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Live Births and Birth Rates,
1910–2005
The following table shows the number of live births and the birth rate in the United States between 1910 and 2005.
| Year |
Births1
(thousands) |
Birth rate per
1,000
population1 |
| 1910 |
2,777 |
30.1 |
| 1920 |
2,950 |
27.7 |
| 1930 |
2,618 |
21.3 |
| 1940 |
2,559 |
19.4 |
| 1950 |
3,632 |
24.1 |
| 1960 |
4,258 |
23.7 |
| 1970 |
3,731 |
18.4 |
| 1980 |
3,612 |
15.9 |
| 1990 |
4,158 |
16.7 |
| 1995 |
3,900 |
14.6 |
| 2000 |
4,059 |
14.4 |
| 2001 |
4,026 |
14.1 |
| 2002 |
4,021 |
13.9 |
| 2003 |
4,091 |
14.1 |
| 2004 |
4,116 |
14.0 |
| 2005 |
4,140 |
14.0 |
NOTE: n.a. = not available.
1. Prior to 1960 data adjusted for under
registration.
Source: 1900–1970, U.S. Public Health
Service, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual, Vol. I
and Vol II; 1971–2001, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics,
Vital Statistics of the United States, annual; National Vital
Statistics Report (NVSR) (formerly Monthly Vital Statistics
Report); and unpublished data. All but most recent data compiled by
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008.
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