0

5.3

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.6

15.7

0.7

0.6

14.2

0.4

0.3

3.9

0.7

R

0.9

0.6

5.6

0.4

0.4

14.2

1.3

0.7

8.0

0.5

0.4

5.2

0.5

1~

0.8

0.5

3.8

0.7

10.2

0.7

10.2

12.4

15-1$

years

24.3

75.6

140.1

57.8

52.6

188.0

64.5

54.0

102.0

69.1

66.9

244.8

&l.3

61.9

147.8

77.3

74.7

128.6

76.7

71.0

176.0

%.0

53.1

182.1

89.7

79.6

236.9

Eao

!s4.7

156.8

58.1

54.5

116.9

65.0

60.1

135.2

87.3

81.7

173.6

59.7

43.4

117.8

20-2~

years

184.2

182.7

202.1

192.5

185.5

337.8

214.8

214.0

311.8

203.5

202.3

186.7

160.2

159.0

215.1

202.4

194.9

232.8

191.7

164.2

262.3

204.6

204.5

281.5

181.2

176.3

251.3

161.1

156.5

227.6

161.9

161.1

190.2

152.0

151.0

191.5

215.1

203.3

222.8

169.4

130.5

280.9

25-29

years

144.2

146.8

129.6

149.8

145.9

196.1

165.1

165.3

1136.4

148.7

146.8

202.9

137.6

137.9

131.7

154.8

148.6

163.2

158.0

151.0

184.2

202.3

201.8

220.8

130.8

127.5

154.4

139.5

137.6

161.9

135.1

134.3

143.0

131.0

131.0

124.8

162.6

153.4

135.6

162.6

102.8

191.1

30-34

years

72.2

72.2

74.C

68.e

66.2

198.8

75.9

75.3

157.5

65.0

63.5

90.5

63.5

62.7

73.4

82.4

75.3

85.2

82.3

74.7

88.3

117.3

116.5

107.1

62.2

59.4

80.3

62.4

60.5

88.2

58.5

55.7

64.4

68.4

66.7

70.3

79.3

71.6

79.2

89.8

54.0

78.0

35-39

years

32.9

32.2

39.0

31.0

29.3

175.8

33.4

33.0

185.5

25.8

25.0

121.2

25.0

24.7

28.2

39.5

34.9

45.7

38.3

32.8

43.2

52.1

51.7

135.4

25.3

23.5

45.8

24.4

23.1

41.9

20.7

19.9

43.3

28.6

27.5

34.7

35.7

26.8

33.6

37.9

21.5

47.9

40-44

years

9.2

8.8

12.8

8.5

8.2

9.2

9.2

8.0

7.6

123.8

6.7

6.5

11.1

13.0

11.1

18.1

11.0

9.1

17.9

13.6

13.4

19.1

7.6

6.6

20.1

6.2

5.8

11.6

5.4

5.2

10.0

7.0

6.7

8.9

11.9

8.2

‘20.3

8.5

3.8

18.4

45-49

years

0.7

0.6

1.1

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.4

10.4

0.9

0.7

1.0

0.8

11.7

1.0

1.0

10.3

10.2

11.2

0.3

0.3

10.3

0.3

0.3

10.9

0.4

0.4

0.5

&

0.6

10.3

ll{ute computed with a total of less thtm 20 births for the years 1969-71.
Table 3, Btrth rates by Iwe-b!rth order and race: United States, each dwision and State, 1969-71 average

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates are hve buths per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years residing in area fm specified group. Live-birth order refers to

number of children born alive to mc4her. Figures for live-birth order not stated are distributed]

Lwe-birth order

Total

85.5

8

and

over

1,8

Area and race

1

33.0

2

23.6

3

13.2

4

7.0

5

3.7

6

2.0

-7

.

United State$ ...... ..... .......... ..... ............... .......... .......... ....................... ............... ............ 1.2

81.6

112.9

80.4

79.0

113.1

79.0

75.8

102.7

86.9

83.5

115.8

84.7

82.5

119.5

86.3

79.6

110.1

91.6

83.2

126.5

94.1

89.4

119.5

95.3

92.4

132.1

82.0

79.7

107.6

89.9

89.1

174.1

88.2

87.8

148,9

88.6

88.6

131.7

78.4

77.2

107.7

82.2

80.3

127.8

77.6

74.7

115.4

31.7

42.2

29.3

28.8

41.9

28.8

27.7

36.5

32.4

31.1

43.3

32.5

31.7

45.5

35.6

33.7

42.5

36.4

34.2

45.3

36.8

35.3

44.4

36.2

36.5

50.8

33.3

32.5

42.6

34.1

33.9

59.3

32.3

32.1

69.3

33.4

33.4

57.6

27.6

27.1

41.9

31,9

31.3

47.7

28.8

27.9

40.8

23.2

26.5

22.7

22.4

28.0

22.6

22.1

26.3

24.o

23.5

27.7

23.0

22.7

28.1

23.6

23.1

25.4

24.3

23.7

26.4

24.9

24.7

26.1

25.4

26.o

31.5

23.4

23.0

27.5

24.4

24.1

61.9

25.3

25.2

43.9

24.0

24.0

41.2

21.9

21.7

26.3

22.4

22.1

28.9

22.8

22.3

28.9

12.9

15.7

13.2

13.0

16.5

13.0

12.7

15.7

13.9

13.6

16.7

13.0

12.8

15.8

12.7

12.1

14.9

13.3

12.7

15.9

14.1

13.7

16.2

14.5

14.1

18.4

12.3

12.0

15.6

13.9

13.8

20.6

14.2

14.1

17.2

14.2

14.2

120.6

13.0

12.9

15.1

12.8

12.6

17.7

13.0

12.7

17.5

6.6

9.7

7.1

7.0

10.3

6.8

6.5

9.3

7.5

7.2

10.1

7.1

7.0

9.8

6.5

5.7

9.4

7.1

6.2

10.7

7.6

7.1

10.3

8.2

7.9

11.7

6.2

5.9

8.8

7.9

7.9

13.5

7.8

7,8

5.1

7.4

7.5

14.1

7.1

7.1

9.1

7.0

6.8

11.5

6.6

6.2

11.2

3.4

6.3

3.8

3.7

6.3

3.6

3.3

5.9

4.0

3.8

6.3

3.9

3.7

6.3

3.4

2.6

6.0

3.8

3,0

7.5

4.1

3.6

6.8

4.6

4.3

6.4

3.1

2.9

5.2

4.5

4.4

112,3

4.1

4.1

12.5

4.4

4.4

14.1

4.0

3.9

6.2

3.8

3.6

7.1

3.2

3,0

6.4

1.7

4.1

2.0

1.9

4.3

1.9

1.7

3.5

2.2

2.0

4.0

2.1

2.0

4.2

1.8

1.2

4.0

2.3

1.5

5.6

2.4

2.0

4.7

2.6

2.3

4.3

1.6

1.5

3.1

2.3

2.3

13.9

2.1

2.1

12.5

2.3

2.3

14.1

2.1

2.1

3.6

2.0

1.9

5.4

1.6

1.4

4.8

0.9

2.8

1,0

1,0

2.4

1.0

0.9

2.1

1.2

1.0

2.7

1.2

1.1

3.3

1.0

0.6

2.6

1.4

0.8

4.1

1.5

1.1

3.4

1.5

1.3

3.1

0.9

0.8

2.0

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.0

5.1

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.1

2.3

1.1

1 .(I

3.4

0.7

0.6

2.4

1.2

5.6

1.2

1.2

3.4

1.3

1.0

3,2

1.7

1.3

5.1

1.8

1.6

6.5

1.7

0.7

5.3

3.0

1.2

11.0

2.6

1.9

7.7

2.3

1.8

5.9

1.2

1.0

2.9

1.5

1.4

11.3

1.4

1.4

12.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

3.2

1.3

::;

0.9

0.7

3.3

GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION

East North Central ............... .......... .......... ... ..... .......... ............................ .......... ........ ....

Negro .......... ........ .................... .......... ..... .......... ............................ ..... ..... ..... ... ..... ...

New England

New Hemtx. hire ..... ........ .......... ..... .......... ... ..... ..... .................. ............. ..... ............... .....

Negro ..... ........... ....... ..... ...... ...................... ........ ........ .. ............. ..... ................ ..... ....

Rhode Island . ..... .......... ... .................... ................ ..... .......................... ..... ..... ..... ..........

Negro ............ ... ........ ..... ..... ..... ........ .................. ..... ..... ........ .......... ........ ........ ..... ....

lRutecomputed with atotalofless than 20 births for the years 1969.71.

20
Table3. Birth rates bylive-birth mder and race: United States, each div!sion and State, 1969-71 average-Con.

[Based On a SO-percent sample of births. flatesar elivebirthsper 1,000 wOmena

number of children born alive to mother. Figuresf

Area and race

15-4

ive-bi

.

Total

79.4

76.4

99.4

79.3

74.6

113.6

78.2

75.6

101.E

86.1

~.~

106.1

88.4

86.5

114,5

86.3

80.5

120.3

89.0

85.2

117.4

84.2

82.4

129.3

84.7

83.9

132.0

84.5

83.8

125.3

84.2

80.1

I 16.B

89.4

86.5

163.8

80.6

84.4

169.1

85.7

84.1

122.9

82.3

80.3

123.2

ears residing in area for specified group. Live-birth order refers to

order not stated are distributed ]

Lwe-birth Order

1

28.3

27.5

34.1

29.1

57.6

39.8

29.3

28.2

39.6

32.4

31.3

42.2

32.9

32.3

40.9

32.3

30.3

43.7

33.0

31.5

44.0

30.5

29.8

47.2

31.6

31.3

53.3

31.4

31.1

49.7

32.9

31.6

43.7

34.2

33.6

55.1

33.5

32.0

73.5

33.0

32.3

50.7

33.3

32.5

47.7

2

23.2

22.7

26.5

22.5

21.8

27.3

21.7

21.3

25.2

24.0

23.8

25.8

25.0

24.9

26.9

23.4

22.6

28.1

24.7

24.1

29.0

22.5

22.2

30.6

22.9

22.8

33.9

23.1

22.9

28.3

23.1

22.7

27.0

22.7

22.0

56.5

22.4

21.5

44.1

23.2

22.9

28.4

23.0

22.6

30.2

3

13.2

12.8

15.B

13.2

12.7

17.3

12.6

12.4

14.5

13.9

13.7

15.4

14.1

13.9

16.6

13.7

13.2

16.7

14.5

14.1

17.7

13.1

12.9

18.5

13.3

13.3

17.4

13.5

13.4

18.0

12.6

12.3

15.1

12.9

12.6

21.2

13.1

12.4

122.1

13.2

13.0

17.8

12.6

12.4

16.6

4

6.8

6.5

9.1

6.8

6.3

10.8

6.7

6.5

8.7

7.4

7.2

9.2

7.6

7.4

10.4

7.4

6.9

10.4

7.7

7.4

10.1

7.6

7.4

11.4

7.5

7.4

11.2

7.4

7.3

10.5

6.7

6.4

9.6

7.6

7.3

16.9

8.3

7.B

17.4

7.3

7.2

9.4

6.4

6.3

10.0

5

3.6

3.3

5.6

3.5

3.0

7.3

3.6

3.5

5.5

3.9

3.7

5.3

3.9

3.7

6.9

4.0

3.5

7.0

4.1

3.9

6.1

4.3

4.2

7.4

4.0

4.0

7.1

4.0

4.0

6.1

3.6

3.3

6.2

4.8

4.5

14.2

5.0

4.4

17.4

3.9

3.8

5.7

3.3

3.1

6.9

6

1.9

1.7

3.4

1.8

1.5

4.3

1.9

1.7

3.3

2.0

1.9

3.0

2.1

1.9

4.4

2.3

1.9

4.5

2.2

2.0

3.9

2.5

2.4

4.1

2.2

2.2

3.2

2.2

2.2

4.1

2.0

1.7

4,4

2.6

E

3.0

2.4

112.3

2.1

2.0

3.9

1,7

1,6

3.9

7

—

1.0

0.9

2.1

1.0

0.8

2.7

1.0

0.9

1.9

1.1

1.0

1.8

1.2

1.0

3.1

1.3

1.0

3.2

1.2

1.1

2.4

1.4

1.3

3.6

1.3

1.2

2.6

1.2

1.2

3,4

1.2

0.9

3.4

1.7

&

2.0

1.5

12.5

1.3

1.2

2.9

0.9

0.8

3.0

8

and

over

1.3

1.0

2.9

1.3

0.9

4.3

1.3

1.1

3.1

1.5

1.3

3.3

1.6

1.3

5.5

2.0

1.2

6.7

1.6

1.3

4.2

2.2

2.0

6.5

1.9

1.8

3.1

1.7

1.7

5.2

2.0

1.3

7.4

2.9

2.6

11.4

3.2

2.4

1.7

1.5

4.2

1.2

1.0

4.9

ll<ate computd with a total of less than 20 hirihs for the vmrs 1969.71

21
Table3. Birth rates bylwe-b!rth order and race: United States, each division and State, 1969-71 average–Con.

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates are live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years residing in area for specified group. Live-birth order refers to

number ofchildren born alive to mother. Figures forlive-birth order notstated are distributed]

Live-birth order

2

Area and race Total 8

and

over

3 4 5 6 7

South Atlantic

13.1

12.2

18.4

12.0

11.7

13.2

10.3

4.3

12.5

12.0

11.6

13.6

13.0

13.0

11.3

12.4

11.7

14.7

13.6

12.8

15.4

13.8

13.2

15.6

12.8

11.9

17.2

f3.2

13.0

14.9

12.4

12.0

15.0

13.3

12.7

14.8

15.1

13.4

18.2

13.7

13.1

16.9

14.7

14.2

15.9

12.6

11.9

15.9

7.0

6.o

12.5

6,2

5.7

7.9

5.8

2,0

7.2

6.0

5.5

8.6

7.0

7.0

7.2

6.3

5.4

9.0

7.1

5.8

10.3

7.0

6.0

9.8

6.7

6.8

11.5

7.2

7.0

10.0

6.2

5.6

9.5

7.0

5.9

10.1

8.6

6.5

12.6

7.1

6.3

11.5

8.3

7.4

10.5

6.2

5.7

10.0

3.2

2.6

6.8

3.1

2.7

4.6

3.4

0.9

4.4

3.0

2,5

5.4

3.8

3.7

5.1

3.1

2.3

5.8

3.8

2.6

6.8

3.6

2.7

6.3

3.6

2.7

7.8

3.B

3,6

6.1

3.1

2.6

6.1

3.9

2.7

7.3

5.2

3.0

9.4

3.8

3.1

7.8

4.8

3.7

7.3

3.0

2.5

7.5

1.7

1.2

4.2

1.6

1.3

2.8

1.9

0.4

2.4

1.6

1.2

3.7

2.0

2.0

3.3

1.6

1.0

3.8

2.1

1.0

4.6

2.0

1.2

4.3

1.9

1.2

5.2

2.2

2.1

3.9

1.7

1.2

4.5

2.1

1.1

5.1

3.5

1.3

7.6

2.2

1.5

5.7

2.9

.1.9

5.2

1.6

1.2

5.3

1.0

0.7

2.4

0.8

0.6

1.8

1.2

0.3

1.5

0.9

0.6

2.4

1.3

1.3

2.2

0.9

0.4

2.7

1.3

0.5

3.1

1.1

0.5

2.9,

1.1

0.6

3.5

1.4

1.3

2.6

1 .C1

0.6

3.0

q .i)

0.6

4.0

2.5

0.7

5.8

1.4

0.7

4.6

1.9

1.0

4.0

0.8

0.5

2.7

1.2

0.8

3.6

1.1

0.7

3.2

1.7

0.3

2.2

1.4

0.7

4.6

2.0

1.9

5.5

1.5

0.4

5.1

2.4

0.5

6.9

2.0

0.6

6.3

1.6

0.6

7.4

2.3

2.1

5.3

1.8

0.8

6.9

3.0

0.7

9.8

6.6

0.8

17.5

3.3

0.9

15.0

3.4

1.2

8.8

1.2

0.6

6.0

B6.O

79.7

123.2

79.5

75.0

98.1

81.1

44.2

94.4

83.1

78.9

101.6

85.5

85.0

95.5

86.3

79.1

109.5

93.1

83.6

115.8

93.5

85.6

116.4

85.8

77.9

124,0

90.0

88.1

115.0

84.8

79.2

114.8

91.2

81.6

119.0

107.6

85.7

148.5

92.4

83.E

136.1

96.7

86.2

121.E

85.C

79.(

121.1

34,3

32,4

45.7

32.2

30.1

40.6

36.3

24.8

40.3

34.9

33.8

39.9

33.7

33.3

41.5

36.4

34.4

42.8

38.2

36.1

43.2

38.5

36.3

44.8

34.9

33.1

43.7

35.9

35.2

45.5

35.1

33.3

44.7

36.1

33.7

43.1

40,1

35.7

48.4

35.!

33.2

46.S

36,4

32.S

44.E

35.6

33 .s

45.s

24.6

23.7

29.6

22.6

22.2

23.9

20.6

11.3

24.0

23.1

23.0

23.3

22.6

22.7

19.5

24.1

23.5

25.5

24.6

24.2

25.6

25.5

25.1

26.4

23.0

22.1

27.7

24.0

23.8

26.7

23.4

23.1

25.2

24.4

24.1

24.9

26.0

24.3

29.0

25.3

24.8

27.8

24.4

24.0

25.3

24.0

23.2

27.8

Negro .... .......... .... ...... ..... .......... .................. ................. ................ .................. ..... ....

North Carolina .............................................................................................................

Negro ... .......... .......... ... ....................... .......... ..... ........ ..... ..... . ,.,. . . ..... ....................

East South Central

Alabama .. ............ ......... .... .... .. . .. .. . .... .... ....... .... .... .... ....... . .. ......... ............

West South Central

Negro .... . .. .... .... ....... . .. . . .... .. ... .... ..... . .... .. .

lRate computed $iith a total of less than 20h#rths for the years 1969.71

22
Table3. Birth rates by iwe-birth waler and race: United States, each dwision and State, 1969-71 average—Ccm

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates arelivebmths per 1,000 women aged 15-44 yemsresiding inareafor specified group. Live-birth order refers to

number of children born alive to mother. Figures forlive. birth ordernm stated are distributed]

Lwe-birth Order

Area and race

West South Central–Con,

Mountain

Pacific

Total

95.(

93.,

1 13.!

882

~.i

183.~

98.:

98.!

123.c

91.:

89.7

150.2

83.4

82.4

114.1

100.4

95.1

125.6

99.6

93.4

142.1

114.5

114.0

162.4

89.0

84.4

153.2

82.3

80.2

133.1

78.9

77.8

110.5

81.4

79.7

108.1

110.2

102.7

126.’3

93.4

70.6

155.2

1

37.3

36.6

43.4

33.7

32.5

81.9

36.1

35.9

57.5

35.2

34.6

66.4

34.4

34.0

46.9

38.1

37.2

48.5

38.2

37.1

54.1

37.1

36.9

59.8

35.4

34.3

$9.3

33.2

32.4

55.7

31.6

.31.1

48.7

33.1

32.5

41.8

45.B

44.9

44.3

38.0

33.6

61.5

2

—

25.2

25.2

26.2

24.0

23.4

48.3

26.4

26.2

37.7

24.!3

24.8

36.2

24.0

23.8

29.5

25.7

25.0

27.0

25.6

24.8

32.3

28.5

28.6

31.3

24.3

23.5

36.5

24.0

23.6

33.6

23.3

23.2

27.1

23.1

22.9

27.1

26.6

28.6

39.8

25.0

19.3

41.1

3

14.2

14.1

16.3

13.5

12.9

23.7

15.9

15.9

111.9

14.0

13.8

22.8

12.5

12.4

16.3

14.4

13.7

17.3

14.4

13.7

18.0

19.0

19.0

30.6

13.9

13.3

22.2

12.5

12.3

18.0

12.2

12.1

15.6

12.1

11.9

‘35.4

15.3

14.5

16.8

14.4

9.3

28.1

4

7.7

7.4

9.:

::;

113.E

9.C

8.9

19.9

8.2

8.0

110.7

6.2

6.1

9.7

8.3

7,7

11.3

8.3

7.6

11.2

12.7

12.7

13.9

7.6

6.9

17.3

6.2

6.0

10.8

5.9

5.9

7.5

6.1

5.9

8.7

8.7

7.8

13.4

7.3

4.1

13.8

5

4.:

3.<

6.1

4.2

3.$

17.$

5.2

5.2

12.C

4.2

4.1

15.4

3.C

2.9

4.6

4.9

4.4

6.3

4.9

4.3

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.9

3.8

3.4

8.8

3.1

2.9

5.5

2.8

2.7

4.5

3.1

3.0

5.3

4.8

3.5

6.1

4.1

2.2

14.6

6

2.!

2.:

4.(

2.:

2.1

I 5.$

2.7

2.;

12.(

1.:

1.$

15.4

1.4

1.4

2.5

3.1

2.6

4.4

3.0

2.4

5.7

4,4

4.4

14.,

1.9

1.6

5.8

1.5

1.4

3.4

1.4

1.4

2.7

1.7

1.5

3.1

2.3

1.6

%.5

2.2

1.1

14.6

7

1.5

1.3

2.7

1.3

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.2

l;:;

0.8

0.8

2.0

2.0

1.5

3.5

1.9

1.4

4.0

2.3

2.3

11.9

1.1

0.8

4.8

0.8

0.7

2.4

0.7

0.6

2.4

0.9

0.8

2.0

1.7

1.0

11.9

1.2

0.5

8

and

wer

2.9

2.5

5.4

2.0

1.6

12.0

2.1

2.1

12.0

1.7

1.5

1,,3

1.1

1.0

2.5

3.9

2.9

7.3

3.3

2.0

9.3

2.9

2.6

12.5

1.1

0.6

8.4

1.0

0.9

3.7

1.0

0.9

2.0

1.2

1.1

2.9

1.4

0.4

11.5

lI{Me computed with J total Of less than 20 births for the years 1969.71.

23
Table 4 Ltve bwths, b,rth rates. fertllw rales, and tolal fertll,lv rates. bv race tns,de and outstde central C,t,es of the 50 largest standard metropol ltanslat,sttcal areas: Unwed S1ales, 1970.71

average

I Based 0. a So.percent wnplc <at Ixr!lw Ihrth rates per I ,000 p.pu]atmn rwdmg m area for spccxfwd gm.p. I ertddy rates pm 1,000 women aged 1544 yews in speczfwd group, Total fertthty rates

are Ihesums <>fh,rthrate, by.ge. fmothermultipltcd by 51

-

L,ve btrth$ ,.. Fertdw rate Total fertilitv rate —

hate

62

.

16,7

15,9

16.1

9,4

7.7

10.9

?0.3

I4.4

17.7

20,1

19,4

23,8

16.5

16.7

19.3

16.0

20.3

14.7

12.5

15,7

16,4

24,5

12,3

15.2

16.0

14.7

20.7

20.3

14.9

3,7

16.o

16.5

13.6

14.5

12.2

15.1

153

15.0

16,4

!6,1

16,6

17,7

21.5

16,4

15.6

18.1

15,0

19,1

20,6

17,3

19,7

192

20.2

17,9

21,4

169

179

16,1

177

170

156

17,4

18,9

191

167

T

Tolal Wh!te

,305,0 2,193.0

,400.0 2,205.0

,237.5 2,196.0

‘,334,5 2,300.5

‘,711.5 2,676.5

‘,426,5 2,379.0

!,065,0 3,021.0

‘,921 .0 2,897.5

!,149.5 2,142.0

!,267.0 2,258.5

!,445. 5 2,442.0

!,283.0 2,290.0

!,920.5 2,937,5

!,083.5 2,077.0

!,1 79.0 2,168.5

Otal -ma! Nhite Negro

—

77.1 1

Tmal

,657,724

788,412

869,312

11,916

5,176

2,210

1,653

1,313

6,740

25,395

9,002

3,229

3,743

2,030

16,393

28,993

10,369

18,604

33,764

15,112

18,652

13,012

7,088

5,924

52,755

14,G97

10,746

1,981

1,370

36,656

11,728

6,189

3,220

1,714

1,265

5,529

21,519

7,866

13,633

130,203

68,258

61,945

25,724

10,418

15,306

35<504

15,249

20,255

18,302

11,742

6,560

32,695

18,180

14,515

15,605

5,508

10,296

22,362

9,722

12,660

78,722

30,998

47,724

14,89C

7,972

6,91E

Wh,te Negro Jegro

—

Total, 50 largest SMSA’s,. .314.526 15,694 I 7,5 25.3 81.7 09.0 2,945.5

09.4

107.4

119.2

22.2

119.2

125,0

134,3

88.1

I 19,3

113.6

I 90.5

I 10.9

142.9

132.9

I 06.8

104.2

130.8

92,3

92.5

90,6

100,0

105.4

91.9

107.3

110.0

108,7

218.6

205,7

95.0

118.3

124,0

131,4

124,4

I04.7

80.9

104,4

100,8

129,2

121.9

120.1

138.6

115.3

122.4

79,3

102,2

102.8

99.2

115.0

1165

95,1

?18,6

119,9

11O,E

101,s

109S

734

112:

113!

94.;

117,,

118,’

112[

112,<

113’

102:

2,948.0

2,943.5

3,164.0

3,187.0

3,059,0

3,692,5

3,431,5

3,220.5

3,040.5

2,992.0

3,676.5

2,936.0

5,134,5

3,282.5

2,769.0

2,659.5

3,328.5

2,409.0

2,403.0

2,450.5

2,776.0

2,886.0

2,619.5

2,812.0

2, S49,0

2,819.0

5,423.5

4,667.5

2,659.0

3,194.0

3,298.0

3,504.0

3,317.0

2,751,5

2,426.0

2,843.0

2,746.0

3,523.0

3,313.5

3,254.5

3,776,0

3,171.5

3,337.5

2,321.5

2,834.0

2,633.5

2,799.5

3,079.5

3,102.5

2,969.5

2,996.0

3,051.0

2,652.5

2,718.5

2,924.5

2,225.0

3,032.5

3,071.5

2,449.0

3,161.0

3,179.5

3,034,5

2,956.5

2.979.5

2,477.o

513,700

800,628

11,169

4,547

1,790

1.549

1,206

6,642

24,520

8,614

3,171

3,466

1,977

15,906

20,770

3,646

16,922

23,106

5,974

17,132

8,520

4,264

4,256

48,767

10,966

7,699

1,926

1,339

37,801

10,040

4,684

2,396

1,263

1,005

5,356

18,594

5.556

13,036

92,984

35,517

57,467

21,807

6,989

14,818

27.239

6,28S

18.951

15,391

9,025

6,366

25,530

11,998

13,532

13,461

3,598

9,883

20, 74s

S,29E

12,451

58,031

13,C9[

44,935

12,77[

5,97:

6, 79;

58,320

57,374

642

573

398

85

90

69

281

189

8

176

5

92

6,136

6,512

1,624

10,268

8,934

1,334

4,471

2,811

1,660

3,447

2,909

2,840

40

29

538

1,6o1

1,455

794

412

249

146

2,631

2,216

415

35,296

31,360

3,836

3,798

3,365

433

7,996

6,642

1,154

2,774

2,621

153

6,920

6,022

698

2,237

1,664

353

1,281

1,217

64

20,194

17,70E

2,48E

2,061

1,97:

8:

18.9

16.3

16,5

20.2

19.1

21,2

20,9

14.5

179

202

19.4

23.9

16,6

16.8

20.9

20.9

20.8

16.3

16.7

16.0

17.6

23,6

13.5

15.6

17.6

16.8

21,0

20.5

15,0

14,6

16,0

20.6

158

16,0

12,3

159

17.0

15,4

18,7

203

17.7

186

23.0

16.4

17,2

20,3

154

25.7

24.0

27,1

28,3

28,2

26,5

30.8

20.4

27.6

26.8

47.1

26.1

30.9

29,5

26,2

25,5

29.2

21.0

21.3

19.1

20.6

22,2

18.2

26.3

27,4

27,1

50.8

42,5

21.8

28.4

30.1

31,1

30,7

26,7

18,0

24.2

23.5

28.7

28,7

28.4

30,7

24,9

26,9

15,9

24,0

23.8

25,8

26,1

26,3

22,5

28 C

28 e

24,:

23,$

25,

18:

25,:

25,!

20,:

26,:

26 I

25,’

25,1

25:

21,

88.4

76.4

612

99.0

87,3

13,8

05.6

71.4

78.8

88.2

82.2

108.7

71.4

74.5

87.6

90,8

86,4

76.8

80.5

74.0

82.1

11’0.1

62.9

74.4

78,7

72.4

107.0

111.3

72,9

72.3

85,3

98.9

73,9

74.8

61.6

77.9

83.8

74.8

667

96.5

61.4

88.8

108,7

78,6

82,4

97.4

73,8

86.1

92.5

768

909

94,5

867

63.6

1028

760

60,C

651

76,:

88.s

101.6

82:

67, !

94 [

80,:

81.0

74.8

79,6

96,4

82.3

112.7

103,7

71.2

76.5

68.0

62.5

109.3

71.3

74,2

81.6

74,7

83.6

73.0

66.5

72.7

75.1

113.6

56.1

72,7

73.2

64.6

105.7

110.6

72.6

68.0

778

917

65.2

69.7

61.3

74.8

78,2

73.4

60.3

62.4

Inside cen?ralctt,es

O.ts,de cenrralcmes.

!,357.0 2,208.5

!,344.6 1,949.0

!,355.5 2,282.0

!,147.5 2,018.0

1,136.O 1,796.5

1,146.5 2,114.5

?,326.0 2,132.0

1,097.5 3,167.0

1,804.0 1,615.5

2,152.0 2,121.0

2,144,5 2,053.5

1,999,0 1,863.5

2,915.5 2,882.5

2,995.0 2,964.0

2,162.5 2,155.5

!,216.0 2,129,5

!,393,5 2,225.5

!,645,0 2,465,5

!,202,5 2,013.0

!,1 56.0 2,053,5

!,056.0 2,051.0

!,302.0 2,233.5

!,278.5 2,147.0

!,31 2.0 2,274.5

!,520.0 2,314.0

!,644,0 2,280,5

?,414,5 2,353,0

?,527,0 2,437.0

1,910.0 2,739.0

?,360.0 2,357,0

2,377.0 2,267.5

2,627.5 2,473.5

2,223.0 2,195.5

2,304.0 2,198.5

2,370,5 2,221.0

2,229,5 2,210.0

2,411.0 2,290.0

2,495,0 2,292.0

2,320,0 2,296.C

2,319,0 2,257.C

2,661.0 2,561 .C

2,176,0 2.179.6

2,174, 0 2,136.C

2,176, 0 2,093.(

2,188. 0 2,186.!

2,547, 5 2,392,(

2,745 0 2,350S

2,442 5 2,413.(

2,361, 5 2,286.(

2,512 0 2,396.!

2,224, 0 2,222 (

79,0

85.3

104,4

76.6

77,8

93,4

72.5

82.2

87.0

76,2

85.C

65,7

65,6

61 C

99.:

76,[

76,(

82

76.!

62.(

86,

80.!

84.’

90,

80,:

Cleveland, Ohm

lns,decentralcw

Outs, decenlrelcmy

Col. rebus. Ohm

I m,de central cw

O.ts,decenrralcw ,.,

20,0

218

174

21,0

215

20,4

18,6

22,6

170

182

16,9

178

167

20 E

17,[

19,:

20:

16:

Oavton, Ohto

hmde central CIIV

O.ts(de central cw

,.

Denver, Colo ,,, .,

Irwde cenlral ctw

Out$tde centrai cw ,.

Oetrott, M!ch. . .,, . . . .. . .. .

lns,decentralc,ty .

O.wde central CIW ,, .,.

Fort WOrIh, Tex ,,,

Imtde central CIIV

O.ls,de central cw

24
Table4. Love birfhs, b!rfh rates, feruliry rates, and tolal fendw rams, by ra.e,ns,de and.uts,de.entral .mmof 1he501arges1 $tandard metropo$#ran stat#st,cal areas UnKed States, 1970.71

avemge-COn.

[Bawd on a .50.percent sample of broths, Birth rates per 1.000 p.pulatron residins m We, f., sPecified W.P. > ertilltY rat.$ Per 1.000 wom.n w.d 1544 Y..r$ i. specified gro.P. Tot.1 f.r:ifitY r.t.,

methesums of buthrates byageof mother m.ltiptiedby 51

LIVe btrths

Total

13,018

5,679

3,288

1,357

1,034

7,339

42,272

27,066

15,204

21 ,6a7

13,756

7,931

23,029

12,865

9,348

3.517

10.164

124,210

55,896

49,991

5,905

68,314

15,743

6.968

8,775

15.765

12,610

2,955

19,550

10.579

8,971

23,979

13,646

10,333

33,123

13,238

7,610

5,628

19,885

11,762

4,491

2,548

1,943

7.271

20,657

11,502

9,155

187,605

135,610

52,195

30,073

8,807

21,256

13,438

8,529

6,299

2,230

4,90+3

19,325

5,667

3,409

894

1.364

13,858

79,316

33.406

45.912

WhNe

11,480

4,266

2,oO3

1,272

1,011

7,194

31,646

18,306

73,540

18,213

10,392

7,621

18,971

8,969

6,384

2,585

10,002

1W,816

40,609

35,860

4,949

60,307

13,119

4,686

8,431

8,035

6,222

1,813

14,070

6,714

7,356

20,392

10,140

10,252

31,587

11,857

6,709

5,148

19,730

10,055

3,041

1,482

1,559

7,014

12,270

4,590

7,680

138,915

92,401

46,514

20,639

3,060

17,579

9,513

5,379

4,103

1,276

4,134

16,899

3,881

2,022

882

977

13,018

59,486

18,390

4 1,C96

1,448

1,344

1.247

80

17

104

10,194

8,586

1,606

3,385

3,303

82

3,9o8

3,604

2,903

901

10’7

18,071

12,295

11,686

609

5,776

2,567

2,254

313

7,677

6,557

1,120

5,382

3,821

1,561

3,394

3,367

27

1,031

950

578

372

51

1,621

1,406

1,039

367

215

8,318

6,879

1,439

45,369

40,557

5,312

9,186

5,675

3,511

3,587

2,871

1,959

912

716

2,262

1,742

1,369

7

366

520

19,215

14,711

4.504

Broth rate

T’otal

15.9

19.1

20.8

16.3

18.f

14.1

21.2

22.C

20.:

19. !

18.5

21,7

18,<

19.1

18.4

20$

17,f

17.;

1 7.(

17.[

16.!

17.;

18.(

19.:

1af

20.!

20.:

20.:

15.,

31.6

9.6

17.1

18.0

15.0

18,3

17,8

17,5

18.2

18.6

158

18,3

16,5

18,0

14.6

198

19.4

20.2

16,2

17.2

14.2

16.2

23.0

14,4

187

20,4

20,5

20,1

18,8

14.2

20.1

23,5

10,8

24.7

12,7

16.5

171

16.0

15.1

17.4

17.9

16.0

18,5

14.0

20,1

20,2

19,8

18,8

17.1

21,6

17.3

17,1

16,3

19.5

17.5

16.8

16.2

16.4

15.0

17.2

18,1

17.1

18.8

16.8

16.4

18.2

13,1

26.2

9.0

16,8

16,8

15.0

179

16,9

165

174

16.6

147

15,5

14,8

16,1

144

171

142

195

146

153

135

13,6

182

133

16,9

191

191

19,3

185

13,2

1&9

195

108

21,9

12,5

151

144

154

Negro

26.5

27.9

28.3

22.5

29.5

16.2

26.7

27.1

24.4

24.6

24.6

27.2

25.9

26,0

25.9

26.2

21.8

23.7

23.5

23.2

32.1

24.0

26.4

26.2

20.6

26.6

27.0

24.1

28.4

50.2

13.8

31.9

32.o

18.7

31,2

31.7

30,4

34,0

23,4

28,6

29,9

26,7

33.7

22.4

257

257

25.5

24,3

243

24.5

26.4

27,4

24.9

214

218

22,4

20,6

18,7

30,1

35,5

35,2

262

37,1

18.9

22,8

22.5

23.6

Tota

—

76.1

67.[

93.:

76.[

88.1

69.[

93.:

94,!

90.!

91. I

86.!

102.(

84

90.!

86.

99..

76..

81.[

81.!

612

63;

82.(

86.(

94.:

84.!

92.!

90:

100,:

75.:

152.s

47.

62.

90.:

73.,

82.1

82.2

785

878

821

771

88,0

S4.4

93.3

716

~08

91.5

69 Y

75.7

79,4

67,4

77,6

02.4

70,6

93.2

00,1

02.1

94.7

83,2

69,3

98,6

112,2

55.8

123,1

61,6

800

84.1

77,3

olw rate

?ihtte

—

73.3

82.4

84.3

75.9

88.1

6B.8

88.0

67.9

88.3

68.3

806

101.2

80.2

82.6

79,2

92.6

78,1

79.3

77.3

77.2

77.6

80.7

84.2

84,5

84.0

73.6

70.9

86.0

65.8

132.6

45.1

77.1

61.4

73.3

60.6

78.3

74,2

84.5

92.0

72,8

77.6

70,6

B5.7

70.9

794

704

859

71,0

746

64.9

68,3

83.5

56,3

86.6

953

86.5

91.6

61.2

655

B7.6

01,0

55.5

16.0

609

75.0

75.5

748

Negro

108.2

112.1

113,0

97,4

128.8

74.4

116.1

114.4

126.2

113.8

112.1

313.0

119.0

119.7

118.0

125.5

98.7

101.6

101.1

99.7

138.8

102,6

120,3

124.1

98.9

125.9

124.4

136.0

121.2

2C9.O

59.7

134,5

135.0

91.2

144.6

145.7

137.4

160,8

127.5

120.1

124,5

118.1

146.9

97.6

I 15.7

114,9

119,6

96.7

96,1

100.8

107.8

110.5

103.7

102,4

104,6

108,8

86.4

94,5

1216

142.3

?40.0

97,2

153,1

81.8

1009

98,5

109.5

Total fertilw rate

Total

2,186.5

2,314.0

2.407.0

2,075.5

2,460.5

2,103,5

2,550.5

2,560,5

2,582,0

2,531.5

2,374,0

2,856.0

2,349.5

2,457.o

2,399.0

2,622.5

2,229.5

2,276.5

2,240.5

2,252.5

2,132.5

2,313.5

2,457.5

2.510.5

2,415.0

2,502.0

2,449.0

2,765,5

2,222.0

4,5476.5

1,397.5

2,350,5

2,411.5

2,312,5

2,233,0

2,138.5

2,003.5

2,3506

2,322,5

2,200.5

2,322,0

2,163,5

2,605,5

2,1415

2,5040

2,4690

2,525,5

2,179,5

2,2050

2.1725

2,284.5

2,795.0

2,1360

2,5055

2.595.5

2,6110

2,5610

2,362,0

2,121.5

2,722,0

2,5955

1,725.0

3,377.5

1.953.0

2,3195

2,326,0

2,322,5

Whne

2,136.5

2,199.5

2,207.5

2,075.5

2,469.C

2,036.C

2,424.0

2,389.C

2,507.5

2,442.5

2,212.C

2,833.!

2,225.C

2,235.C

2,1 58.!

2,443,C

2,222.5

2,212,:

2,136,C

2,155,5

1,971S

2,272.5

2,346.?

2,256.!

2,400,C

2,023.(

1,942.C

2,382.C

1,934.!

4.042.!

2,246.0

2,191.5

2,310.0

2,195.0

2,042.0

1.894.5

2,270,0

?,320,5

!.107.5

!,036,5

,866,5

?,426.5

?,125,0

?,226.0

1,967,5

?,422,6

!,073 o

?,0685

?,128,0

?,111.5

?,626.0

?,045.0

?,343.5

>,373.0

?,366 O

2,396,5

2,318,0

2,040,0

2,483.0

2,750.0

1,717.0

1,231.5

1,939.5

2,211.0

2,110.0

2,266,5

Negro

2,826.0

2,886.5

2,912.0

2,527.0

3,080.0

2,368.5

3,064.5

3,008,5

3,447,5

3,087,0

3,037.0

8,397.0

3,174.5

3,196.0

3,171.0

3,288.o

2,922.5

2,751.0

2,712.5

2,681.0

3,500.0

2,848.0

3,164.5

3,253.0

2,667.5

3,265.0

3,228,5

3,748,0

3,279.0

5,681.5

1,618.5

3,522.0

3,534.0

2,955.0

3,778,5

3,759.0

3,607.0

4,1235

3,462.0

3,167,5

3,240,5

3.046.5

3,933.0

2.716,0

3,056.0

3,031,0

3,184,0

2.722,5

2,702.5

2,6625

2,962.5

2,9B3.O

2,922.5

2,749.0

2,7660

2,6720

2,667,5

2,569,6

3,310.0

3,751.5

3,66B.5

3,131.0

4,139,0

2,360,5

2,769.5

2,711.5

2,966.0

25
Table 4 Lrve bmhs, bwlh rates, fertlllry rates, and total fert,l, w rates, by race ,n$,de and o.ts,decentm c,mm. f the 50 largest standard rmtrqmlm. stat,mcal areas UmcedSmtes, 1970.71

average- con

[Based on a So-percent wnpleofbwths Limthrwesper 1,000 pop.lat#.n re$td,ng tnareafor spectf,edgr..p tcm]m mtesper l,ooowwnenased 15.44 years tnspec,fted group, Totalferttltity ratw

are the$um$,>f h,rth rates byage. f rncxhmmwlt,pl, edby 5)

L,”, b,rrh, B#rlh rate Fert,l,tv rate Total fert,l,ty rate

Area

Total Wh,te Negro Tmal rotal Vhme

—

93,1

94.3

913

68.6

60.6

70.4

76.9

83.2

73,5

77.1

77,1

78.7

871

65.5

77.2

80.1

89,8

76,2

70.9

93,6

62.8

76,4

90.1

73,7

09.0

13,0

96,4

89,9

88.2

96,9

78,4

97,8

90.5

82,5

72.4

92,9

65,1

61,3

57,3

71,6

66.5

74,6

94.9

59,8

71,9

66,9

641

92,8

74,7

79,7

84.1

893

75.0

76,1

895

939

85.2

72,0

42.6

750

Negro Negro

.—

Phcm,x, A,,, .,,,

hmde central my ,.

O.ts#decentmlc, ty.

P,mbu,gh< Pa

Inwdecenmlmy .,,,,,,

Oumdeceniralcrty

19,656

12,110

7,5-76

34,684

7,431

27,253

16,545

6,628

9,917

11,944

5,408

3,043

1,279

1,086

6,536

15,738

6,113

9,625

12,987

5,062

7,925

41,685

12,546

29,139

20,030

15,893

4,137

20,839

6,037

2,129

2,561

1,347

14,802

23,599

11,121

12,478

47,621

16,948

10,683

6,265

30,673

18,739

10,057

8,682

23,044

8,866

7,850

1,016

14,178

16,504

8,274

5,481

2,793

7,230

13,443

7,716

5.727

53,603

14,690

36.913

18 05[

10,841

7,70s

30.64E

5,04C

25,60:

15,65i

5,931

9,721

11,214

4.773

2,434

1,262

1,077

6,441

13,694

4,379

9,315

11,485

3,896

7,489

31,241

5,916

25,325

18,508

14,622

3,886

19,213

5,305

7,727

2,280

1,298

13,908

20,975

9,307

11,668

36,024

8,98o

6,088

2,892

27,044

17,273

9,250

1,019

852

167

3,823

2,321

1,502

571

532

39

609

554

537

12

5

55

1,930

1,674

256

1,015

739

276

10,221

6,563

3,658

1,390

1,183

207

1,293

664

385

236

43

629

1,505

1,289

216

7,691

5,329

2,412

2,917

2,362

578

386

192

1,096

1,022

1,009

13

74

3,056

2,444

1,512

932

614

1,632

1,543

89

17,144

12,513

4,631

20,3

20 E

196

14.4

14,3

145

164

17,3

15.8

15.5

15.9

17.0

16,6

13.0

15.2

17,8

20.6

16.4

16.2

19.9

145

17.6

20.2

16.7

23.2

24.3

19.7

18.2

19,6

20,4

18.3

21.0

177

17.4

16.0

18.9

15.3

15.7

14.9

17.3

15.1

17.6

22.6

197

202

191

138

122

14.1

16.1

168

15,7

150

14.9

151

165

12.9

31.0

30.5

33,6

22.5

221

231

24.5

24.7

22.8

34.4

33.4

33,6

29,8

15.3

51,0

33,5

33,7

31.8

268

27,1

25,9

27,0

25,8

23,4

23,4

23,6

22.0

25.6

28,9

26,4

32.7

38,0

22,8

24,3

24,3

23.8

23.3

24.1

25.1

23.4

21,6

32.o

35,2

26.9

26.3

26.7

26.6

34.2

22,0

27,9

282

27,6

292

27,0

28,6

29,2

21,1

244

23,3

27,9

95.6

97.1

93.3

71.6

70.C

72.0

78.0

85.1

73.9

79,2

81,4

86,4

87.4

65.5

77,5

84,6

99.5

77,3

72,7

94,6

63.3

84.3

02.7

78.2

08.5

11.9

97.2

906

90.2

98.1

81.4

98.2

90.7

84.8

75.9

94.6

69.9

73.5

68.5

S4.o

68.1

75,8

959

61.0

74.2

72.0

69,8

94,1

75,6

86.3

94.1

98.0

872

78.9

93.0

99,5

855

79.2

61,0

78,5

152.8

149,2

174,0

1061

103,9

109,5

118,0

117,4

1266

1335

1403

1415

1364

75,8

699

139.6

138.8

145.6

124.5

123.8

126.4

123.0

117.8

133.4

111.4

109.0

126.8

125.4

128.7

117.8

142.4

182.2

122.0

118.6

112,4

177.5

102.0

105.3

108,6

102.7

95.2

131.5

143.8

112.3

122.3

122.9

1224

185.7

114.0

130.5

130,2

130.9

129.2

131.6

13S,5

130.3

117.9

99.6

94.7

1157

2,661.5

2,693.0

2.619.0

2,600.5

2<626.5

2,567.0

3,998.0

3,913.5

4.553.5

2,959.0

2,667.5

3,082.5

3,001.5

2,985.5

3,212.5

3,533.5

3,683.0

3,708.5

3,446.5

2,992.6

2,551.0

3,576.5

3,533.0

3,944.5

3,511.0

3,432,0

3,702.5

3,302,0

3,130.5

3,546,5

3,081.5

3,013,5

3.4830

3,411.0

3,446.0

3,176.5

3,813.0

4,407.5

3,379.0

3,158.5

3,007.0

4,492.0

2,676.5

2,749,0

2,836.6

2,681.0

2,527.6

3,321.0

3,604.0

2,859.5

3,164.5

3,153.0

3,135.5

5,173.5

3,321.5

3,520.5

3,526.5

3,517.0

3,537.5

3,487,5

3,490.0

3,517.5

2,975.5

2,608,5

2,466,0

3,0655

——

,,.

,..

,,

,.

.,.

,,,,

.,

2,174.0 2,102.5

1,996.5 1,779.0

2,237.0 2,196.0

2,116,5 2,089.0

2,196.5 2,146.0

2,087.5 2,077.0

2,314.0 2,264.5

2,305.5 2,2025

2,344.5 2,154.0

2,513,0 2,506.0

2,058.0 2,057.0

2,327.5 2,318.5

Portland, Omgm. Wwh, ,,, ,,

Ins,decenrralc, ty,

O.ts,decentralc, ty ,, ,,

16.2

Rochester, N,Y, ,,, ,, ,,,,, ,, ,,,,

Ins,de central my,,, ., ,.. ,,, ,., ,,,

Out$,dece”tralc,ty ,,, ,,

16.7

17,9

16.2

15.8

19.3

14.4

15.8

16.2

15.7

23.3

24.5

197

18.0

19.0

19.8

17,5

20.9

17.6

16,8

15,0

18.5

14,0

12.4

11.9

13.5

14,6

17.2

22.2

13,7

15.6

13,9

13.4

18.6

16.7

13.7

14,2

17,7

10.1

13,3

186

18.6

18,5

16.8

9.5

17,6

—

2,352,0 2,251,5

2,512.0 2,278.5

2,278,5 2,251.5

Scrame”to, cal,f, ,, ... .,.,,,,,,,,

I“s,decentr.alc,ty ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,, .,,,

Outs, dece”tral c,?” ,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,

2,042.5 1,981,5

2,556.0 2,469.5

1,818,0 1,801.0

2,405.5 2,209.0

2,777,5 2,477.0

2,278.0 2,161.0

3,043.5 3,056,5

3,140.0 3,172,5

2,745.5 2,719,5

2,514,5 2,496,5

2,442.0 2,387.5

2,597,5 2,554.0

2.262.0 2,1840

2,626.0 2,623.o

2,549.0 2,543.5

2,322,5 2,248.6

2,036.5 1,929.5

2,667,5 2,606.5

1,924.0 1,788.0

1,959,5 1,606.5

1,838.5 1,506.5

2,193,0 1,858.5

1,928.o 1,887,5

2,096,0 2,062.5

2,566,5 2,544.0

8,023 14.0 1,738,0 1,701.0

20,916

7,202

6,227

975

13,714

12,374

5,783

3,932

1,851

6,591

11,747

6,128

5,619

35,620

1.985

33,635

16,2

15.2

148

18.9

16.9

15,3

16.7

19.7

12.9

13.9

19.4

20.1

18.5

18.7

194

18.5

2,005,0 1,941.5

1,889.0 1,747.5

1,841,0 1,662.5

2,468.5 2,424.0

2,137.0 2,111.5

2,446.5

2,650,5

2,686.5

2,571.5

2,250.E

2,277.5

2,404.0

2,472.5

2,282.5

2,179.5

1

2,601.5 2,516.5

2,720.0 2,574.0

2,469,5 2.464.5

2.162.5 1,975.5

2,123.0 1,205.5

2,164.0 2,076.0

26
Table 5. Total fertdity rates and birth rates by age of mother and race inside and outside central cities of the50 largest standard metropolitan statistical areas: UnmdStates,

1970-71 average

[ Based on a 50.percent sample of births. Total fertility rates are the sums Of bwth rates by age of t

for mecitied zrout

Area and race

Total, 50 largest SMSA’S .................................................................................................

lI{:IIu c,,rnputcd $$III! :, [(,1.,1 (,I Ik... t,,1,l 20 i>,rlh. l,,r l!,,, ,c,.Ir. 1,170 7]

Total

fertility

rate

2,305.0

2,193.0

2,945.5

2,400.0

2,205.0

2,848.0

2,237.5

2,196.0

2,943.5

2,334.5

2,300.5

3,164.0

2,711.5

2,676.5

3,187.0

2,426.5

2,379.0

3,059.0

3,085.0

3,021,0

3,692.5

2,921.0

2,897.5

3,431.5

2,149.5

2,142.0

3,220.5

2,267,0

2,258.5

3.040.5

2,445.5

2,442.0

2,992.0

2,283.0

2,290.0

3,676.5

2,920.5

2,937.5

2,936.0

2,063.5

2,077.0

5,134.5

2,179.0

2,168.5

3,282.5

2.357,0

2,208.5

2,7690

2,344.5

1,949.0

2,659.5

2,355.5

2,262.0

3,326.5

2,147.5

2,019.0

2,409.0

2,136.0

1,798.5

2.403.0

2,146.5

2,114,5

2,450,5

2,326,0

2,1320

2,776.0

3, C97.5

3,167,0

2,886.0

1,884.0

1,615,5

2,6195

her multiplied by S. Birth rates are Iivebuths per 1,000 women residing in area

IO-14

{ears

—

1.2

0.4

6.2

2.2

0.7

6.4

0.5

0.3

4.2

0.4

10.2

14.3

10.9

10.4

15.2

%.9

10.9

16.4

10.4’

15.3

10.2

10.2

0.3

0,3

13.6

0.6

0.5

14.8

1.4

11.2

15.0

10.4

10.4

0,2

0.2

3,0

0.8

9.1

6.0

1.5

8.5

1.5

0.7

11.4

1.9

0.2

59

3,7

10,4

6,0

0.5

0.2

5.0

1.4

0.5

3.0

2.1

10.4

:.:

10,5

2.3

15-19

years

61.9

47.6

143.1

83.0

58.6

147.2

45.9

41.4

126.3

48.0

41.6

154.8

64.8

55.2

163.2

60.7

47.2

161.0

69.9

66.8

122.7

88.3

59.5

211.8

34.8

34.2

102.9

56.1

55,7

130.3

73.6

72,6

139,8

65.2

65.1

1375.0

95.8

94.1

135.9

59.0

58.9

47.7

47.6

110.4

92.5

71,4

149.6

115.6

74.6

145.0

78.3

70.5

170.4

74.1

48.8

136.5

105,0

60.0

140.5

49,1

44.4

110.7

78.3

S0.6

110.5

96.6

72.9

122.1

65.5

54,5

95.6

20-24

years

149.0

142.3

184.2

148.4

135.4

193.9

149.6

147.5

195.7

149.2

146.7

217.0

148.2

143.2

211.1

117.1

106.4

212.8

197.B

195.3

241.1

166.0

184.6

179.3

150.2

149.4

279.6

161.7

161.6

223.3

177.1

176.9

230.8

165,3

167.4

1235.3

204.7

204.1

231.0

154.3

154.1

1200.0

153.4

153.5

210.5

1486

140,0

177.6

139.9

108.4

169.7

154.4

150.0

221.0

142.4

136.0

159.6

134.6

111.8

158,4

149,4

1479

168.3

164.5

154.3

191.8

193.0

1892

199.7

140.7

131.4

179.1

Aae of mother

25-29

years

139.0

.

140.9

126.9

131.7

134.0

124.8

145.0

145.2

136.4

151.2

151.9

136.3

174.8

180.0

133.7

182.2

172.7

112.3

183.0

183.3

190.5

188,5

189.3

202.1

138.9

138.8

159.1

137.3

136.9

130.9

133.2

133.8

109.9

133.0

132,9

1125.0

142.4

144.7

106.2

121.2

121.2

1250.0

139.2

136.2

198.2

1304

135,4

110.7

113.1

117.7

108.7

139.0

139.7

121.2

123.2

130.5

95.6

100.6

105.2

92.8

139,2

140.1

113,0

129.9

129.6

130.8

189.3

2236

131.4

90.9

84.6

129.8

30-34

years

72.7

_

72.0

73.5

74.2

74.0

72.8

71.6

70.9

76.8

81.6

81.7

75.1

101.0

103.9

74.7

93.1

99.0

71.6

111.8

109.0

125.0

102.3

105.6

140.8

73.2

73.3

177.7

65.4

65.1

61.9

68.3

66.7

57.4

62.4

62.7

88.1

91.2

57.1

53.3

52.9

176.9

64.2

63.6

174.1

66.1

66.3

65.4

60.5

67.7

62.4

68.7

68.0

81.4

59.0

61.0

51.1

52.5

53.8

50.4

63.4

63.3

55,9

59.9

56.5

70.4

94.3

106.6

74.0

39.5

34.8

64.9

35-39

29.8

28.6

35.6

32.3

31.0

35.2

28.o

27.4

37.5

31.1

30.7

36.9

42.7

42.9

39.4

40.7

41.0

38.2

41.1

40.4

149.5

46.4

49.0

133.3

26.3

26.2

124.8

26.5

x 26.1

48.4

29.2

28.9

142.9

24.8

26.o

41.6

42.3

138.6

21.8

21.0

15W.O

26.4

25.0

163.3

24.6

22.5

32.2

27.0

22.8

30.1

23.5

22.4

43,2

23.2

22.1

25.8

24.6

22.8

25.6

22.3

21.9

27.1

25,1

20,5

37.8

36.7

36,5

37.1

18.1

13.8

39.0

4044

years

7.0

6.5

9.9

7.8

7.0

9.6

6.5

6.2

11.1

7.2

7.1

18.4

9.5

9.3

110.1

9.0

8.5

19.5

9.0

9.0

19.7

11.3

11.3

113.7

6.2

6.2

5.8

5.7

19.7

7.0

6.9

112.8

4.9

4.9

9.9

9.7

113.4

6.7

6.9

5.3

5.2

5.E

5,0

7.8

6.2

5.9

6.5

5.3

4.E

14.7

5.4

S.o

6.5

5.E

5.5

6.1

5.1

4.9

9.5

5.E

4.1

9.9

7.C

6.C

8.3

4.E

3.1

12.2

4549

years

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.4

0.3

0.7

10.2

10.2

10.4

10.4

10.6

10.7

10.4

10.4

10.1

10.1

0.3

0.3

10.1

10.1

10.2

10.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

10.3

11.2

10.6

10.2

11.0

0.4

10.3

12.4

0.3

0.2

0.8

0.4

10.2

0.8

0.3

10.2

10.6

0.5

10.3

11,0

10.5

10,2

11.1

10.4

10.4

10.8

27
Table 5. Total fertd)ty rates and bjrth rates by age of mother and race ,nslde and Outs,de cemral cntes of the 50 largest standard metropolitan statwmcal areas: Un,ted States,

1970.71 average–COn.

[Based ona 50-percent sample of births. TOtalfertllity rates arethesums ~f birthrate:

for Spe

Areaa.d race

age of mother multwlied by 5. Birth rates are live births per 1,000 women residing in area

ed WOUP]

1

Total

fertd ny

rat e

2,152.0

2,121.0

2,812.0

2,144.5

2,053.5

2,B49.O

1,999.0

1,863.5

2,819,0

2,915,5

2,882.5

5,4235

2,995.0

2,9B4.O

4,667.5

2,162.5

2,155.5

2,659,0

2,216.0

2,129,5

3,194.0

2,393.5

2,225,5

3,2980

2,645,0

2,465.5

3,5040

2,202,5

2,013.0

3,317.0

2,156.0

2,053,5

2,751,5

2,056.0

2,051.0

2,426.0

2,302,0

2,2335

2,843,0

2,278,5

2,147.0

2,746.0

2,312.0

2,274.5

3,523.0

2,520.0

2,314.0

3,313.5

2,644.0

2,280,5

3,284.5

2,414.5

2,353.0

3,776.0

2,527,0

2,437.0

3,1715

2,910.0

2,739.0

3,337.5

2,360.0

2,3570

2,321,5

2,377,0

2,267.5

2,834.0

2,627,5

2,473,5

2,B33.5

2,2230

2,195,5

2,799,5

10.14

0.4

0.2

3.9

1.1

10.3

4.6

1.4

10.3

4.6

10.7

10. ?

0.2

0.2

1o.B

0.4

102

12.7

0.9

10.5

12.8

113

10.6

13.1

10.4

10.2

11.4

11.1

10.6

13.9

10.2

10.1

12.2

0.9

0.3

5.5

2.2

0.8

5.8

0.3

0,2

14.0

1.5

0.2

5.9

2.9

0.4

5.9

04

0,1

55

1,3

0,6

5.9

37

1.E

6.7

0.4

04

11.:

1.;

o.:

5.[

z!

O.f

5,;

0:

0:

3.f

Age of mother

15-19

years

34.8

30,6

125.8

53.5

409

135.2

49.0

32.7

134.4

73.3

71.8

212.8

76.7

757

‘160.0

28.2

27.5

844

37.2

27.2

158.3

63.0

43.5

168.6

81,7

61.2

174.1

46.2

26,2

183,6

45,9

32,2

131.9

18.1

16,9

83.9

44.8

33.2

152.4

66.2

40.E

149.2

33.4

30.1

171.2

68,5

42,4

170,1

100.(

55.:

170, (

40.E

35.1

170.s

71.:

59.:

158.:

112.;

83.:

175,!

52S

51:

75, !

56,:

37.(

139.

102,:

69,”

142,

30 I

26.!

116.1

20-24

116.9

114.1

1787

107,5

97.4

183,2

91.7

77.6

179.9

201.1

199.1

473.7

201.8

199.8

416.7

1215

121.3

155.4

135.6

127.5

214.4

151.6

139.3

220.2

259.2

14B.1

222.9

138.8

123.3

219.6

1486

137.1

214.6

116.2

115.1

165.5

152,0

147.5

193.5

148.1

139.6

186.1

154.8

152.3

246.9

157.5

144.2

216.2

1586

133.8

212,5

1563

152,4

2500

167.9

1842

198.8

166.C

154.5

207.E

169.3

189.9

144.4

156.C

147.E

196,(

174:

161:

196,S

143.:

141.:

190.~

25-29

years

147.5

148.7

127.0

128.6

130.4

122.0

120.3

120.2

121.2

167,0

166.8

1138.9

176.4

176.0

‘241.4

153.B

153.7

154.8

152,0

153.8

136.9

145,1

146,4

138.2

152.8

155.0

145.6

144.6

143.6

148.0

131.B

135,0

111.8

158.5

159.6

1201

149.4

152.0

116.5

133.3

137.9

114.6

157,4

157.4

130.2

149.3

152.6

133.1

133.6

134.2

130.1

184.4

1840

163.1

142.6

143.6

132.4

152.7

157.9

136,7

137.5

138.1

113.1

146.0

151,2

119.6

130.0

138.7

117.1

155.2

155.7

131.4

30-34

years

85.2

B5.3

77.0

876

90.6

74.1

86.3

90.4

72,5

94.3

90.7

259.3

91.6

92,1

115.4

845

84.2

B9.7

80.1

80.2

7B.7

77.3

75,9

82,2

859

83.0

97.0

71.6

70,8

71.9

71.3

72.6

59.1

82.2

82.8

55,9

75,1

75.8

62.4

699

74.0

57.6

77.4

76.4

97.4

82.6

81.6

83.1

83.4

83.8

81.0

81.7

80,5

102.5

77,7

76.5

84.4

93.5

97.C

85.E

71.E

71.1

78.4

77,7

79.4

68,4

74.5

79.E

66.4

79.4

79.:

7B.i

35.39

years

36.4

36.4

34.2

40.1

41.6

34.7

39,B

41.5

35,1

38.8

39.5

45.0

45.6

35,4

35.4

32,0

30.2

29.6

38.5

32.3

31.0

38.5

39.1

35.7

62.4

31.2

31.3

25,9

23.7

242

121.5

28.9

28.B

38.9

30.9

30.9

29,1

29,0

29,3

28.2

31,8

31.4

35.0

35.2

33.5

41.E

39.E

39.C

40.:

31.4

30. i

46.S

35.:

34.1

42,5

43,:

43,:

42,:

32.1

31.;

40.5

31.:

31.!

30.:

32.;

35.[

30.(

30,!

30.!

28,’

40.44

year5

8,8

B.5

15,2

10.1

9.1

15.3

10.7

9.5

15.4

8.6

8.6

6.8

6.9

8.5

8.4

14.7

7.2

7.0

9.5

7.5

7,g

7.:

8.C

9.(

%7

6.7

6.(

13.(

8,/

9.(

13.(

6.7

6.6

18,7

6.$

6.7

8,!

6.7

6.7

6,$

6.$

6.;

119.s

8.6

7.9

11,7

9.9

9.0

11,5

7.6

7.3

14.0

B.8

8.5

10.7

9.8

9.5

10.7

8.4

8.3

110.2

6.6

6.3

7,9

8,3

9.1

7.4

5.7

5.5

10.9

15-49

fears

0.4

0,4

10,8

0,4

10.4

10.7

0.6

10.5

10.?

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.4

10.7

10.6

10.6

10,B

10.4

10.5

11.0

11.2

10.4

13.9

10.4

10.4

0,4

0,3

10.?

10.3

10.3

10.8

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.4

1.0

0.6

0.4

1.1

0,4

0,5

10.3

0.7

0.7

11.1

0.8

10.5

11.3

0.7

0.7

0.4

0.3

10.6

0.6

10.5

10.7

0.3

0.3

28
Table 5. Total fertdity rates and birth rates by age of mother and race !nside and outsade central Cltmsof the501argest standard metropcdKan stat#stlcal areas: United States,

1970-71 average-COn.

(Basedon a50.percent sample of births. TOtalfertllily rates arethes.ms ofhirthratc!

for Spe

Area and race

I ageuf

ied grw _

Total

fertility

rate

2,304.0

2,198.5

3,079.5

2.370.5

2,221.0

3,102.5

2,229.5

2,210.0

2,969.6

2,411.0

2,290.0

2,996.0

2,495.0

2,292.0

3,051.0

2,320.0

2,296.0

2,852.5

2,319.0

2,257.0

2,718.5

2,661.0

2,561.0

2,924.5

2,176.0

2,179.5

2,225.0

2,174.0

2,138.0

3,032.5

2,176.0

2,093.0

3,071.5

2,188.0

2,188.5

2,449.0

2,547.5

2,392.0

3,161.0

2,745.0

2,350.0

3,179.5

2.442.5

2,413.0

3,034.5

2,361.5

2,266.0

2>956.5

2,512.0

2,396.5

2,979.5

2,224.0

2,222.0

2,477.0

2,186.5

2,136.5

2,826.0

2,314.0

2,199.5

2,886.5

2,407.0

2,7.07.5

2,912.0

2,075.5

2,076.5

2,527.0

2,480.5

2,469.0

3,080.0

2,103.5

2,096.0

2,366.5

[her multiplied by 5. Birth rates me bveblrthsper 1,000 women residing in area

10-14

years —

1.5

0.5

7.3

2.5

0.7

7.4

10.4

10.3

16.1

2.2

::

3.4

1.7

7.3

1.0

0.6

14.1

1.0

0.5

4.4

2.5

10.6

6.4

0.5

0.5

10.8

0.5

0.3

4.5

1.2

0.6

4.7

10.1

10,1

1.2

0.3

4.9

3.0

0.7

4.9

0.4

0.3

4.4

1.8

1.0

6.7

3.0

1.9

6.5

R

110.3

0.7

0.5

3.8

1.7

1.1

4.1

3.2

12.5

4.5

10.3

10.3

10.;

10.3

10.;

10.2

12.2

15-19

years

67.8

57.5

141.7

W.5

61,6

150.9

49.4

48.9

60.7

95.9

80.3

165.3

112.8

88.1

176.7

76.9

73.5

118.6

71.0

62.8

128.4>

109.7

91.3

151.9

53.8

53.6

59.9

63.8

69.5

155.2

82.8

73.6

162.1

50.6

50.5

156.3

69.0

49.7

144.2

104.1

61.2

146.9

50.1

46.5

127.5

91.2

61.9

158.8

107.8

93.1

159.8

73.5

72.6

141.7

42.5

35.2

134.1

70.6

56.1

143.0

90.3

70.2

140.5

44.9

40.9

152.3

52.9

50.2

1286.3

24.7

24.2

57.8

20-24

years

147.2

139.3

220.7

143.3

130.6

223.5

155.7

155.9

166.0

164.2

158.7

194.8

162.5

149.9

200.6

166.4

167.6

161.0

164.7

163.3

173.6

172.0

160.5

204.4

160.7

164.5

64.8

147.9

145.1

225.5

138.4

131.6

226.8

157.1

157.3

208.9

170.8

162.6

203.3

172.8

147.6

204.9

169.3

156.2

192.1

171.0

168.2

200.5

166.0

159.1

200.0

176.9

177.1

210.5

135.0

131.1

176.7

141.5

135.0

176.4

135.9

121.5

177.4

131.9

130.7

1S8.4

183.2

183.0

1151.5

129.0

128.0

179.9

Aue of morher

25-29

years

142.8

142.9

138.7

141.9

142.4

136.9

144.3

143.5

186.0

128.4

130.1

120.4

123.8

126.3

117,9

133.4

133.3

142.0

137.4

137,0

136,4

142.9

149.0

128.6

135.4

134.2

174.2

132.9

133.7

124.4

121.0

121.3

125.7

141.4

141.7

104.3

151.1

152.1

148.2

142.0

139.1

747.7

165.9

155.7

156.2

128.3

129.6

120.2

131.0

134.0

122.4

126.0

126.5

172.6

150.3

152.3

135.3

137.0

138.6

134.9

129.0

124.7

140.0

141.8

146.8

75.0

156.8

157.1

186.8

158.5

158.9

140.2

30-34

years

68.2

67.3

67.5

70.0

70.6

65.3

65.8

64.1

96.2

62.4

60.6

71.0

64.9

63.2

68.8

59.9

58.7

89.6

60.8

60.6

58.9

56.9

76.3

55.0

58.3

57.4

73.7

63.0

62.7

65.9

63.2

62.8

63.8

62.8

62.7

97.3

77.2

76.4

79.1

79.3

78.2

80.1

76.2

76.0

72.1

54.7

54,4

57.3

61.4

62.7

57.6

49.3

49.2

151.3

74.0

73.3

75.9

73.8

72.0

76.8

77.1

75.7

76.6

69.0

69.1

178.6

70.1

m.1

~71.4

74.2

73.8

69.7

35-39

years

27.3

26.2

34.2

29.3

28.6

31.5

25.0

24.0

76.9

23.2

21.9

31.1

25,8

24.3

29.8

20.5

19.8

40.1

23.6

22.3

34.0

29.7

28.7

31.6

21.7

21.0

43.8

21,4

21.3

19.7

23.1

23.3

19.4

20.5

20.4

125.0

31.8

29.8

40.3

37.1

33.8

40.1

29.4

28,9

41.4

20.0

17.8

37.0

26.2

22.6

38.3

14.7

14.6

19.0

28.3

28.2

29.0

30.6

30.2

30.8

36.9

38.9

31.8

21.8

22.0

120.4

26.3

26.6

27.3

27.4

119.2

40-44

years

5.6

5.6

4.8

6.3

6.3

5.0

4.8

4.9

5.6

5.0

8.9

5.5

4.8

7.8

5.7

5.3

15.1

4.9

4.6

7.3

6.1

5.4

7.6

4.4

4.4

15.8

5.0

4.7

10.6

5.3

4.8

11.0

4.s

4.7

8.0

7.2

11.6

10.2

9.0

11.4

6.9

6.7

12.5

5.2

4.7

9.8

6.8

5.9

10.3

3.7

3.8

6.:

6.E

10.4

7.E

6.s

11.3

9.C

8.C

11.C

5.4

5.2

19.7

7.5

7.5

6.E

6.5

%7

45-49

years

0,4

0.4

10.;

10.4

10.4

10.4

0.3

10.2

10.9

10.3

10.1

11.1

10,2

10.2

0.4

10.3

10.7

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.3

12.0

0.3

0.3

10.7

10.4

10.4

10.8

10.3

10.3

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.3

1:.;

10.1

10,0

%,0

10.2

11.0

10.1

10.1

10.1

10.1

10.;

10.2

lRatc.computed w,th N tt>t;d <,fle,s th;tn 20 hirthsfwtlw yews IV70-71

29
Table 5. Total ferl,l,ty rates and btrth rates by age of mother and race tmlde and cmts,de central cmes of the 50 largest standard metropolitan stamst!cal areas. UnKed States,

1970.71 average-Con.

[Based On a 50.percent sample Of births. Total ferul[ty rates are the sums .f b,rcb rates

6., ..,.

Area and race

Mmmt, Fla.

age of ,

:d group

Total

%rltllty

rate

2,550,5

2,424.0

1,064.5

>,550,5

2,389.0

1,008.5

2,582.0

2,507.5

3,447.5

2,531.5

2,442.5

3,087.0

2,374.0

2,212.0

3,037.0

2,856.0

2,833.5

3,397.0

2,349.5

2,225.0

3,174.5

2,457.0

2,235.0

3,196,0

2,399,0

2,158.5

3,171.0

2,622.6

2,443.0

3,288.0

2,229.5

2,222.5

2,922.5

2,276.5

2,212.5

2,751.0

2,240.5

2,136.0

2,712.5

2,252.5

2,155.5

2,681.0

2,132.5

1,971.0

3,500,0

2,313,5

2,272,5

2,848,0

2,457.5

2,346.5

3,164.5

2,510.5

2,256.5

3,253.0

2,415.0

2,400.0

2,667,5

2,502.0

2,023.0

3,285.0

2,449.0

1,942.0

3,228,5

2,7655

2,382,0

3,748.0

2,222.0

1,984.5

3,279.0

4,506.5

4,042.5

5,681.5

hermultiplted by 5. Birth rates arehve broths per 1,000 wOmen residing in area

0.14

(ears

—

1,9

0,9

5,6

24

1,0

5.5

1.2

0.7

6.1

1.5

0.6

6.8

1.9

0.6

6.6

0.8

0.7

38.5

1.3

0.6

5.1

2.0

0.8

5.2

2.2

0.8

5,6

1.5

10.8

13.7

0.4

0.4

13.4

0.9

0.5

3.5

1.2

0.5

3.9

1.3

0.5

3.8

10.6

10,2

16.6

0.7

0.5

2.6

2.0

0.8

9.C

3.E

1.2

9,4

o.E

O.i

14.;

3.:

0.5

6.f

3.t

10,:

6.f

3,1

10.C

6.:

1.:

0,!

6.;

5.:

11.:

12.!

15.19

fears

91.7

75.5

153.1

98.2

77.5

153.1

80.8

72,7

152.6

89.5

77.8

161.5

91.9

74.3

160.7

84.3

83.7

246,2

77.7

63.6

165.4

96.2

72.3

169.5

92.9

65.1

174.6

105.6

91.6

153.4

56,4

56.1

80,6

66.0

58.1

130,5

68.8

55.6

133.7

58.6

54.2

133.4

70.6

54.8

142.7

63.9

59.8

124.3

88.5

74.7

171.9

112,9

87.4

181.5

69.4

67.0

123.1

102.9

59.0

159.9

102.2

53.4

164.2

105.8

82.6

138.7

66.5

45.5

164.0

169.8

108,6

315.5

20-24

years

178.1

171.9

206.8

166.6

156.0

201.0

203.0

199.7

247.8

175.1

173.6

187.7

157.9

152.5

184.5

213.2

212.3

491.2

164.1

156.8

204.6

163.5

152.9

206.7

156.2

144.3

203,4

184.1

176.5

217.1

164.8

165.0

147.8

148.8

146.3

184.2

137.6

131.5

179.5

137.7

132.0

176.1

137.4

126.9

261,3

159.2

158,0

196,2

172.2

168.1

204.1

164.3

153.1

206.6

179.2

176.8

187,4

165.9

140,1

216.6

161,4

132.9

214.8

191.3

176.7

230.7

141.7

127.2

209.4

271.5

242.9

347.0

25.29

years

137.5

139.5

130.2

136.6

139.9

128.2

138.8

138.9

144.7

139.4

140.1

132.6

128,1

129.1

128.6

159.3

157.7

510.2

131.0

130.6

131.3

126.3

124.9

129.8

126.0

125.7

126.9

127.0

122,5

139.6

136,0

135.2

203.7

129,8

130.6

118.5

126.6

128.2

114.3

127.7

130.3

113.1

117.4

112.4

142.0

132.5

132.4

126.2

130.7

130.3

130.2

119,8

116.5

129.6

137.4

137.1

133.3

130.9

127.3

138.4

128.0

124.9

133.7

144.3

136,5

176.1

125,3

124,0

132,3

240.9

251.C

218.0

ther

10.34

{ears

67,2

66,2

70,9

70,5

70.7

69.2

62.2

60.9

82.4

66.0

64.2

77.1

60.3

56.3

75.8

76.6

75.9

269.2

63.2

61.6

76.6

67.3

64.9

76.3

66.9

65.0

73.9

68.5

84.8

84.9

59.2

59.1

88.7

72.4

70.7

71.8

74.8

73.4

70.3

75.3

74.6

69.6

69.6

61.9

90.8

70.4

68.8

74.7

64.3

62.5

78.9

64.7

58.4

82.2

64.1

64,2

57.4

62.$

54.:

77.E

60.:

53.:

72.E

72.:

59.5

111.;

69.[

66.:

85.:

139.!

135.;

150:

35.39

26.2

24.5

33.7

28.3

26.4

33.2

23.0

22.1

37,0

273

25.9

35.8

25.8

23,5

35,4

30.3

29.8

193.8

25.6

23.5

39.6

28.8

25.4

39.3

28.5

25.3

37.6

29.7

25.6

45.7

22.4

22.1

151.7

29.7

28,7

33.6

31.4

30.3

33.5

32.C

31.4

33.1

26.4

21.1

48.1

28.:

27.f

33,(

26.[

26.2

28.~

28.[

28.:

29.,

25.!

25,1

23.’

28. I

19.”

45.:

28.(

20.:

41.1

30.4

17.!

68.!

29.,

26.(

44.,

58.!

54.”

702

40-44

years

6.9

5.8

11.6

7.0

6.0

10.2

6.7

5.7

18.7

7.2

6.1

14.4

7.6

6.0

14.3

6.4

6.3

130.3

6.7

6.0

11.8

7.1

5.7

11.9

6.8

5.3

11.9

8.0

6.8

12.1

6.3

6.2

18.6

7.3

7.2

7.9

7.3

7.3

7.1

7.5

7.6

7,0

5.3

4.9

18.5

7.4

7.1

9.8

6.8

6.4

10.1

7.6

6.3

11,0

6.3

6,4

14.5

5.7

3.C

11.2

5.8

3.1

1O.E

5.:

12,:

13.5

:

12,;

15.2

14s

zo,~

%5-49

years

0.6

0.5

1.0

0.5

0.3

1.3

0.7

0.8

0.3

10.2

11.5

10.3

10.1

11.5

10.3

10.3

0.3

0.3

10.5

10.2

10.1

10,5

10.3

10.2

I 0.3

10,2

11.1

10.4

10.4

0.4

0.4

10.2

6.4

0.4

10,2

0.4

0.5

102

0.3

0.3

10.2

10.2

10.2

10.3

10.2

10.1

10.4

10.3

10.3

0.5

10.2

11.3

10.5

10.2

11.0

10.8

12.8

0.4

0.3

11.1

10.6

10,4

11.5

30
Table 5. Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race inside and outside central cniesof the 501argest standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States,

1970-71 average-COn.

[Basedon a 50.percent sample of buths. Total fertility rates arethesums Ofbirth rate

for S.,

Area and race

I age of

ed grouI

Total

fertil,ty

rate

1,397.5

1,355.0

1,61 B.5

2,360.5

2,246.0

3,522.0

2,411.5

2,191.5

3,534,0

2,312.5

2,310,0

2,955.0

2,233.0

2,195.0

3,778.5

2,13B.5

2,042.0

3,789.0

2,003.5

1,884.5

3,607.0

2,350.5

2,270.0

4,123.5

2,322.5

2,32Q.5

3,482.0

2,200.5

2,107.5

3.757.5

2,322.o

2,096,5

3,240.5

2,163.5

1,866.5

3,046,5

2,605.5

2,426.5

3,933.0

2,141.5

2,126.0

2,716.0

2,504.0

2,226.0

3,056.0

2,489.0

1,987.5

3.031.0

2,525.5

2,422.5

3,184.0

2,179.5

2,073.0

2,722.5

2,m5.o

2,068.5

2,702.5

2,172.5

2,128.0

2,882.5

2.284,5

2,111,5

2,962.5

2,795,0

2,626.0

2.9B3.O

2,138.0

2,045.0

2,922.5

:her multiplied by 5. Birth rates arelive births per 1,000 women residing in area

10-14

years

0.9

0.3

3.4

0.8

0.2

5.8

1.6

0.4

1:

10.1

0.3

0.2

8.7

0.9

10.3

9.2

1.0

10.4

lB.l

0.7

10.2

111.0

10.1

10.1

0.7

10.2

5.2

1.7

10.1

5.5

2.5

10.4

5.4

10.8

15.s

10.3

10.3

13,6

2.3

0.5

5.3

3.3

10.5

5.4

1.2

0.5

4.5

1.0

0.4

3.3

1.4

0.7

3.3

0.3

0.1

3.5

1.4

0.2

5.3

4.7

1.7

6,3

0.5

10.1

3.6

15-19

36.[

29.1

76.E

49.8

36.E

180.5

73.4

49.s

182.5

26.4

25.3

146.5

43.9

40.5

177.7

56.5

49.2

181.9

56.9

49.5

167.2

55.9

48.8

204.7

34.4

34.3

185.7

43.4

32.3

161.3

68.5

38.4

176.0

74.0

35.6

170.1

61.3

43.5

194.9

30.9

28,5

86.9

81.5

52.9

132.5

91.1

49.0

132.1

68.2

56.0

134.3

47.5

33.0

113.6

60.1

43.3

112.4

24.7

18.6

123.1

49.6

24.0

146.3

125.9

76.0

180.6

28.4

17.9

122.6

20-24

years

92.4

90.5

104.0

154.8

146.7

236.3

1.%.6

140.6

237.4

155.2

155.1

1150.0

135,8

133.8

233.0

117.6

112.7

235.0

108.5

1W.7

228.0

137.5

134.0

245.6

155.4

155.6

200.0

136.6

128.8

2139

137.5

118.7

220.7

115.8

90.0

204.5

178.8

165.7

2B3.4

135.9

134,7

175.1

169.2

154.8

200.4

157.4

122.6

159.8

186.2

183.8

203.9

134.2

125.1

180.0

135.0

124.3

178.5

131.9

127.2

193.0

137.8

121.6

195.8

178.8

184,4

1s4.9

124.6

115.2

197.3

Age o

25-29

years

83.2

85.7

67.3

14B.1

148.3

138.B

137.7

13B.2

137.8

160.2

160.0

1257.1

148.8

148.3

163.2

136.1

134.2

158.1

131.6

130.2

146.9

143.1

140.2

181.3

156.2

156.0

236.8

147.1

148.7

131.7

139.5

142.6

130,4

131.0

135.4

123,0

153,4

151.9

159,9

151.1

151.3

138.6

136.7

135.6

138.8

132.6

128.1

137.3

141.1

140.3

146.7

136.9

140.9

125.6

127.9

130.2

124.5

161.6

164.2

134.0

150.2

158.6

126.6

128.4

147.9

lm.1

156.9

159.9

136.7

>ther

30.34

43.4

43.9

38.6

76.5

76.2

80.5

73.1

71.7

80.8

79.4

79.3

146.5

7B.5

77.4

118.8

78.4

75.5

178.7

68.9

84.6

112.6

91.7

90.2

131.7

78.6

78.3

‘120.7

74.7

75.1

71.3

75.4

77.7

69.7

73.4

76.8

69.0

78,2

78.6

72.2

74.3

74.2

79.8

72.4

Ei.8

78.0

72.4

67.6

77.1

72.4

71.0

82.3

76.6

77.2

74.9

75.5

76.0

75.1

79.0

79.3

73.2

60.7

81.5

78.2

76.8

85.0

74.2

81.8

81.1

84.2

35-39

years

18.

17:

z4,f

33.:

31.!

48..

32.$

29.[

45.:

33.,

33.:

190.:

31.!

31.1

42.;

30.[

29.<

43.:

28.:

26.t

41.;

34.1

33.:

46.$

31.$

31.:

128.:

30.:

29.S

39.4

35.:

34.?

36.7

31.~

31.1

33.E

39,2

37.5

46,S

29.1

28.3

52,1

30.3

25.4

41.8

32.2

24.2

41.0

28.1

26.1

46.0

32.3

31.1

37.3

33.4

32.2

36.8

30.2

29.5

40.3

30.1

29.5

31.9

33.9

36.6

32.2

29.0

28.7

31.5

40-44

4.4

4.1

7.2

8.4

7.B

16.0

8.4

7.1

16.2

8.3

6.4

7.4

7.3

12.1

7.1

6.7

111.4

7.2

6.5

115.9

6.9

7.1

13.5

7.6

7.6

125.0

6.2

6.0

8.7

6.2

5.6

9.1

3.8

13.7

14.1

8.9

7.1

123.5

6.1

6.1

17.0

8.1

6.0

13.7

8.3

5.2

12,7

7.B

6.6

19.1

7.0

6.5

9.2

7.3

6.7

8.2

6.4

6.3

8.7

6.8

6.6

8.0

10,1

12.9

a.]

6.1

5.9

7.9

45-49

years

10.3

10.2

10.7

0.5

0.5

10.4

0.6

0.8

10.4

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

10.3

10.3

10.3

10.4

10.2

10.2

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.6

10.4

10.5

10.3

10.3

10.6

10.6

0.6

0.6

0.3

10.2

10.7

10.5

10.3

10.8

10.1

10.2

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.4

10.7

0.3

0.3

10.4

10.4

10.7

10.2

0,3

0,2

10.7

lK%)tcc<,tll,>,,le’i \$ltllil I,>t,,l <)flc.%tll.,,, 20 !Wth.twtl, e ,,.,,. !070 71
Table 5. Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race Inside and out.side central cit)es of the 50 largest standard metropolitan statistical areas United States,

1970-71 average–COn.

[Basedmta So-percent sample of births, Tot.lfertxlity rates arethes.ms of birth rates by age of)

for mecif ied moun

Area and race

Total

fertility

rate

2,505.5

2,343.5

2,749.0

2,595.5

2,373.0

2,799.0

2,611.0

2,366.0

2,872.0

2,561.0

2,396.5

2,667.5

2,382.0

2,318.0

2,569.5

2,121.5

2,040.0

3,310.0

2,722.0

2,463.0

3,751.5

2,885.5

2,750.0

3,668.5

1,725.0

1,717.0

3,131.0

3,377.5

3,231.5

4,139.0

1,953.0

1,939.5

2,380.5

2,319.5

2,211.0

2,769.5

2,328.0

2,110.0

2,711.5

2,322.5

2,266.5

2,986.0

2,661.5

2,600.5

3,998.0

2,693.0

2,626.5

3,913.5

2,619.0

2,567.0

4,553.5

2,174.0

2,102.5

2,9590

1,986,5

1,779,0

2,S87.5

2,237.0

2,196.0

3,0S2.5

2,116.5

2,0890

3,CJ31.5

2,196.5

2,146.0

2,985.5

2.087.5

2,077.0

3,212.5

2,314.0

2,264.5

3,533.5

,er multiplied by 5, Birth mtesare live births per 1,000 women residing in ares

0.14

ears

2.3

0.5

6.2

3.2

~0.7

6.5

3.8

10.5

8.7

2.0

11.1

‘2.9

1.1

~o.4

4.9

0.4

~o,l

5,2

2.1

‘0.6

6.8

3.3

10.5

8.2

10.3

10.3

11.3

11.2

11.7

10.1

10.0

11.6

1.2

0.2

4.9

2.4

0.4

4.9

0.6

0.2

5.1

1.0

0.7

6.6

1.1

0.6

5.7

0.9

0,7

12.2

0.6

0.2

4.6

1,7

10.4

5.4

0.3

0.2

3.3

0.7

06

11.4

0.9

0.9

11,5

05

0.6

0.7

0.3

102

15.19

90.7

71.6

133.9

105.4

S4.6

137.4

106.4

83.4

14s.7

102.8

66.9

117.6

67.5

56.2

121.6

30.9

22.7

155.4

64.7

57,4

189.7

116.9

81.6

193.8

16.4

15.6

‘250,0

102.0

83.6

172.8

17.6

15.8

82.5

56.3

35.5

140.2

79.9

40.9

141.3

41.2

33.3

136.3

77,0

71.9

196.9

85.1

78.8

201.8

65.1

62.o

169,3

40.9

32.9

132.1

52.4

310

134,9

37,5

33.3

127.8

52.8

YJ.1

1538

67.o

61.1

1561

44.1

43.8

1118.4

44.5

39,9

183.7

2S24

years

167.2

163.9

175.7

164.8

159.6

176.o

163.8

159,2

174.1

166.0

160.9

180.0

172.2

171.3

174.6

127.6

119.9

234.2

173.9

155.2

260.2

197.7

177.3

266,0

1s0.1

100.2

142.9

205.7

194.1

281.4

112.4

110.4

176.1

14s.0

138.2

192.1

146.8

126.6

188.9

146.9

144.6

203.6

185.3

182.1

27+.7

190.8

186.9

277.3

177.1

175.1

28o.2

141.1

1358

206.3

111.8

95.2

164.1

162.3

149.2

227,5

154.8

153.6

214.9

143.9

141.0

212.7

163,7

163,2

243.2

158.3

155.5

238.4

Age of mother

25-29

138.8

140.3

120,0

137.4

137.0

122.5

138.4

135.6

126.9

134.6

141.4

113.4

140.6

143.7

110.6

151.6

152.8

140.1

157.5

161.2

152.3

151.5

15S.8

145.2

136.8

136,0

133.3

202.4

211.1

182.6

149.6

151.0

112.7

146.5

154.0

114.9

129.9

141.6

109.8

158.4

160.0

134.5

153.5

152.6

163.1

149.3

148.9

147.9

160.2

158.3

256.6

142.6

142.8

136.4

126.7

124.0

135.3

147.0

147.0

138.3

135.7

135.4

116.2

138.6

139.7

115.0

134.2

133.3

163,3

145.1

144.4

144.3

30-34

68.8

65.4

66.8

72.3

66.1

66.6

74.2

66.3

71.2

67.7

65.7

63.5

64.9

54.7

60.7

77.1

76.7

78.0

82.3

80.3

66.3

81.4

82.8

80.2

61.6

eL1.3

111.6

108.7

118.5

75.8

76.0

63.2

74.2

76.6

64.5

69.2

73.4

62.5

77.5

76.0

71.7

75.9

74.4

100.3

75.3

74.2

91.9

76.8

74.8

156.3

72.8

72.5

70.1

71.2

72.2

64.4

73.2

72.6

79.2

56.7

55.3

57.5

61.8

61.4

57.4

53.0

52.7

158,8

74.3

73.7

76.3

35-39

years

26.9

22.5

36.4

28.4

21.5

37.1

28.1

22.2

35.6

29.1

19.3

39.9

25.3

23.2

34.0

30.4

29.9

35.6

35.2

34.6

38.6

36.3

40.1

36.7

25.9

26.2

40.0

37.6

47.9

29.3

29.1

30.6

30.3

30.5

29.4

30.0

31.5

27.9

30.5

30.1

35.2

30.6

29.9

36.6

28.4

27,7

39.7

33.9

33.2

117.2

28,7

29.6

31.0

27.6

25.S

33.1

30.2

30.3

27,3

18.8

18.2

4S.8

21.9

20.3

46,1

17.5

17.3

156.8

31.4

30.9

37.9

4044

vears

5.8

4.5

8.9

7.0

4,9

9.6

7.4

6.o

6.6

6.o

12.0

11.8

4.5

4.1

15.6

5.9

5.5

13.5

8.2

6.7

16.4

10,0

8.9

13.6

4.6

4.3

100,0

10.4

7.6

122.9

5.4

5.3

19.4

7.1

7.0

7,4

7.1

7.4

6.6

7.1

6.8

10.2

8.3

7.6

17.1

8.0

7.5

16.9

8.8

8.3

118.7

6.7

6.3

10,6

7.5

6.8

10.0

6.5

6.2

12.1

4,G

4.4

16.3

5.0

4.6

16.S

4.3

4.3

6,0

7.7

15.9

45-49

years

0.5

1.9

10,6

11.9

10.1

10.4

11.6

14.4

10.3

11.9

0.4

0.4

10.;

10.6

10.;

10.3

12,1

12.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.3

102

10.4

0.3

0.3

10.6

0.7

0.7

11.3

0.6

0.5

11.5

1.0

1.0

0.4

0.4

10.5

10.4

10.4

10.3

0.4

0.4

11.0

10.2

10.2

11.4

10.2

10.2

11.5

10.2

10.2

0.5

0.5

32
T&Je 5. Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race inside and outside central cities of the 50 largest standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States,

1970-71 average–COn.

[Basedcma SO.percent sample of births. Total fertility rates arethesums aftirth rate

for SPI

Area and race

y age of

bed grou

Total

fertility

rate

2,305.5

2,202.5

3,683.0

2,344.5

2,154.0

3,708.5

2.513.0

2,509.0

3.446.5

2,058.0

2,057.0

2,992.5

2.327.5

2,318.5

2,551.0

2,352,0

2,251.5

3,576.5

2,512.0

2,278.5

3,533.0

2,278.5

2.251.5

3,944.5

2,042.5

1,981.5

3,511.0

2,556.0

2,459.5

3,432.0

1,616.0

1,801.0

3,702.5

2,405.5

2,209.0

3,302.0

2,777.5

2.477.0

3,130.5

2,278.0

2,161.0

3,848.5

3,043.5

3,056.5

3,fM1.5

3,140.0

3,172.5

3,013.5

2,745.5

2,719.5

3,483.0

2,514.5

2,496.5

3,411.0

2,442.0

2,387.5

3,446.0

2,597.5

2,554.0

3,176.5

2,262.0

2,184.0

3,813.0

2,626.0

2,623.0

4,407.5

2,549.0

2,543.5

3,379.0

2,322.5

2,248.5

3,158.5

ther multiplied by S. Birth rates are Iwe births per 1,000 wOmenresiding in area

1.2

10.4

10.8

1.9

10.3

11.2

10.6

10.6

10.5

10.5

10.3

10.3

16.3

1.1

0.4

8.7

3.0

10.8

8.8

0.4

10.2

17.9

0.7

0.4

4.7

7.7

10.9

6.0

0.3

10.3

11.3

1.6

0.4

6.4

4.2

k;

0.8

0.3

5.9

1.6

1.4

3.8

1.7

1.5

4.0

1.0

0.9

12.1

1.0

0.8

3.4

1.2

1.1

11.9

2.1

12.3

11.9

10.7

10.6

12.1

10.9

10.9

1.0

0.7

14.9

0.5

0.4

3.0

1519

years

52.4

42.8

198.5

64.2

47.5

198.8

51.9

50.6

1272.7

27.7

27.3

1181.8

38.2

37.7

94.0

51.7

40,9

186.2

90.2

65.1

189.3

33,8

31.ki

165.4

57.0

52.9

153.1

91.9

87.0

159.6

42.6

41.3

134.4

70.8

49.5

763.7

717.7

73.7

184.4

54.3

44.7

162.3

8s.4

85.9

131.8

91.7

ea.7

138.2

75.8

75.5

92.9

81.1

78.8

151.4

60.8

74.2

167.9

105.9

97.1

163.7

61.0

55.7

183.3

69.2

87.2

284.2

81.2

80.6

134.5

66.8

62.3

154.3

20-24

years

150.2

144.3

241.5

143.4

132.5

248.7

180.3

179.6

1157.9

138,3

139.2

165.9

165.4

213.6

150.0

142.1

248.8

155.3

139.5

244.8

146.0

143,8

27B.9

140.6

138.7

260.3

170.8

168.2

258.9

125.9

126.1

284.4

158.6

149.0

206.7

167.7

148.7

195.5

155.2

149.0

231.1

201.1

201.2

217.4

202.5

202.7

216.7

198.0

195.7

221.9

185.5

185.5

244.2

170.5

169.4

232.2

182.2

183.0

215.6

151.5

148.5

247.1

195.6

196.6

321.4

192.5

192.8

257’.4

158.1

154.9

220.8

Age of mother

25-29

years

141.3

139.8

152.4

137.1

133.3

151.1

146.0

146,B

1181.8

146.0

146.0

1250.0

148.1

147.8

98.0

154.1

154.8

144.9

137.3

136.2

139.4

163.1

162.7

191.9

123.6

122.1

142.5

139.4

137.2

135.0

116.5

116.3

163.5

138.0

138.0

137.0

135.3

142.4

126.4

138.8

137.2

156.8

170.1

172.9

138.3

171.5

175.9

127.1

165.8

184.1

2s6.2

136.2

136.4

156.0

137.1

136.2

163.2

133.9

133.3

150.0

139.6

137.3

187.3

136.6

137.6

1170.7

135.8

136.5

149.1

136.1

134.7

135.9

3cb34

years

77.1

75.5

81 f

80.2

77.6

80.1

82.o

82.o

176.9

67.6

67.C

1166.7

72.3

72.4

%.4

76.0

75.6

79.4

74.2

73.e

76.9

76.7

76.2

103.7

57.0

54.7

78.9

70.4

67S

69.4

51.8

50.7

101.1

70.6

67.4

85.7

81.6

84.0

79.6

67.5

54.8

98.8

88.7

80.5

71.0

88.8

100.3

65.6

87.1

65.4

100.4

63.1

62.4

75.7

62.2

60.6

75.0

59.9

60.0

63.7

63.3

59.8

95.6

63.5

63.0

188.2

63.5

63.0

76.3

68.1

65.0

69.4

35-39

years

30.8

30.1

34.4

33.3

31.9

35.8

32.9

33.2

25.1

24.8

31.9

31.5

159.5

30.3

29.6

36.2

33.5

32.2

36.1

29.2

28.8

136.9

23.4

22.0

44.2

28.7

26.6

40.3

21.3

20.6

53.B

32.0

29.7

43.7

37.7

37.4

38.2

30.3

28.4

55.0

45.3

46.0

39.7

49.3

51.0

36.9

34.0

32.9

59.9

28.9

28.5

40.1

30.3

29.6

42.4

2B.8

27.9

35.5

29.7

28.4

56.2

34.5

34.3

137.0

26.4

28.1

37.8

28.1

27.0

37.8

40-44

7.5

7.0

117.2

8.4

7.3

118,0

7.8

7.9

5.8

5.9

8.4

8.2

18.4

6.8

6.6

10.1

8.4

7.7

11.2

6.2

6.3

14.2

5.8

5.1

17.4

8.1

6.9

15.8

4.8

4.4

122.0

8.7

7.4

15.8

10.4

7.5

14.1

8.2

7.4

19.5

12.7

12.7

13.1

13.7

13.7

13.0

8.8

8.8

113.2

6.6

6.4

10.5

5.8

6.0

14.9

6.1

6.5

14.9

6.2

6.3

15.7

14.4

14.5

6.9

6.5

15.8

5.6

5.1

10.5

45-49

years

10.6

10.6

lo.’i

10.4

11.1

11.1

10.6

10.6

10.4

10.4

0.4

10.3

10.9

10.5

10.4

11.1

10.3

10.3

0.4

10.4

11.1

10.2

10.1

11.4

10.4

10.5

0.6

0.4

1.4

0.9

10.6

11.2

0.5

0.4

11.9

0.8

0.7

11.2

0.8

0.7

11.2

10.6

10.6

0.5

0.5

10.9

10.5

10.4

11.7

10.6

10.7

10.4

10.2

15.3

10.5

10.5

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.3

33
Table 5. Total fertility rates and b!rth rates by age of mother and race reside and outstde central cmesof the 50 largest standard metropolitan statrsticd areas: Umted States,

1970-71 average-COn.

[B.sedcma 50-percent sample of b,rths. Total ferttl!ty rates arethesums Ofbtrth rates

for me<

Area and race

age ofn

,d group

-

Tc.tal

ertd,ty

rate

2,036.5

1,939.5

3,007.0

2,667.5

2,606.5

4,492.0

1,924.0

1,788.0

2,678,5

1,959.5

1,608.5

2,749.0

1,638.5

1,W6.5

2,836.5

2,193.0

1,S58,5

2,681.0

1.928.0

1,B87.5

2,527.5

2,086.0

2.062.5

3,321,0

2,566.5

2,544.0

3,604.0

1,738.0

1,701.0

2,B59.5

2sY35.O

1,941.5

3,164.5

1,BB9.O

1,747.5

3,153.0

1,841.0

1,682,5

3,135.5

2,468.5

2,424.0

5,173.5

2,137.0

2,111.5

3,321.5

2,446.5

2,277.5

3,520.5

2,850.5

2,404.0

3,526.5

2,696.5

2,472.5

3,517.0

2,571.5

2,282.5

3,537.5

2,250.5

2,179.5

3,487.5

2,601.5

2,516.5

3,4%3.0

2,720.0

2,574.0

3,517.5

2,469.5

2,464.5

2,975.5

>ermulttplied by 5. Birth rates are live birtbs per 1,000 women residing in area

0-14

,ears

—

0.6

10.3

3.4

0.4

0.4

0.8

0.4

3.8

1.9

0.9

3.8

1.3

10.7

3.7

2.B

11.3

3.9

0.5

0.3

3.9

0.5

0.5

13.0

0.9

0.8

14.5

10.3

10.3

0.6

0.4

7.6

1.3

10.5

8.4

1.5

10.6

8.6

OJ

0.3

2.1

1.C

7.9

2.4

Io.e

7.5

2.4

10.7

7.1

2.4

10.:

8.2

1.5

1.:

9.1

1.:

O.f

6.[

1.!

10,E

6,i

0.$

0.1

111.:

15.19

vears

60.2

51.9

149.4

73.3

71.8

210.0

51.6

40.6

131.2

70.4

48.6

135.9

68.2

42.1

143.4

91.3

62.8

130.B

43.3

38.4

121.6

48.2

47.1

140.4

68.6

66.9

156,6

34.4

33.9

111.5

48.6

44.5

154.4

54,5

45.8

159.3

52.2

42.3

159.2

75.4

74.0

1181,B

44.5

43.7

84.0

82.7

68.6

170.0

91.1

69.5

167.8

97.9

77.8

170.3

79,8

55.8

163.8

74.3

67.8

178.1

68.6

59.7

158.2

82.5

67.8

158.7

53.9

52.5

152.0

20.24

vears

130.2

124.0

210.2

195.1

193.7

301.4

117.3

110.2

130.4

108.0

85.4

188.1

98.8

77.6

190.7

132.1

105.2

186.1

123.4

122.6

163.2

131.9

131.6

212.7

161.7

163.9

236.9

108.3

106.8

177.1

131.1

128.1

196.2

103.9

96.4

195,0

97.2

B8.4

193.5

189.s

189.3

1400,c

159.4

15B.1

217.8

177.e

167.7

245.C

189.E

174.5

249.C

193.:

179.1

251.7

183.c

164.$

246.[

165.(

161.[

225.$

179.$

175.[

239.~

188,2

180.1

239.f

169.t

169./

236.:

Am of mother

-

25-29

years

121.3

119.5

129.9

153.3

151.1

lW1

117.5

114.4

121.4

102.4

87.6

124.2

99.5

B3.o

132.2

108.2

101.1

117.4

126.2

126.1

115.8

134.8

132.8

164.7

161.3

160.1

168.4

113.4

111.0

158.6

131.8

129.9

153.1

122.4

118.4

144.8

121.6

117.2

144.3

132.0

130.6

1222.2

137.5

136.1

252.3

132.6

131.6

137.2

141.8

143.7

132.0

139.7

141.0

131,1

145.7

148.9

133.4

124.3

122.7

158.4

158.4

158.8

155.0

156.2

156.1

157,9

161.1

161.&

%41

30-34

years

63.1

80.6

63.1

73.5

69.4

124.4

66.8

63.9

65.8

70.9

63.3

66.1

72.0

62.3

68.2

68.5

66.2

64.4

64.9

64.1

65.2

71.0

68.9

91.0

80.0

77.4

106.6

63.8

62.1

65.6

61.0

58.5

88.0

64.7

59.4

89.4

65.1

59.5

88.5

60.E

58.1

176.9

59.3

58.1

76.3

64.4

60.7

85.E

70.6

64.9

88.1

69.S

66.C

82.G

71.5

62.$

95.$

59.C

57.s

76.[

73.:

71.;

85.:

77.1

74.;

87.f

69.[

69.(

149.(

35.39

vears

26.7

26.0

34.8

31.4

28.8

69.0

25.1

23.3

25.6

30.4

28.9

23.6

31.5

28.2

22.7

28.2

30.7

24.2

22.7

21.7

29.6

26.7

25.6

49.8

32.0

30.8

47.8

23.0

22.0

52.8

22.7

22.0

27.0

25.4

24.2

27.5

25.6

24.5

25.8

24.2

21.9

1153.8

21.4

21.1

122.0

24.9

22.0

44.6

27.9

22.9

45,5

28.4

24.9

45.5

25.6

19.7

45,4

22.2

21.3

40.8

30.6

29.7

39.1

30.3

28.5

38.3

31.C

30.9

152.6

m-44

years

5.1

4.5

10.6

6.1

5.7

19.5

5.5

4.7

7.1

7.6

6.4

7.7

B.3

7.2

6.4

6.2

4.4

6.7

4,5

4.2

5.8

5.8

5.6

12.6

6.3

8.4

4.2

3.9

16.5

4.9

4.5

16.6

5.3

4.4

16.Z

4.7

3.7

16.2

10.8

10.3

4.6

4.5

111.9

4.7

3.6

12.9

6.1

4.4

13.9

6.?

4,$

13,4

5.4

3.5

14.7

3.:

2.$

lB.4

7J

7.:

14.:

7.;

6,!

15.C

8.[

8.1

1549

tears

10.1

10.1

10.4

10.4

0.2

0.1

10.4

0.3

10.2

10.4

10.3

10.2

10.: ‘

10,;

10.1

10.1

10.3

0.3

0.4

10.:

10.5

10.;

10.2

0.3

0.4

10.;

10.4

10.;

10.3

10,6

10.6

10.4

10.4

10,3

10.3

10.7

10.4

10.3

10.9

10.3

10.1

11.4

10.5

10.5

10.;

10.2

0.5

0.5

10.5

10.6

10.;

10.4

ll<atec<,m puted wtha told oflew thm 20horthsfortht’ years 1970.71

34
Table 5. Total fertility rates and birth rates by age of mother and race #nslde andoutwdecentral cities of the501argest standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States,

1970-71 average–COn.

[Based ona 50-percent sample oftirths. Total fertility rates arethesums of birth ratcsby age of!

for specified grou,

I

Total

Area and race fertil,ty

rate

her multiplied by 5. Birth rates me live births per 1.000 women residing in area

T

IO-14 15-19

years years

1.7 65.2

0.2 40.5

5.7 132.7

5.8 110.2

11.2 30.0

6,4 133.9

0.4 46.5

0.2 41.4

3.4 128.5

20-24

yews

127.5

114.5

164.8

117.0

36.4

155.2

132.0

126;2

200.2

Age of mother

25-29

128.6

131.8

115.9

95.B

74.0

104.1

140.6

138.7

150.9

30-34

years

72.6

74.2

65.6

62.2

66.4

60.3

76.0

74.6

80.2

35-39

years

28.1

27.8

28.3

26.4

27.1

25.8

28.7

27.8

36.1

40-44

years

6.4

5.7

8.3

6.9

5.7

7.3

6.2

5.7

12.4

45-49

years

0.4

0.4

10.4

10.3

10.3

10.2

0.4

0.4

11.4

lRiItCCOmpUtLWI withi! Iotolof less than 20 hirthsfortheyew$ 1970.71

35
Table6, Birth rates byllve.blrth Orderand race f0rthe50 largest standard metrOpOlltan statlst!cal areas. Un#ted States, 1970.71 average

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates per 1,000 women aged 15-44years residing inareafor specified group. Live.bhth order refers tonumber of children

born alive to mother. Fizures forlive-birth order notstated aredistributedl

Total

81.7

77.1

109.0

81.2

79.6

119.2

78.8

78.5

119.3

87.9

81.8

108.6

76.8

71.0

92.3

82.1

75.1

100.0

74.4

72.7

107.3

72.3

68.0

118.3

77.9

74.8

104.4

88.7

80.3

121.9

88.8

85.3

115.3

82.4

77.8

102.2

86.1

82.2

115.0

90.9

85.6

118.6

83.6

81.0

101.9

80.0

78.6

112.3

88,9

82.o

117.4

31.9

30.2

41.5

28.8

28.3

39.5

31.5

31.5

43.3

37.9

34.9

47.7

31.8

28.8

40.2

34.7

31.5

42.7

27.5

26.6

44.6

26.0

24.7

39.7

28.9

27.5

41.2

33.1

30.)

44,2

33.3

31.7

45.3

31.0

28,7

41.0

34.4

33.1

44.1

36.8

35.2

45,2

34.0

32.7

43.1

33.6

32.9

48,2

33.1

30.3

44.4

2

23.3

22.6

27.2

24.1

23.7

30.9

23.5

23.5

36.5

25.2

24.8

26,7

21.8

21.4

22.4

23.2

23.4

22.5

20.6

20.4

25.1

21.4

20.5

30.7

21.7

21,1

26.0

23.8

22.5

29.0

24.1

23.6

27.8

22.9

22.1

26.3

25.3

24.6

30.4

26,1

25.7

28,4

25.4

25.2

26.8

23.9

23.7

29.6

24.7

23.7

29.0

3

12.7

12.2

15.9

13.5

13.2

20.0

12.2

12.2

18.7

13.2

12.8

14.6

11.3

11.0

11.9

12.0

11.7

12.7

12.1

12.0

14.9

12.9

12.3

19.1

13.1

12.7

16.1

13.9

13.1

17.3

14.0

13.7

15.8

13.7

13.4

15.1

12.9

12.4

16.7

14.0

13.2

18.2

12.9

12.6

15.3

12.1

12.0

15.1

14.7

13.9

18,2

Live-birth order

4

6.5

6.0

9.3

7.1

6,9

13.8

5.7

5.7

7.2

6.0

5.5

7.8

5.8

5.2

7.4

5.6

5.0

7.4

6.4

6.3

8.7

6.2

5.6

12.3

6.9

6.8

7.3

7.7

7.0

10.6

7.7

7.4

10.1

E

8.1

7,0

6.3

11.7

7.3

6.4

11.9

6.0

5.9

7.5

5.6

5.4

8.9

7.4

6.8

10.1

—

5

—

3.3

.

2.9

5.7

3.7

3.7

4.3

2,7

2.7

6.8

2.8

2.2

4.6

2.9

2.5

4.0

2.9

2.0

5.2

3.6

3.5

6.1

2.9

2.6

6.5

3.4

3.3

5.2

4.3

3.6

7.0

4.2

4.0

5.7

3.6

3.4

4.9

3.2

3.0

4.9

3.2

2.7

5.7

2.6

2,3

4,3

2.5

2.4

3.9

4,1

3.6

6.0

6

1.7

1.5

3.5

1.9

1.9

3.4

1.3

1.3

12.1

1.3

0.8

2.8

1.5

1.2

2.5

1.3

0.6

3.0

1.9

1.8

3.2

1.5

1.3

3.8

1.8

1.7

3.5

2.4

1.9

4.6

2.3

2.2

3.4

1.8

1.6

2.6

1.5

1.4

2.5

1.6

1.3

3.6

1.3

1.2

2.0

1.1

1.0

2.4

2.2

1.8

3.7

7

—

1.0

0.7

2.2

1.0

0.9

3.9

0.8

0.8

11.3

0.7

0.4

1.7

0.7

0.4

1.4

0.8

0.3

2.1

1.0

1.0

1.8

0.7

0.6

2.4

0.9

0.9

1.7

1.4

1.0

3.1

1.3

1.2

2.2

z

1.7

0.8

0.7

1.9

0.8

0.5

2.3

0.6

0.5

1.1

0.6

0.5

2.1

1.2

0.9

2.2

8

and

>ver

1.3

0.9

3.8

1.2

1.1

3.4

1.0

1.0

13.4

0.9

0.4

2.8

1.0

0.5

2.6

1.6

0.5

4.5

1.2

1.1

2.9

0.8

0.5

3.5

1.2

1.0

3.5

2.2

1.2

6.3

1.9

1.5

5.0

1.3

1.1

2.6

0.9

0.7

2.9

1.2

0.8

3.5

0.8

0.7

1.9

0.7

0.6

2.2

1.5

1.0

3.8

36
Table6. Birth rates bylive-Mrth order andrace forthe Wlargest standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1970-71 average-Con.

[Basedon a 50-percent sample of births. Rates per 1,000 wOmen aged 15-44yeaB residing inareafOr specified group. Live-birth Orderrefers tonumberofchildren

b.mnalive to mother. Figures fOrtive.birth OrdernOt stated aredistributedl

Area and race Total

87.5

84.7

112.9

76.1

73.3

106.2

93.2

BB.O

116.1

91.6

88.3

113.8

84.9

80.2

119.0

87.8

79.3

101.6

88.6

84.2

120.3

92.5

73.8

125.9

75.3

65.6

121.2

82.1

77.1

134.5

62.1

60.6

144.6

77.1

72.6

120.1

90.8

79.4

115.7

75.7

71.0

96.7

77.6

69.3

107.8

93.2

88.6

102.4

69.3

65.5

121.6

1

36.7

35.8

45.1

29.0

28.2

38.0

37.3

35.4

46.0

35.4

34.2

43.0

33.9

32.3

46.1

33.3

32.3

39.7

36.7

34.7

51.4

36.9

32.5

50.2

31.9

29.5

44.1

31.4

29.8

47.5

33.0

32.3

5B.2

29.2

27.7

43.9

35.9

31.7

45.3

26.1

25.0

30.9

28.9

26.1

38.5

41.7

41.5

41.1

26.7

25.7

40.9

2

25.2

24.9

27.5

22.9

22.4

29.2

26.2

25.8

28.4

26.0

25.9

26.9

24.7

24.2

26.7

23.2

22.8

26.2

24.5

24.0

28.1

24.3

23.0

26.5

20.4

18.8

28.1

22.4

21.4

33.1

23.5

23.2

36.3

23.3

22.6

29.8

23.9

22.8

26.2

23.4

22.5

27.5

22.1

21.0

26.1

25.0

24.7

24.3

20.2

19.5

29.8

3

13.4

13.1

16.5

12.7

12.3

18.0

14.4

13.9

16.6

14.2

14.0

15.8

12.7

12.3

16.1

12.1

11.8

14.6

12.9

12.7

14.2

12.6

10.7

15.9

11.0

9.9

16.6

12.8

12.1

19.5

12.6

12.4

20.2

12.3

11.7

19.3

13.4

12.4

15.4

12.B

12.1

15.7

13.0

11.9

17.3

12.8

12.0

14.0

11.1

10.5

19.8

Live-birth order

4

—

6.4

6.0

9.6

6.2

5.8

10.1

7.1

6.5

9.9

7.5

7.1

10.1

6.2

5.8

9.7

6.0

5.8

8.3

7.0

6.6

9.6

6.7

4.4

10.9

5.4

4.2

11.3

7.1

6.6

12.7

6.4

6.2

12.8

6.0

5.6

10.5

7.5

6.5

9.6

6.3

5.7

9.1

6.3

5.4

9.7

6.3

5.7

7.6

5.6

5.1

11.9

—

5

—

2.8

2.5

6.0

2.9

2.6

5.8

3.7

3.1

6.0

4.0

3.6

6.8

3.2

2.8

5.8

3.1

2.9

5.1

3.3

2.9

6.0

3.7

2.0

6.7

2.9

1.9

7.6

3.7

3.3

7.6

3.2

3.1

7.7

3.1

2.9

6.0

4.1

3.2

6.0

3.3

2.8

5.5

3.5

2.5

&8

3.2

2.6

5.0

2.7

2.3

7.9

6

1.4

1.2

2.7

1.2

1.1

3.1

1.9

1.5

3.6

2.1

1.8

4.5

1.7

1.3

4.4

1.8

1.7

2.9

1.8

1.6

3.6

2.2

0.7

4.6

1.5

0.8

4.8

2.0

1.8

4.2

1.6

1.5

3.5

1.5

1.1

5.3

2.3

1.3

4.2

1.7

1.4

3.4

1.6

1.1

3.4

1.8

1.1

3.8

1.3

1.1

4.6

7

—

0.7

0.6

2.2

0.5

0.4

1.9

1.0

0.7

2.0

1.1

0.9

2.6

1.0

0.7

2.8

1.0

0.9

1.8

1.0

0.7

2.8

1.4

0.2

3.4

0.8

0.3

3.2

1.1

0.9

3.5

0.9

0.8

3.2

0.7

0.6

2.1

1.5

0.7

3.2

0.9

0.7

2.0

1.0

0.6

2.5

1.0

0.6

2.4

0.7

0.6

2.4

8

and

over

0.9

0.6

3.3

0.6

0.5

2.3

1.6

1.1

3.7

1.3

0.8

4.3

1.4

0.9

5.4

1.3

1.2

2.8

1.4

0.9

4.6

2.8

0.2

7.5

1.3

0.4

5.6

1.7

1.2

6.5

1.0

1.0

2.9

0.9

0.7

3.1

2.4

0.7

5.9

1.1

0.8

2.6

1.3

0.7

3.5

1.4

0.5

4.1

0.8

0.6

4.3

lRate computed with a totdoflcss then 20 births for the yews 1970.71.

37
Table6. Birth rates bylive-blrth order andrace fcmthe501argest standard metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1970-71 average–Ccm.

lBased cm a 50-vercent samvle of broths. Ratesuer 1,000 women aged 15.44 years residing mareaft

borrialive to mother F;gures fmlive.birthcmd~

Area and race

Ut stat

.

Total

80.0

75.0

100.9

95.6

93.1

152.8

71.6

68.6

106.1

78.0

76.9

118.0

79.2

77.1

133.5

84.6

80.1

139.6

72.7

70.9

124.5

84.3

76.4

123.0

108.5

109.0

111.4

90.6

89.9

125.4

84.8

82.5

118.6

69.9

65.1

102.0

75.8

74.6

131.5

74.2

71.9

122.3

86.3

79.7

130.5

93.0

B9.5

129.5

79.2

72.0

99.6

pecifmd group. Live-birth order refers to number of children

we distributed]

1

30.4

28.3

39.0.

38.0

37.1

58.5

27.7

26.4

42.5

32.1

31.6

52.0

31.0

30.2

53.1

31.8

30.3

48.8

30.7

30.0

50.4

32.2

29.5

45.3

42.8

43.0

45.0

36.2

35.9

49.2

36.8

36.6

44.0

30.9

28.8

44.9

29.9

29.4

53.2

30.4

29.4

52.0

35.0

33.6

44.3

35.8

34.6

48.3

33.9

31.1

41.B

2

22.5

21.7

25.7

25,9

25.5

35.2

20.0

19.5

26.3

23.9

23.8

30.8

21.6

21.3

27.8

24.2

23.4

34.5

21.2

21.0

30.2

23.0

21.8

28.9 q

27.0

27.1

28.2

24.7

24.8

28.7

23.7

23.1

32.4

20.9

20.1

26.4

23.7

23,3

41.2

22.5

22.0

32.2

24.0

23.1

30.1

25.4

25.2

28.5

22.6

21.4

25.7

3

12.6

12.3

14.9

14.0

13.8

18.9

11.7

11.4

14.5

11.8

11.6

18.3

12.3

12.1

18.0

14.0

13.3

22.5

10.4

10.1

18.0

12.7

12.0

16.4

?6.5

15.6

15.5

14.0

13.9

18.9

12.3

11.8

18.0

9.9

9.1

14.7

11.5

11.3

15.0

11.3

11.0

17.1

13.5

12.5

19.6

14.6

14.0

20.6

11.4

10.5

13.8

Live-hi rth order

4

—

6.6

6.2

8.6

7.8

7.6

13.2

5.9

5.7

8.8

5.4

5.3

6.6

6.5

6.3

11.8

7.0

6.5

12.7

5.1

4:9

9.9

6.8

6.1

10.0

9.1

9.1

9.3

7.3

7.2

12.0

5.9

5.5

11.0

4.4

3.9

7.0

5.6

5.5

9.1

5.2

:::

6.6

5.7

12.2

7.7

7.3

11.4

5.5

4.8

7.6

—

5

—

3.6

3.2

5.5

$.0

3.8

3.7

3.0

2.B

5.3

2,4

2.3

3.5

3.6

3.4

3.1

3.9

3.5

3.3

2,7

2.5

5.9

3.9

3.4

E.5

5.0

5.1

4.2

3.7

3.6

&4

2.9

2.7

4.8

2.0

1.7

3.9

2.7

2.6

5.9

2.4

2.2

5.0

3.3

2.6

7.9

4.2

3.9

7.2

2.7

2.1

4.5

—

6

1.8

1.5

3.1

2.4

2.2

5.4

1.4

1.2

3.0

1.1

1.1

2.9

2.0

1.8

6.1

1.7

1.5

4.8

1.1

1.0

2.6

2.1

1.6

4.7

3.4

3.4

3.9

2.1

2.1

3.5

1.5

1.3

2.9

1.0

0.8

2.4

1.2

1.1

3.0

1.1

1.0

3.1

1.7

1.1

5.5

2.1

1.9

4.1

1.4

1.0

2.4

7

1.0

0.9

1.7

1.5

1.3

3.9

0.8

0.7

2.1

0.6

0.5

1.9

0.9

0.9

1.5

0.9

0.8

2.5

0.8

0.7

3.1

1.3

0.9

3.4

2.0

2.1

1.7

1.0

1.0

2.1

0.8

0.6

2.4

0.4

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.5

11.4

0.6

0.5

1.6

1.0

0.6

3.4

1.3

1.1

2.5

0.7

0.4

1.5

B

md

,ver

1.3

1.0

2.6

2.0

1.7

9,0

1.0

0.8

3.4

0.7

0.7

2.1

1.4

1.1

7.0

1.1

0.8

4.6

0.9

0.7

4.2

2.2

1.1

7.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

1.4

1.3

4.6

0.9

0.8

3.0

0.5

0.4

1.4

0.8

0.8

2.7

0.6

0.5

1.3

1.3

0.4

7.3

1.9

1.5

6.7

1.0

0.5

2.3

ll<ate computed wth a total of less than 20 hmhs for the years 1970.7 I

38
Table 7. Birth and fertility rates by specified race or national origin: United States, 1940, 1950, 1860, and 1970

[Birth rates are live births per 1,000 population in specified group. Fertility rates are live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 in specified

group ]

Race or national origin 19701 19601 19502 19402 19701 19601 19502 19402

Birth rate Fertility rate

23.7 24.1 118.0 106.2

102.3

135.5

228.7

227.7

101.4

124.3

Total ............................ .................................. 18.4 19.4 87.9 79.9

White ..............................................................................

Negro .............................................................................

lndian3 .... .......................................................................

17.4

25.3

32.5

18.1

14.0

26.3

42.5

22.7

31.9

40.3

24.6

28.0

}

37.8

23.0

33.1

45.8

43.9

24.5

19.1

18.6

26.5

42.0

14.5

15.0

22.0

84.1

115.4

151.4

74.2

51.5

105.7

159.1

113.2

153.5

207.4

127.3

101.6

203.1

77.1

100.5

199.1

113.6

62.6

376.7

Chinese ...................... .....................................................

Japanese ................................... ......................................

Filipino ... ........................... .................... ...... ..................

0ther3,4 ............................................................ ...... .......

lBs,$.ed on a 50-uercent samule of births.

2Births adjusted for underr;gistration.

3Births to ~euts and Eskimos included with “Other” category in 1940, 1950, and 1960, and with “Indian” CategOIY in 1970.

41nclude~ births to Hawtilans and Part-Hawaiians.

Table 8. Birth ratw by place of birth of mother, age of mother and race of child: United States, 1970-71 average

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates are live births per 1,000 women in specified group. Figures for mother’s place of birth

Age of mother

not stated are distributed ]

Total IMother’s place of birth and race of child

Born outside

United Statesl Born in United States

White Negro

Total White Negro

All

races

86.0

Total White Negro

Tota12 ............... ...................................... 81.6 I 115.3 I 84.5 II 80.0 I 114.3 111.5 109.1 161.3

.5

56.0

160,3

142.3

69.4

28.3

6.9

0.4

5.2

140.5

208.1

135.1

78.8

40.2

12.0

0.9

1.1 .5

66.7 55.1

163.7 157.6

5.2

141.0

206.7

131.6

76.4

39.0

11.8

0.9

10-14 years ........ .....................................................

15-19 years ..... ........................................................

20-24 years ................................... ..................... .....

25-29 years ... .................... ............ ..........................

30-34 years ... .......................... ................................

35-39 years ....................................................... ......

40-44 years .............................. ...............................

45-49 years .... .........................................................

1.1

67.1

166.1

142.3

71.3

30.0

7.6

0.5

.9

79.6

214.1

192.1

111.0

50.7

12.6

0.8

.8

BO.8

216.7

186.8

108.2

49.4

12.0

0.8

2.2

102.3

276.7

262.4

163.8

83.9

22.8

1.6

138.9 139.4

68.1 66.5

28.4 26.7

7.2 6.5

0.4 0.4

llnc*udes b~ths to ~omen bom in outlying areas and to residents of the United States bom abroad.

2Rates computed by relating total births, regardless of age of mother, to women aged 15-44 Yeas.

39
Table 9. Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race: 38 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1969-71 average

[ Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates per 1,000 unmarried women residing in area fm.specified group. Refers only to illegitimate births

occurring within areas reporting legitimacy status to residen the States listedl

Area and race

All reporting areas . .... ... .. .... . .... .... . .... .. ... .. ... ... .... . .... . ... . .... . .... . .... .... . ... .. .... ..

I 5-44

,earsl

26.2

12.9

96.5

36.4

8.3

65.1

33.0

17.2

67.1

27.8

19.4

118.8

34.7

10.8

102.2

19.8

17.3

89.5

37,2

14,1

133.4

59.1

12.1

82.7

36.1

14.4

118.4

23.1

18.7

35.C

31.4

12.5

126.C

22 .C

14.6

90.$

16,:

14.~

107.:

16.!

11.[

88.(

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14,~

103,:

—

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ars

2.8

0.3

7.4

3.3

7.6

:1.3

!6. 1

6.9

17.8

!1.0

5.0

17.5

10.0

8.3

)4.2

I6.8

I4.5

)2.3

)2.3

11.3

)8.4

33.1

I 8.8

)3.5

34.5

13.1

19.6

20.1

141

36.4

27.?

10.2

29.4

18.~

11.~

99.1

12,L

10,$

24.~

13.;

9,[

98.

19.,

11.’

09,”

20-24

years

39.3

21.6

137.3

52.7

13.4

119.7

66.7

28.5

368.4

45.1

31.4

176.3

55.5

21.9

147.7

32.5

30.0

163.3

56.3

23.1

201.1

64.1

13.5

97.6

53.7

24.1

172,5

31.9

34.0

35.3

43.0

19.2

181.3

34.1

25.3

117.8

28.8

26.6

118.3

27,6

20,9

128.2

36.3

25.1

133.5

Age of mother

25-29

years

35.2

18.9

97.4

42.3

9.5

90.0

29.0

12.4

49.2

32.9

152.7

40.0

14.7

105.7

19.8

17.6

59.1

55.0

26.9

132.6

39.3

8.4

60.5

41.6

17.7

111.6

30.7

22.9

330.3

43.3

18.9

128.5

31.9

21.8

96.1

28.6

25.6

131.6

23.4

17.6

722

32.5

22.9

107.1

10-34

ears

24.0

.

12.0

66,6

31.5

4.7

67.1

44.9

22.7

‘1O.6

29.4

19.4

17.0

37.1

9.9

‘12.1

16.4

14.1

44.3

26.1

13.2

61.5

34.6

8.7

52.3

28.9

10.s

82.4

27.5

15.4

33.f

12.s

99.[

20.[

14.:

53.:

14.[

12.[

71.2

14.:

9.:

45:

18,!

1 2.(

58.:

—.

)5-39

12.8

.

6.4

36.91

19,6

2.4

46,7

11.~

34.7

30.[)

17.1

11.6

37.:1

20.4

5.()

56,7

7,4

6.9

16.8

15.[1

6.(1

40.4

16.2

33.’1

22.:3

14.!i

5.1

47.7

8.13

6.0

30.0

17.1

6.5

46.9

11.4

8.0

29,2

7.9

6.6

26.7

7.5

4.9

30,7

12,4

8.2

47.4

0-44

!arsz

3.6

1.8

10.6

5.5

0.7

13.4

35.9

31.2

30.0

6.9

5,3

323.3

6.8

1.2

21.0

2.5

1.9

310.6

3.2

31.6

37.4

4.5

31.0

6.2

3.2

1.2

10.8

2,3

30.6

4.7

1.9

15.0

3.5

2.1

13.1

2.6

2.4

311.5

2.2

1,6

36.2

4.1

3.4

9.5

See footnotes at end of table.

40
Table 9. Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race: 38 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1969-71 average-Con.

[Based on a 50-percent semple of births. Rates per 1,000 unmarried women residing in area for specified group. Refers only to illegitimate births

mxurrirm within areas rewwting Iezitimacv status to residents of the States listed 1

Negro ... . .... . .... . .... . ... .. ... .. .... . . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .. ... .. ... . ... .. . .... .. ... . ... .. .. ... .. ... . .... .. .. .

New Hampshire ... . ... .. ... .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. ... . .. .. .. ... . .... . . .... . .... . .. .. . . .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .

White . .. .... . .... . .. .. . ... .. .. .. . . .. .. . .... . .... . ... .. .. .. . . .... . ... .. .. .. . . .... . . .. .. .. .. . .... . .. ... . .. .... .. .. .. .. .

Negro .. ... .. ... .. .. ... . .... .. ... . .... . ... .. . .... .. . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. ... . .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. . ... .. ... .. .. .. ... ..

New Jersey .... . ... . ... .. .. ... .. ... . .... . .... .. .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. . .. ... ... .. .. ... .. . .. . ... .. ... ... . ... .. .. .. ... .. ... .. . ... ..

White . . .... .. ... . .... . ... .. .... .. . ... .. ... .. .. .. .... . ... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... ... .. .. . .. .. . ... .. .. ... ... .. . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Negro . . .... .. ... . .... . ... ... . ... .... . .. ... .. . .. .. .. .. .... . .. ... .. ... . .. .... .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ... ... . .... . .

North Carolina ... .... .. .. .. .... . ... .. .. ... ... .. .. ... ... .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. . .. . .. .. ... .. . ... .. .. .. ...

White ... ... ... .. .. ... . .... . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ... ... .. ... ... . .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. ..

Negro . .... .. ... ... .. . .. .. . ... . . .... .. .. .. .... . .... . ... .. . .... . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. ... .. . .. .. .. .. . . .. ... . .. .. . .... . ..

North Dakota .. .. .. .. .. . .. .... . ... .. .... . .. ... . ... .. .... . ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. . ... .. .... . .... . ... .. . ... .. .... . ... .. . ..

White . .. ... .. .. .. . . .... . .... . .. .. . . .. .. .. ... . .. .. . .... . .. .. . . .... . .. ... .. .. . . .... . . .. .. .. .. . . .... . . .... .. ... . ... .. . ..

Negro . .. .... . . .... . .. .. . ... .. .. .. . ... .. . .... . .... . .... . ... .. . .... . .... . . .. .. .. ... . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... . .... . .... . . .... . ...

Oklahoma . .. .... .. ... ... .. . .... . .... . .... . .. .. . .. ... . .... . .... . .... . . ... . . .... . .... . .. ... . .... .. ... . ... .. . .... . . ... . .. ... . ...

White .. . .... . .... . .... .. ... . .... .. .. .. . .... . .... . ... .... ... . .... . ... .. .. ... .. . ... .. .... .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. ...

Negro . .. ... . .... . .. .. . . .... .. ... .. . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. . ... . .... . .... . ... .. .. ... . ... .. .. ... ... ..

Oregon ... . .... ... .. . .. ... .. ... . .... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. . .. ... .. .. .. .... .. . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ... . . .... ... .. . .. .. . .. ... . .... . .. ... .. ...

White ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... . .... . .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... ..

Negro ... .. .. .... .. .. . .... .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .... . .. ... ... . .. .. ... . .. .. . .. ... . .... .. . ... ... .. . ... ..

Penn~lvania .. .. ... .. .... . ... .. . .... . .... . .... . ... .. . ... .. ... .. . .. . .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. ... .. .

White .. . ... .. . ... . . .... . .... . .. .. . .... . .. ... . .... . . ... . . ... .. . ... . . .. .. . .. ... . ... .. .. ... . .. .. . ... .. . ... .. .. ... . .. .. . .

Negro .. . ... .. ... .. .. ... . .... . . .. .. .. ... . .... . . .. .. . .... . ... .. . .. .. . .... . .... . . ... .. ... .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .... . ... .. ... .. . .

Rhode island . .... . ... .. . ... . .. ... . ... .. . .... . .... . . ... . .. ... . .. .. . . .... . ... .. . .... . .... . .... . . ... .. ... .. . ... .. .... . . .. .. . . .

White . . .... . ... .. .. .. . . .... . ... .. .. .. . . .... . . ... . .. ... . .... . . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . ... .. ... .. . .... . ..

Negro . .. .. . .. ... . .... . .. ... .. ... . .... . ... .. . .... . . .. .. . .... . .... . . .... . .... . ... .. . .... . .. .. . . .... . .. .. .. .... . .. ... . ..

1544

yearsl

38.7

10.4

84.2

18.1

17.8

45.2

26.7

14.5

101.3

17.2

15.0

123.4

54.0

9.3

103.5

27.3

12.9

110.9

18.5

14.0

126.9

13.1

13.0

77.9

22.9

8.9

108.6

32.3

9.8

80.7

16.4

12.9

3133.3

23.3

13.5

92.7

16.9

15.3

88.7

19.1

10.1

80.4

13.9

10.3

111.6

15-19

years

31.0

8.0

72.6

14.1

13.9

327.2

24.1

12.4

111.0

13.5

11.7

116.3

45.9

7.9

90.5

23.7

10.5

114.7

14.0

10.0

169.7

9.9

9.7

352.3

19.1

6.5

108.8

32.4

8.6

86.8

11.4

9.5

388.9

19.7

11.3

95.4

14.9

13.4

107.0

16.7

7.6

103.6

11.1

7.8

110.3

20-24

years

63.7

19.5

133.6

31.1

30.6

3100.0

39.0

23.0

138.8

27.7

24.8

200.7

81.4

16.6

153.8

40.0

21.8

159.2

30.5

25.5

131.9

21.0

20.8

%11.1

33.3

14.6

165.7

45.6

16.4

107.0

32.5

25.3

41.2

25.5

148.9

26.3

24.1

117.3

28.2

16.5

128.1

20.7

15.8

185.3

Age of mother

25-29

years

59.9

17.6

104.8

37.1

36.2

3121.2

33.9

19.6

89.6

26.4

22.1

246.5

74.8

12.4

126.7

35.7

16.5

119.2

34.8

25.1

140.8

23.1

22.9

3125.0

35.5

15.6

120.4

32.1

12.4

84.8

32.6

20.4

30.9

18.2

80.0

22.3

20.5

49.0

26.1

16.3

77.4

24.8

20.3

94.9

30-34

years

40.1

9.7

72.7

18.4

17.3

21.1

12.6

54.7

17.1

14.4

61.9

53.7

5.2

106.1

26.4

11.4

73.5

18.8

15.6

25.7

11.4

11.4

22.5

9.4

69.3

18.2

7.3

37.3

21.4

16.8

18.9

9.5

50.2

12.1

11.1

61.2

18.0

11.9

47.5

11.7

9.7

37.2

35-39

years

20.4

3.9

42.1

9.9

9.8

30.0

10.3

5.9

28.2

8.5

7.3

29.8

31.3

2.6

56.4

15.5

7.0

45.3

9.4

7.2

338.5

9.0

8.4

11.2

5.1

36.3

9.4

3.9

22.1

13.8

9.8

9.9

5.4

32.2

6.1

4.9

328.5

9.0

6.3

22.8

7.9

6.5

353.9

4044

years2

5.9

1.4

12.6

1.8

1.8

30.0

3.2

1.9

8.2

2.3

1.8

316.6

11.8

30.9

23.4

5.0

1,7

19.3

3.3

2.6

312.0

4.0

4.0

2.6

1.8

6.1

2.3

0.6

5.1

32.5

30.7

3.6

1.9

15.2

1.7

1.6

38.8

2.2

1.6

5.8

1.8

31.4

315.2

See footnotes at end of table.

41
Table 9. Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race: 38 report(ng States and the District of Columbia, 1969-71 average–Con.

[Based on a 50.percent sample of births. Rates per 1,000 unmarried women residing in area for specified group. Refers only to illegitimate births

OccurrinE within areas revmtimz Ietitimacy status to residents of the States Iistedl

Area and race

1544

yearsl

39.7

10.4

82.4

20.1

12.4

324.5

30.4

11.3

97.0

25.3

14.3

64.1

10.2

9.3

102.1

28.3

11.6

81.6,

20.3

17.2

10?.7

17.4

14.7

58.5

17.0

12.7

110.8

21.3

18.8

201.3

15-19

years

35.6

8.4

75.7

13.5

9.3

317.8

27.5

8.9

95.3

21.5

10.9

88.6

7.4

6.7

208.0

25.4

9.0

77.3

17.0

14.1

131.6

13.5

10.9

56.6

13.7

9.6

130.1

15.9

14.1

172.5

20-24

years

59.4

17.6

120.5

35.2

23.0

30.0

45.3

20.8

133.3

40.8

25.1

123.7

17.7

16.5

61.7

40.1

19.4

122.8

33.9

29.4

142.3

29.0

25.6

87.3

27.0

21.5

157.6

43.0

39.3

395.2

Age of mother

25-29

years

52.6

16.0

103.2

47.0

21.8

37.5

16.7

104.8

32.6

22.2

76.6

17.2

14.8

37.2

17.8

93.1

25.2

21.8

69.8

34.0

29.7

83.6

24.0

19.0

74.3

39.4

31.7

30.0

30-34

years

30.8

8.1

63.2

32.0

11.3

26.2

10.1

73.9

20.1

13.4

47.4

9.1

8.5

30.0

26.1

11.9

64.8

18.7

16.4

42.6

1B.?

16.6

50.5

17.1

13.3

52.9

25.5

20.0

30.0

35-39

years

19.5

5.4

40.9

23.0

10.5

15.7

5.5

47.0

12.4

8.8

25.4

5.1

4.5

~o.o

12.0

4.5

31.4

8.1

6.7

24.4

11.1

9.6

33.0

8.2

6.8

21.5

9.5

8.1

30.0

$0-44

,ears2

4.0

1.1

8.0

7.1

31.5

4.6

1.7

14.4

3.8

2.6

8.7

30.7

30.7

3.8

1.6

9.4

2.2

1.8

36.5

3.0

3.0

33.6

2.4

1.7

13.7

35.2

34.5

1Rates computed by relating all illegitimate births regardless of age of mother to unmarried women aged 15-44 years.

2R=te~ computed by relating illegitimate bkths to mothers aged 40 years and Over to unmarried Women aged 40-44 Years.

3Rate computed with a total of less than 20 births for the years 1969-71,

42.
Table 10. illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race for standard metropolitan statistical areas of 500,000 or more: 38 reporting States

and the District of Columbia, 1970-71 average

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates per 1,000 unmarried women residing in area for specified group. Refers only to

illegitimate births occurring within areas reporting legitimacy status to residents of the SMSA’S listed]

Area and race

Total, SMSA’S with 500,000 or more .................. ................................. .............

Negro ................................................ ...... ............ ...................................

Allantown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. ............................................... .........

Birmingham, Ala. ........................................................................................

Negro ............................................. ................. .......................................

Chicago, 111. ............................................................................. ...................

Negro .. ............................................................................... ....................

Dallasr Tex. .................................................................................................

Negro ............................ ........................ .................. ..............................

Denver, Colo. ..............................................................................................

Negro ...................... ...... .................................................................... ....

Detroit, Mich. .......... ........... ...... .................... ...... ........................ ................

Negro ........... ..... ........................... ...................... .................... ............ ...

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Fla. ...................................................... .........

Negro ................................................................... .................. .. .............

Fort Worth, Tex. ................................... ................... ............ ....................

Negro ....................................................................................................

Gary-Hammond-East Chicago, Ind. ................. .. ........................ .... ..............

Negro .................... .................................................. ..... .........................

Grand Rapids, Mich. ..................................................... .................... ..........

Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N.C. ..............................................

Negro ....................................................................................................

Honolulur Hawaii ................... ...... ............................ ............... ....................

Houston, Tex. .. ................................ .................................... ............. ........

Negro ................... ....................................................... ..........................

Indianapolis, Ind . .......................... .............. ................................................

Negro ............... .................. .............................. .....................................

Jacksonville, Fla. .... ........... ...... .. ............................................ .....................

Negro ....................................................................................................

Jersey City, N.J. ........................................... ......................... ........... ..........

Negro ........... ......................................................................... ................

Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. ................. ...... ........... ..............................................

Negro ............................................................... .......... .. ................. ........

1544

yearsl

29.9

108.3

11.5

30.2

69.9

39.2

135.1

34.5

102.0

23.0

102.5

34.1

104.5

41.1

153.6

26.7

99.9

26.4

76.8

19.4

27.7

76.8

23.0

31.9

92.9

33.3

104.9

48.4

114.2

25.0

110.7

30.4

103.8

15-19

years

27.6

114.4

8.7

30.0

68.8

36.3

139.9

35.8

126.4

21.1

117.0

31.9

111.7

44.4

184.8

24.6

103.7

24.7

78.4

17.5

27.8

86.9

22.6

30.6

105.7

31.3

124.8

45.0

117.4

24.7

102.7

28.9

121.7

Age of mother

20-24

years

42.7

155.7

18.1

44.3

102.4

52.5

200.0

50.1

137.4

37.8

214.2

50.5

148.3

62.4

229.7

44.9

193.1

34.6

104.8

28.0

35.4

82.0

27.9

50.5

128.3

48.0

125.8

77.7

163.0

36.1

174.7

45.5

154.6

25-29

years

36.6

105.0

23.9

28.9

76.1

49.2

138.7

31.9

70.8

19.6

72.1

41.6

99.4

36.1

97.4

30.2

90.5

34.4

89.0

25.7

31.2

73.4

28.8

30.4

67.1

40.9

98.6

56.8

112.6

24.0

86.7

35.3

100.5

30-34

years

25.0

68.7

13.6

20.9

52.2

39.7

101.0

16.4

38.0

16.2

40.2

25.2

62.5

29.1

66.7

18.4

49.7

21.6

48.6

14.4

14.3

30.1

23.9

17.8

50.3

26.2

50.8

38.6

82.3

16.9

82.9

21.2

62.0

3544

years2

7.5

21.9

4.0

6.5

15.0

11.6

32.0

4.8

12.1

3.9

12.2

7.0

18.0

6.1

23.7

4.9

17.1

9.8

21.7

5.2

6.2

15.5

4.4

6.6

15.0

8.2

21.0

9.5

24.3

4.8

20.4

7.8

19.6

See footnotes at end of table.

43
Table 10. Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race for standard metropolitan statistical areas of 500,000 or more: 38 reporting States

and the District of Columbia, 1970-71 average—Con.

[Based on a 50-percent sample of births. Rates per 1.000 unmarried women residi

illegitimate b-irths occurring within ‘areas reDortinjz legitimacy status to : .- -.

Area and race

15-44

yearsl

32.4

121.4

59.8

121.6

30.7

120.1

24.5

119.9

21.3

147.9

27.8

79.0

34.9

80.1

32.6

115.2

44.0

99.3

25.0

102.1

28.9

137.9

14.1

117.3

27.8

97.0

25.8

123.8

15.1

87.7

17.8

32.5

77.4

36.2

126.7

in area for specified group. Refers only to

dents of the SMSA’S listed]

Age of mother

15-19

years

31.7

I35.0

57.5

116.1

32.2

137.0

21.6

I39.0

18.2

138.3

27.3

80.8

30.1

71.2

27.3

113.2

40.4

99.0

23.2

115.1

25.0

181.2

10.3

115.2

26.4

108.3

21.6

117.6

13.3

97.1

16.7

33.0

83.6

32.2

126.2

20-24

years

45.0

151.8

77.1

168.6

43.9

169.1

37.2

181.2

30.5

259.2

36.5

85.0

54.7

134.7

45.9

179.5

62.6

153.6

37.9

165.5

45.4

150.9

21.1

185.3

38.9

140.6

40.1

180.4

23.3

138.8

25.8

39.5

88.8

51.5

184.1

25-29

years

34.5

123.3

65.3

122.5

31.4

97.6

27.6

68.6

26.9

316.1

33.4

131.6

45.8

89.0

50.6

128.2

59.2

111.6

31.0

76.2

47.6

147.3

28.8

132.7

32.8

87.4

37.1

121.1

20.5

74.8

22.9

41.3

99.7

45.6

131.1

30-34

years

28.3

72.5

51.8

100.2

19.7

62.0

22.4

58.9

19.6

79.2

24.2

91.7

29.5

56.2

32.9

75.4

31.0

59.5

15.1

44.8

20.3

317.7

16.6

66.7

21.7

50.0

19.4

99.0

11.4

47.7

6.9

30.5

61.3

35.5

91.7

35-44

years2

5.8

18.8

19.5

39.9

6.8

22.3

6.0

19.4

5.6

22.5

6.0

13.6

8.0

17.4

8.6

22.7

11.9

23.7

6.4

25.0

8.7

325.7

3.8

24.4

5.6

13.0

10.7

320.3

3.0

9.9

3.8

5.3

9.8

13.5

41.5

See footnotes at end of table.

44
Table 10. Illegitimacy rates by age of mother and race for standard metropolitan statistical areas of 500,000 or more: 38 reporting States

and the District of Columbia, 1970-71 average—Con.

[Based on a SO-percent sample of births. Rates per 1,000 unmarried WOI

illegitimate births occurring within areas reporting legitimacy

Area and race

Salt Lake City, Utah .......... ................ ...... ............ .......... ............. ....... ..... ....

San Antonio, Tex. ............................. ...... ...... ................... ............. .............

Negro ........... ...... .................... ...... ........................ .. ...... ...... ...... .............

Seattle-Everett, Wash. .................................................. ............ ...................

Negro ...................... ..............................................................................

Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. ..........................................................................

Negro ........... ..... ................................. .......................................... .........

n residing in area for specified group. Refers only to

Itus to 1 idents of the SMSA’S listed]

15-44

yearsl

12.3

28.9

78.7

20.4

112.2

32.8

136.7

15-19

years

9.2

23.0

86.5

17.5

143.3

30.6

141.2

Age of mother

20-24

years

24.0

46.8

123.0

32.0

145.7

51.4

213.5

25-29

years

14.9

49.1

93.3

22.1

74.8

38.5

106.7

30-34

years

7.4

27.9

40.7

18.3

45.8

25.9

93.5

35-44

years2

3.4

10.5

16.0

3.7

39.6

6.8

31.7

1Rates computed by relating all illegitimate births regardless of age of mothe~ to unmarried women aged 15-44 Years.

2Rate~ comPuted bY S.elatingi]legitimate births to mothers aged 35 years and over to unmarried women aged 35-44 years.

3Rate computed with a total of less than 20 births for the years 1970-71.

45
APPENDIX

CONTENTS

Appendix: Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Measures of Fert~lty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Population Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

46
APPENDIX

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Measures of Fertility

The measures of fertiIity presented in this

report vary according to the aspect of fertility

that they describe, their degree of refinement

with respect to population at risk, and whether

they are summary or specific. These measures

are defined below.

Crude birth rate. –This measure relates the

number of births occurring in an area to the

total population of that area without regard to

age or sex distribution. It is expressed as the

total number of live births per 1,000 population.

Although it is useful in indicating the contribution of births to the growth of am area, it is

limited as an analytic tooI. Since the age and sex

composition of a population are so influential

on the level of its birth rate, measures of fertiIity

that are less affected by differences in age-sex

composition from one population to another are

more useful for most interarea and intergroup

comparisons.

General fertility rate. –This rate relates

births in an area to the population at risk of

bearing children-women of childbearing ages

(15-44 years). It is the number of live births per

1,000 women of these ages. The fertility rate

controls for differences in the proportion of the

total population comprised by women in the

childbearing ages. Differences in the age distribution within the childbearing years can influence

the level of this rate just as differences in the

composition of the total population can affect

the birth rate.

Age-specific birth rates.–The age-specific

birth rates relate the number of births to

NOTE: A list of references follows the text.

mothers of a given age to the female population

of that age. They are expressed as the number of

births to mothers of a given age per 1,000

women in that age group.

Total ~ertility rate. –This measure is the sum

of the age-specific birth rates for 5-year age

groups multiplied by 5. It is an age-adjusted rate

because it is based on the assumption that there

are the same number of women (1,000) in each

age group. Therefore, it controls for differences

in the distribution of women within the childbearing ages. The totaJ fertility rate indicates the

number of children a hypothetical group of

1,000 women would have if they were to

experience a given set of age-specific rates

throughout the childbearing period.

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas

It should be noted that the definitions of

metropolitan areas used for vital statistics tabulations for the New England area differ from

those established by the Office of Management

and Budget. The Office of hlanagement and

Budget uses towns and cities to define metropolitan areas in New England. Since vital statistics data are coded by counties rather than

towns, the metropolitan State economic areas,

established by the Bureau of the Census and

composed of whole counties, are used in New

EngIand. For all other parts of the country the

SMSA’S as defined for 1970 by the Office of

Management and Budget are used.

Population Bases

All rates presented in this report are computed on the basis of the population enumerated

47
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