National Vital
Statistics Reports
Volume 70, Number 2 March 23, 2021
Births: Final Data for 2019
by Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H., Brady E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Michelle J.K. Osterman, M.H.S., and
Anne K. Driscoll, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics
Abstract
Objectives—This report presents 2019 data on U.S. births
according to a wide variety of characteristics. Trends in fertility
patterns and maternal and infant characteristics are described
and interpreted.
Methods—Descriptive tabulations of data reported on
the birth certificates of the 3.75 million births that occurred in
2019 are presented. Data are presented for maternal age, live-
birth order, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, tobacco
use, prenatal care, source of payment for the delivery, method
of delivery, gestational age, birthweight, and plurality. Selected
data by mother's state of residence and birth rates by age are
also shown. Trend data for 2010 through 2019 are presented for
selected items. Trend data by race and Hispanic origin are shown
for 2016–2019.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
National Vital Statistics System
NCHS reports can be downloaded from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/index.htm.
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VBAC
Primary cesarean
Low-risk cesareanTotal cesarean
2018 20192017
2016
NOTES: Low-risk cesarean is cesarean delivery among nulliparous, term, singleton, and cephalic births. VBAC is vaginal birth after cesarean delivery.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
Percent
Method of delivery
31.9
32.0
31.9
31.7
25.7
26.0
25.9
25.6
21.8
21.9
21.7
21.6
12.4
12.8
13.3
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Figure 1. Method of delivery: United States, 2016–2019
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Results—A total of 3,747,540 births were registered in the
United States in 2019, down 1% from 2018. The general fertility
rate declined from 2018 to 58.3 births per 1,000 women aged
15–44 in 2019. The birth rate for females aged 15–19 fell 4%
between 2018 and 2019. Birth rates declined for women aged
20–34 and increased for women aged 35–44 for 2018–2019.
The total fertility rate declined to 1,706.0 births per 1,000 women
in 2019. Birth rates declined for both married and unmarried
women from 2018 to 2019. The percentage of women who
began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy rose
to 77.6% in 2019; the percentage of all women who smoked
during pregnancy declined to 6.0%. The cesarean delivery rate
decreased to 31.7% in 2019 (Figure 1). Medicaid was the source
of payment for 42.1% of all births in 2019. The preterm birth rate
rose for the fifth straight year to 10.23% in 2019; the rate of low
birthweight was essentially unchanged from 2018 at 8.31%. Twin
and triplet and higher-order multiple birth rates both declined in
2019 compared with 2018.
Keywords: birth certificate • maternal and infant health • birth
rates • maternal characteristics • National Vital Statistics
System
Introduction
This report presents detailed data on numbers and
characteristics of births in 2019, birth and fertility rates, maternal
demographic and health characteristics, medical and health care
utilization, source of payment for the delivery, and infant health
characteristics. A report of provisional birth statistics for 2019
presented data on selected topics based on a sample of nearly all
(99.96%) 2019 births (1); a National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS) Data Brief presented selected characteristics based on
final data for 2019 births (2).
In addition to the tabulations included in this report,
more detailed analysis is possible by using the annual natality
public-use file. The data file may be downloaded from https://
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/Vitalstatsonline.htm (3). The
public-use file does not include geographic detail; a file with this
information may be available upon special request (4). Birth data
may also be accessed via the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC) Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic
Research (WONDER). Wonder is a user-friendly Web system that
makes CDC's information resources available to public health
professionals and the public (5).
2003 revision of U.S. Standard Certificate of
Live Birth
Starting in 2016, all 50 states, the District of Columbia
(D.C.), Puerto Rico, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianas, and U.S. Virgin Islands reported data based on the
2003 U.S. Certificate of Live Birth. American Samoa continued
to report based on the 1989 birth certificate revision. Internet-
only tables on a number of additional topics, such as births by
attendant and place and delivery, mean age of mother by live-
birth order, maternal prepregnancy body mass index, infections
during pregnancy, and maternal morbidity, are also available;
see List of Detailed Tables. For information on data quality, see
reports that assessed the quality of selected medical and health
data from the 2003 revised birth certificate and the "User Guide
to the 2019 Natality Public Use File" (6–8).
Methods
Data shown in this report are based on 100% of the birth
certificates registered in all states and D.C. More than 99% of
births occurring in the United States are registered (8). Tables
showing data by state also provide separate information for
Puerto Rico, Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianas. These areas, however, are not included in totals for
the United States. Data for the U.S. Virgin Islands and American
Samoa were not available for 2019.
The 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live
Birth allows the reporting of more than one race (multiple races)
for each parent (9), in accordance with the revised standards
issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1997
(10). Starting in 2016, all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam,
Northern Marianas, and U.S. Virgin Islands reported race data
in accordance with these 1997 OMB standards that allow for the
reporting of a minimum of five race categories either by single
race (i.e., reported alone) or in combination (i.e., more than one
race or multiple races) (10). The race and Hispanic-origin groups
shown in this report follow the 1997 standards and differ from
the bridged-race categories shown in most previous reports that
are based on data from 2015 and earlier (11). The new categories
are: non-Hispanic single-race white, non-Hispanic single-race
black or African American, non-Hispanic single-race American
Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN), non-Hispanic single-race Asian,
non-Hispanic single-race Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander (NHOPI), and Hispanic (for brevity, text references to
non-Hispanic white or non-Hispanic black women omit the term
“single-race.”) Because single-race data are not available for the
entire United States prior to 2016, only race data for 2016–2018
are shown in this report. For more information on differences
between single- and bridged-race groups, see “Births: Final Data
for 2016” (12).
Race and Hispanic origin are reported independently on
the birth certificate and reporting of Hispanic-origin ethnicity
was not affected by the change to the 1997 OMB standards.
Most tables in this report show data for the categories of non-
Hispanic single-race white, non-Hispanic single-race black, and
Hispanic. Selected tables also include data for the categories
non-Hispanic single-race AIAN, non-Hispanic single-race Asian,
and non-Hispanic single-race NHOPI. Data are also presented
in some tables for specific Hispanic groups: Mexican, Puerto
Rican, Cuban, Central and South American, and Other and
unknown Hispanic. Beginning with 2018, data are presented
for an additional Hispanic group, Dominican. Data for this
subgroup had previously been included in the category “Other
and unknown Hispanic.”
Trend tables included in the detailed tables for this report
include the years 2010–2019; see List of Detailed Tables. Longer-
term trends previously shown in this report series can be found
in earlier-year reports (e.g., “Births: Final Data for 2015”) (11).
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In this report, the total number of births includes births
to women up to age 64. In tables that include age of mother,
the oldest age groups shown (40–54, 45–49, 45–54, or 50–54)
include births to mothers up to age 64 (births to mothers 55–64
are recategorized to ages 50–54).
For information on levels of incomplete reporting by state,
see the User Guide (8). For information on the measurement
of data items shown in this report, and the Internet tables,
imputation techniques used, computation of derived statistics,
and definitions of terms, see the User Guide (8).
Demographic Characteristics
(Tables 1–12)
Births and birth rates
Number of births
In 2019, 3,747,540 births were registered in the United
States, down 1% (or 44,172) from 2018 (Table 1, Figure 2). This
is the fifth year that the number of births has declined following
an increase in 2014. Before that year, the number of births
declined steadily from 2007 through 2013 (11).
Among the race and Hispanic-origin groups, the number
of births declined 2% for non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic
AIAN women, and 1% for non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic
Asian women from 2018 to 2019. The number of births for non-
Hispanic NHOPI women rose 3% in 2019, and the number of
births for Hispanic women was essentially unchanged (Tables 1,
3, and 6). Among the specified Hispanic groups, births rose 12%
for Central and South American women in 2019, were essentially
unchanged for Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican
women (Tables 4 and 7), and declined 16% for women of Other
and unknown Hispanic origin. The increase in Central and South
American births and the decline in births to women of Other and
unknown Hispanic origin largely reflects the implementation of
a new reporting system in California, which resulted in fewer
unknowns and therefore more specific Hispanic-origin responses
on birth records; see User Guide (8).
Fertility rate
The general fertility rate (GFR) for the United States in 2019
was 58.3 births per 1,000 females aged 15–44, down 1% from
2018 (59.1) and a record low rate for the nation (Table 1) (11,
13). This is the fifth year that the rate has declined following an
increase in 2014. From 2007 to 2013, the GFR declined steadily
(11).
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SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
Figure 2. Live births and general fertility rates: United States, 1970–2019
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Among the race and Hispanic-origin groups, the GFR
declined for nearly all groups in 2019, down 3% for non-Hispanic
AIAN, 2% for non-Hispanic white, and 1% for non-Hispanic
black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic females. The observed
increase in the rate for non-Hispanic NHOPI females from 2018
to 2019 was not significant.
Age of mother
Birth rates decreased for females aged 15–34, increased
for females aged 35–44, and were unchanged for females aged
10–14 years and 45–49 from 2018 to 2019.
Teenagers—The birth rate for females aged 15–19 in the
United States in 2019 was 16.7 births per 1,000, down 4%
from 2018 (17.4) and another record low (Table 2, Figure 3)
(11,13,14). Since 2009, the teen birth rate has fallen to a new
low each year. The rate for this group has declined 60% since
2007 (41.5), the most recent high, and 73% since the 1991
high (61.8). The number of births to teenagers aged 15–19 was
171,674 in 2019, down 5% from 2018 (179,871) (15).
The 2019 birth rates for teenagers aged 15–17 and 18–19
were 6.7 and 31.1 births per 1,000 females, respectively, down
7% and 4% from 2018, to record lows for both groups. Rates
for these age groups have fallen 69% and 57%, respectively,
since 2007, and by 83% and 67% since 1991. The birth rate for
females aged 10–14 years was unchanged in 2019 at 0.2 births
per 1,000 females.
Among race and Hispanic-origin groups, the birth rates for
teenagers aged 15–19 declined 6% for non-Hispanic white, 5%
for Hispanic, and 2% for non-Hispanic black teenagers for 2019.
Rates for non-Hispanic AIAN, non-Hispanic Asian, and non-
Hispanic NHOPI teenagers were essentially unchanged from
2018 to 2019.
Women in their 20s—The birth rate for women aged 20–24
was 66.6 births per 1,000 women in 2019, down 2% from 2018
(68.0), and another record low (Table 2) (11,13). The rate for
women in this age group has declined steadily since 2006. The
number of births to women in their early 20s declined 3% from
2018 (15). The rate for women aged 25–29 was 93.7 births per
1,000 women, down 2% from 2018 (95.3). The rate for women
in this age group has declined for all but 1 year since 2007
(Table 2). The number of births to women aged 25–29 was down
by 2% from 2018 to 2019 (see Tables 3 and 4 for 2018 data)
(15).
Women in their 30s—The birth rate for women aged 30–34
was 98.3 births per 1,000 women in 2019, down 1% from 2018
(99.7) and the third straight annual decline in the rate (11,13).
The 2019 rate for women aged 30–34 was higher than the rate
for women aged 25–29 for the fourth year since reliable national
records were available (1940) (11,13). The number of births
to women aged 30–34 was essentially unchanged from 2018
to 2019. The birth rate for women aged 35–39 was 52.8 births
per 1,000 women in 2019, up slightly from 2018 (52.6), and
the second increase in the rate after a brief downtick in 2017
(Table 2). The number of births to women aged 35–39 rose 1%
in 2019 (see Tables 3 and 4 for 2018 data) (15).
Women in their 40s—The birth rate for women aged
40–44 was 12.0 births per 1,000 women in 2019, up 2% from
2018 (11.8) (Table 2); the rate for this group has risen almost
continuously since 1985 (11,13). The number of births to women
in their early 40s rose 2% from 2018 to 2019. The birth rate for
women aged 45–49 (which includes births to women aged 50
and over) was 0.9 births per 1,000 women in 2019, unchanged
from 2018. The number of births to women aged 45 and over
was also unchanged from 2018 to 2019. Births to women aged
50 and older are also discussed separately below.
Women aged 50 and over—There were 1,073 births to
women aged 50 and over in 2019, up from 959 in 2018 (Table 3)
(15). The number of births to women in this age group has
generally increased since 1997 (144). The birth rate for women
aged 50–54 rose to 1.0 births per 10,000 women in 2019, from
0.9 in 2018. Because of the small number of births to women
in this age group, the birth rate for women aged 50–54 is
expressed per 10,000 women. For rates shown elsewhere in
this report, births to women aged 50 and over are included with
births to women aged 45–49 when computing birth rates by age
of mother (the denominator for the rate is women aged 45–49).
Live-birth order
The first-birth rate for the United States was 22.0 births per
1,000 females aged 15–44 in 2019, down 2% from 2018 (22.4)
(see Tables 3 and 4 for the number of births and Table 5 for birth
rates). First-birth rates declined for females in their teens (down
5% for females aged 15–19 years), 20s (down 1% each for
women aged 20–24 and 25–29), and 30s (down 2% for women
aged 30–34 and 1% for women aged 35–39). First-birth rates for
females aged 10–14 years, 40–44, and 45–49 were unchanged
in 2019 (15).
Mean age of mother
In 2019, the mean age of mothers at first birth was 27.0
years, an increase from 26.9 in 2018, and another record high
for the nation (Tables 11, 12, and I–6) (11,13). The mean age
at first birth is the arithmetic average of the age of mothers at
the time of birth and is computed directly from the frequency
of first births by age of mother. The increase in the mean age in
2019 reflects, in part, the decline in the number of first births to
females in their teens and 20s (15).
Mean age at first birth increased for nearly all race and
Hispanic-origin groups in 2019, rising to 25.1 years for Hispanic,
25.2 for non-Hispanic black, 27.8 for non-Hispanic white, and
30.7 for non-Hispanic Asian women (Tables 11, 12, and I–6)
(15). The average age at first birth for non-Hispanic AIAN
and non-Hispanic NHOPI women was 23.5 and 24.8 in 2019,
essentially unchanged from 2018. Among the specified Hispanic
groups, average ages increased to 24.5 years for Mexican,
24.9 for Puerto Rican, 26.0 for Dominican, and 27.9 for Cuban
women, and decreased for Central and South American women
(26.2) (15). (The decline in mean age at first birth for Central and
South American women may be related to changes in reporting
of Hispanic-origin births for California; see "Number of births" in
this report.)
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Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) for the United States in 2019
was 1,706.0 births per 1,000 women, down 1% from 2018
(1,729.5) (Table 2). This is the fifth year that the TFR has
declined following an increase in 2014. From 2007 to 2013, the
rate declined steadily. The TFR estimates the number of births
that a hypothetical group of 1,000 women would have over
their lifetimes, based on age-specific birth rates in a given year.
Because it is calculated from age-specific birth rates, TFR is
age-adjusted and can be compared for populations across time,
population groups, and geographic areas.
Among the race and Hispanic-origin groups, the TFR
declined for nearly all groups in 2019, down 2% for non-Hispanic
white and non-Hispanic AIAN women and 1% for non-Hispanic
black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic women. The rate for
non-Hispanic NHOPI women rose 3% from 2018 to 2019.
The TFR for the nation in 2019 remained below
“replacement,” the level at which a given generation can exactly
replace itself (generally considered to be 2,100 births per 1,000
women). The U.S. TFR has generally been below replacement
since 1971 (11,13). The TFR was below replacement for all race
and Hispanic-origin groups in 2019, except non-Hispanic NHOPI
women (2,178.0) (Table 2).
Births and birth rates by state
The GFR, the number of births per 1,000 females aged 15–44,
declined from 2018 to 2019 by 1% to 3% in 27 states, and by 4%
to 5% in 3 states (Maine, Montana, and South Dakota); rose in 1
state (Alabama); and was essentially unchanged in the remaining
19 states and D.C. Rates among the states ranged from 46.8
births per 1,000 females aged 15–44 in Vermont to 70.6 in North
and South Dakota. (See Tables 6 and 7 for the number of births
and Table 8 for birth rates). Among the U.S. territories, the GFR
declined in Puerto Rico, rose in Northern Marianas, and was
essentially unchanged in Guam. For the number of births by state
in 2019, see Tables 6 and 7.
Birth rates for teenagers by state
In 2019, the birth rate for teenagers aged 15–19 declined
in 21 states (Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia), with declines ranging
from 3% for Florida to 18% for Maine and New Hampshire.
Rates were essentially unchanged in the remaining 29 states and
D.C. Rates among the states ranged from 6.6 births per 1,000 in
New Hampshire to 30.0 in Arkansas (Table 8). The wide range
Rate per 1,000 women
20–24 years
15–19 years
35–39 years
40–44 years
30–34 years
25–29 years
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NOTE: Rates are plotted on a logarithmic scale.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
Figure 3. Birth rates, by selected age of mother: United States, 1990–2019
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in state-specific teen rates is consistent with patterns observed
in previous analyses (14,16). Teen birth rates were essentially
unchanged for Puerto Rico, Guam, and Northern Marianas.
Rates among the territories ranged from 19.1 births per 1,000
teenagers in Puerto Rico to 33.3 in Guam (Table 8).
Births to unmarried women
The birth rate for unmarried women was 39.9 births per
1,000 unmarried women aged 15–44 in 2019, down less than
1% from 2018 (40.1) (Table 10). The 2019 nonmarital birth rate
was 23% lower than the peak of 51.8 in 2007 and 2008 (11).
(See Technical Notes for description of the adjustments made
to calculations of rates by marital status beginning with 2017).
The birth rate for married women also declined in 2019, to
84.0 per 1,000 married women aged 15–44, from 85.6 in 2018.
The marital birth rate declined 4% over the period 2005–2010
but rose 6% from 2010 through 2016 before declining 6%
through 2019 (11).
The percentage of all births to unmarried women was 40.0%
in 2019, up from 2018 (39.6%), which was the lowest level since
2007 (11). The percentage of all births to unmarried women
peaked in 2009 at 41.0% (11).
In 2019, the percentage of nonmarital births increased from
2018 for three race and Hispanic-origin groups: non-Hispanic
black (70.0% in 2019), Hispanic (52.1%), and non-Hispanic
AIAN women (69.0%) (Table 9). The percentage was unchanged
for three groups: non-Hispanic white (28.2%), non-Hispanic
Asian (11.7%), and non-Hispanic NHOPI women (50.4%).
The number of nonmarital births decreased by 3% from 2018
(1,503,361) to 2019 (1,498,113) (15). Nonmarital birth rates
declined from 2018 to 2019 for women in age groups under 30,
with the rate for teenagers aged 15–19 dropping 4% (to 15.4 per
1,000 in 2019), and the rate for females aged 15–17 at another
all-time low (6.6). Conversely, the nonmarital birth rate reached
historic peaks for women aged 30–34, to 60.6, and for women
aged 40–44, to 11.1.
Compositional differences by race and Hispanic origin and
maternal age among states are major contributing factors to the
geographic variation in the percentage of births to unmarried
mothers (Table I–7). In 2019, the percentages of unmarried
births ranged from about one in five births in Utah (19.2%) to
more than one-half of births in Louisiana (54.0%), Mississippi
(54.9%), and New Mexico (51.5%).
Tobacco Use Before and During
Pregnancy (Tables 13–15)
Of the women who gave birth in 2019, 6.0% reported smoking
tobacco at some point while pregnant, an 8% decline from 2018
(6.5%) (Table 15) (15). Tobacco use was most common earlier
in pregnancy: 5.8% of women smoked in their first trimester,
5.0% in their second, and 4.7% in their third. Of the 7.7% of
women who reported smoking in the 3 months before becoming
pregnant, 24.0% quit smoking before pregnancy (Table 15).
By race and Hispanic origin, 8.8% of non-Hispanic white
women reported smoking at some point during pregnancy, down
7% from 2018; 4.8% of non-Hispanic black women reported
smoking at some point during pregnancy, down 8%; 1.5% of
Hispanic women reported smoking during pregnancy, down
12% from 2018. See Tables 13 and 14 for smoking levels among
other race and Hispanic-origin groups. Rates of quitting smoking
before pregnancy also varied by race and Hispanic origin: 22.2%
of non-Hispanic white, 25.2% of non-Hispanic black, and 38.3%
of Hispanic women who smoked during the 3 months prior to
pregnancy, did not smoke while pregnant.
By maternal age, smoking rates during pregnancy were
highest among women aged 20–24 (8.1%) and for women under
age 20 (6.7%) and 25–29 (6.9%). Tobacco use during pregnancy
was less common among older women, with 3.5% of women
aged 40–54, and 4.2% of women aged 35–39 reporting smoking
during pregnancy (Table 15).
Medical and Health Services Utilization
and Source of Payment for the Delivery
(Tables 13–19)
Use and timing of prenatal care
Among women giving birth in 2019, 77.6% began prenatal
care in the first trimester of pregnancy, up from 77.5% in 2018.
Late (beginning in the third trimester) or no prenatal care
increased in 2019 to 6.4%, from 6.2% in 2018 (Table 16) (15).
Among the largest race and Hispanic-origin groups, prenatal
care beginning in the first trimester increased for non-Hispanic
white (from 82.5% in 2018 to 82.8% in 2019) and non-Hispanic
black (67.1% to 67.6%) women, and declined for Hispanic
women (72.7% to 72.1%) in 2019 (Table 16) (15). Late or no
prenatal care declined for non-Hispanic black women (9.9% to
9.6%), was unchanged for non-Hispanic white women (4.5%),
and increased for Hispanic women (7.7% to 8.2%). The increase
in late or no care among Hispanic women occurred for all
maternal age groups under age 40 (Figure 4).
Timing of prenatal care continued to vary by race and
Hispanic origin in 2019. First trimester care ranged from 50.0%
for non-Hispanic NHOPI to 82.8% for non-Hispanic white women;
late or no prenatal care ranged from 4.5% for non-Hispanic white
women to 20.5% for non-Hispanic NHOPI women (Table 13).
By age of mother, women aged 35–39 were less likely to
receive first trimester prenatal care in 2019 (81.6%) than in 2018
(81.7%). Rates for all other age groups were unchanged in 2019
(Table 16) (15).
Method of delivery
Cesarean delivery
In 2019, the cesarean delivery rate decreased to 31.7%,
from 31.9% in 2018 (Figure 1, Table 17), the lowest rate since
2006 (31.1%) (11). The cesarean delivery rate peaked in 2009 at
32.9% after increasing every year since 1996 (20.7%) (11,15).
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The cesarean delivery rate decreased for each of the three
largest race and Hispanic-origin groups, from 30.8% in 2018
to 30.7% in 2019 for non-Hispanic white women, 36.1% to
35.9% for non-Hispanic black women, and 31.6% to 31.3% for
Hispanic women (Table 17). Tables 13 and 14 show cesarean
delivery rates for more detailed race and Hispanic-origin groups.
By maternal age, cesarean delivery decreased for all age
groups except 35–39, for which it was unchanged (40.0%)
(Table 18). Cesarean delivery continued to be higher among
older women compared with younger mothers; women aged 40
and over (47.4%) were more than twice as likely to deliver by
cesarean than women under age 20 (19.3%).
Low-risk cesarean delivery—The low-risk cesarean delivery
rate also decreased in 2018, from 25.9% to 25.6% for 2018–2019.
The low-risk cesarean delivery rate is cesarean delivery among
nulliparous (first birth), term (37 or more completed weeks
based on the obstetric estimate), singleton (one fetus), and
cephalic (head-first) births. See Tables 13, 14, 17, and 18 for
details by age and race and Hispanic origin of the mother.
Primary cesarean delivery—In 2019, the primary cesarean
delivery rate, which measures cesarean deliveries among women
who have not had a previous cesarean delivery, was 21.6%,
down from 21.7% in 2018. (Tables 17 and 18).
Vaginal birth after previous cesarean delivery (VBAC)—
The VBAC rate measures vaginal births among women with a
previous cesarean delivery. In 2019, 13.8% of women with a
previous cesarean delivered vaginally, up 4% from 13.3% in
2018; the rate has increased every year since 2016 when national
data became available. See Tables 17 and 18 for details. Changes
in VBAC overall and by race and Hispanic origin through 2018
are presented in a recent report (17).
Source of payment for the delivery
The principal source of payment for the delivery of most
births in 2019 continued to be either private insurance or
Medicaid; however, the percentage of births covered by private
insurance increased from 2018 (from 49.6% to 50.2%), and
the percentage of births covered by Medicaid declined (from
42.3% to 42.1%). The category “self-pay,” generally considered
to indicate uninsured deliveries, accounted for 4.2% of 2019
births, unchanged from 2018. The remainder of births were
covered by other insurance (3.5%; down from 3.9% in 2018);
other insurance includes Indian Health Service, CHAMPUS or
TRICARE, other government (federal, state, or local), or charity
(Table 19) (15).
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NOTE: Late care is prenatal care that began in the third trimester.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
2018 2019
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Age of mother (years)
Figure 4. Late or no prenatal care, by age of mother among Hispanic women: United States, 2018–2019
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The percentage of births covered by private insurance
increased from 2018 to 2019 for each of the three largest race and
Hispanic-origin groups (Table 19) (15). In 2019, the percentage
of mothers using private insurance ranged from 29.3% for non-
Hispanic black women to 63.8% for non-Hispanic white women;
the percentage for Hispanic women was 30.5%. Changes in
Medicaid coverage for the delivery were presented in a previous
report (2). In 2019, Medicaid coverage ranged from 29.4% for
non-Hispanic white women to 59.0% for Hispanic women and
65.1% for non-Hispanic black women. See Tables 13 and 14 for
information on additional race and Hispanic-origin groups.
By age of mother, Medicaid as the source of payment
declined for women aged 20–24 (63.1% to 62.9%) and 25–29
(44.8% to 44.7%), increased for women under age 20 (77.3%
to 78.2%) and aged 30–34 (29.4% to 29.6%), and remained
unchanged for women aged 35 and over between 2018 and 2019
(Table 19) (15). The percentages of births with Medicaid as the
source of payment ranged from 27.4% for women aged 35–39 to
78.2% for women under age 20. Private insurance as the source
of payment for the delivery increased in 2019 for women in age
groups 20 and over. Percentages with private insurance ranged
from 15.0% for women under age 20 to 65.1 for women aged
35–39 (Table 19).
Infant Health Characteristics
(Tables 20–25)
Period of gestation
The U.S. preterm birth rate rose to 10.23% in 2019, up 2%
from 2018 (10.02%), and the fifth straight year of increases in
this rate (9.57% in 2014). The preterm birth rate (percentage
of all births delivered at less than 37 completed weeks of
gestation) had declined steadily from 2007 (10.44%) (11) to
2014 (Table 20). (National data based on the obstetric estimate
of gestation are available only from 2007 (18); see Technical
Notes.)
Most of the increase in the total preterm birth rate for
2018–2019 was among infants born late preterm (34–36 weeks),
up from 7.28% to 7.46%. The early preterm birth rate (less than
34 weeks) increased from 2.75% in 2018 to 2.77% in 2019.
The early preterm rate was essentially unchanged from 2014 to
2018, but is down from 2.93% in 2007 (11,18).
Changes in the distribution of births delivered at term and
later (37 and higher weeks) were also observed from 2018 to
2019. The percentage of infants born early term (37–38 weeks)
rose by 3% in 2019, from 26.53% to 27.31%, and the full-term
(39–40 weeks) birth rate declined, from 57.24% to 57.02%.
From 2007 to 2014, in contrast, the early-term birth rate had
generally been on the decline and the full-term rate had been
on the rise (11). Declines were also seen from 2018 to 2019
in late (41 weeks) and post-term (42 weeks and higher) births
(Table 20). Similar trends in births delivered at less than full term
were seen for the three largest race and Hispanic-origin groups
for 2018–2019.
Preterm birth rates rose by 2% among births to non-
Hispanic white (from 9.09% to 9.26%), non-Hispanic black
(14.13% to 14.39%), and Hispanic mothers (9.73% to 9.97%)
between 2018 and 2019 (Table 20). For 2019, preterm birth rates
for the race and Hispanic-origin groups ranged from a high of
14.39% among births to non-Hispanic black mothers, to a low of
8.72% among non-Hispanic Asian mothers (Table 13). Preterm
levels for the Hispanic subgroups ranged from 9.44% (Central
and South American) to 11.51% (Puerto Rican) (Table 14).
It can also be important to analyze births in singleton
deliveries separately from all births because of the shorter
average gestations of multiple births and their accordant potential
influence on preterm birth rates (also see “Multiple births” in this
report). The 2019 preterm birth rate for singleton births only was
8.47%, a 3% increase over the 2018 level of 8.24%, and an 8%
rise from 2015 (7.82%). From 2007 through 2014, the singleton
preterm rate had declined from 8.59% to 7.74% (see Table for
2019 data) (15).
Increases in preterm birth rates were observed in 15 states
between 2018 and 2019: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The
rate declined in one state (Iowa) for this period. See Table I–19
for 2019 data.
Birthweight
The percentage of infants born low birthweight (LBW) was
8.31% for 2019, a nonsignificant increase from 2018 (8.28%).
The LBW rate (the percentage of infants born at less than 2,500
grams or 5 pounds, 8 ounces) has risen 4% since the most
recent low in 2014 (8.00%) and is the highest rate reported since
the 2006 peak (8.26%) (Tables 22 and 23) (11). From 1990 to
2006, LBW levels rose nearly 20%, but then declined from 2007
to 2012 (7.99%) (11).
The very low birthweight (VLBW, less than 1,500 grams)
rate was unchanged at 1.38% in 2019. The VLBW rate had been
essentially stable at 1.40%–1.41% for 2013–2017, and is down
from a high of 1.49% for 2005–2007 (11). The percentage of
moderately low birthweight infants (1,500–2,499 grams) was
6.93% in 2019, a nonstatistically significant increase from 2018
(6.90%); moderately low birthweight levels for 2016–2019 have
matched or surpassed the peak reported for 2006 (6.77%)
(Table 22) (11).
Between 2018 and 2019, LBW rates were essentially
unchanged among births to non-Hispanic white women (6.89%
for 2019), non-Hispanic black women (14.15%), and Hispanic
women (7.55%). Since 2016, LBW rates have declined 1% for
non-Hispanic white women (from 6.97%), but are up 3% for
non-Hispanic black (13.68%) and Hispanic (7.32%) women
(Table 22). See Tables 13, 14, I–21, and I–22 for 2019 VLBW and
LBW rates by state and by race and Hispanic origin.
The LBW rate among singleton births only rose from 6.60%
to 6.67% from 2018 to 2019 (15); the increase was among
infants born moderately low birthweight; see the Table for 2019
data and “Multiple births.” It can be informative to examine births
in singleton deliveries separately because multiple births tend to
be born smaller than singletons, and changes in multiple-birth
incidence can influence overall LBW levels.
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Multiple births
The 2019 twin birth rate was 32.1 twins per 1,000 births, a
2% decline from the 2018 rate of 32.6, and down 5% from the
2014 high of 33.9. The twinning rate (births in twin deliveries per
1,000 total births) rose 76% from 1980 to 2009 (from 18.9 to
33.2 per 1,000), was generally stable from 2009 through 2012,
and then rose for 2013 and 2014 (Figure 5, Tables 24 and 25)
(11).
The triplet and higher-order multiple birth rate (triplet/+) was
87.7 per 100,000 births for 2019, a 6% decline from 2017 (93.0)
and down 55% from the 1998 peak (193.5) (11). The triplet/+
birth rate (number of triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets and
other higher-order multiples per 100,000 births), rose more than
400% from 1980 to 1998 (Tables 24 and 25) (11).
There were 120,291 infants born in twin deliveries in 2019,
a decline of 3% from the number in 2018 (Table 25). The number
Rate per 1,000 births
Number
0
20
25
30
35
Rate
2014201020001990
1980
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
Number of births
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
2019
Figure 5. Number and rate of twin births: United States, 1980–2019
Table. Gestational age and birthweight characteristics by plurality: United States, 2019
Plurality Number of births
Percent
Early
preterm
1
Preterm
2
Very low
birthweight
3
Low
birthweight
4
All births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 2.77 10.23 1.38 8.31
Singleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,623,963 2.14 8.47 1.09 6.67
Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,291 19.96 60.87 9.40 55.48
Triplet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,136 62.90 98.50 34.10 95.29
Quadruplet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 85.09 95.61 61.40 95.61
Quintuplet and higher-order multiples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
1
Less than 34 completed weeks of gestation.
2
Less than 37 completed weeks of gestation.
3
Less than 1,500 grams.
4
Less than 2,500 grams.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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of triplet/+ born in 2019, 3,286, was the lowest number reported
since 1990 and less than one-half of the highest number reported
(7,663 triplet/+ in 2003) (11). In 2019, triplet/+ births included
3,136 triplets, 114 quadruplets, and 36 quintuplet and higher-
order multiple births. See the Table for the number of births and
percentages of preterm and LBW births by specified plurality.
Twin birth rates declined among non-Hispanic white women
by 3% from 2018 to 2019 (from 34.4 to 33.4 per 1,000), but
were largely stable among non-Hispanic black (40.8 to 40.9)
and Hispanic (24.4 to 24.6) women. Triplet/+ birth rates declined
5% among non-Hispanic white women (102.0 to 97.3) and 10%
among non-Hispanic black women (119.2 to 107.5), but were
not significantly changed for Hispanic women (64.7 to 66.6)
(Table 24; see also Tables 13 and 14 for 2019 twin and triplet/+
rates for additional race and Hispanic-origin groups). For state-
specific twin and triplet/+ rates, see Table I–23.
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List of Detailed Tables
Report tables
1. Births and birth rates: United States, 2010–2019, and by
race and Hispanic origin, United States, 2016–2019 ...... 13
2. Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, 2010–2019,
and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019 .......................... 14
3. Births, by age of mother, live-birth order, and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 15
4. Births, by age of mother, live-birth order, and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019 ................. 17
5. Birth rates, by age of mother, live-birth order, and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 19
6. Births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States,
each state and territory, 2019 ....................... 21
7. Births, by Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each
state and territory, 2019 ............................ 23
8. Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, each state and
territory, 2019 ................................... 25
9. Births to unmarried women, by age and race and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019 ................. 27
10. Birth rates for unmarried women: United States, 2010–2019,
and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019 .......................... 28
11. Selected demographic characteristics of births, by race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 29
12. Selected demographic characteristics of births, by Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019 ................. 30
13. Selected medical and health characteristics of births, by
race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 ... 31
14. Selected medical and health characteristics of births, by
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 32
15. Mothers who smoked for the 3 months before pregnancy
and anytime during pregnancy and those who quit before
and during pregnancy, by age and race and Hispanic origin
of mother: United States, 2019 ...................... 33
16. Trimester prenatal care began, by age and race and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019 ................. 35
17. Births, by method of delivery: United States, 2010–2019,
and by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States,
2016–2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
18. Births, by method of delivery and by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 37
19. Principal source of payment for the delivery, by age and race
and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 ....... 38
20. Births, by gestational age (weeks): United States,
2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019 .......................... 39
21. Births, by gestational age (weeks) and by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 41
22. Births, by birthweight (grams): United States, 2010–2019,
and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019 .......................... 43
23. Births, by birthweight (grams) and by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019 .......... 45
24. Twin and triplet and higher-order multiple births:
United States, 2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin
of mother: United States, 2016–2019 ................. 47
25. Births, by plurality and age and race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, 2019 ........................ 48
List of Internet Tables
(Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/
nvsr70-02-tables-508.pdf.)
I–1. Time of birth, by day of week of birth and race and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–2. Births, and seasonally adjusted birth rates, by month:
United States, 2019
I–3. Births, by day of week and method of delivery: United States,
2019
I–4. Births, by attendant, place of delivery, and race and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019
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I–5. Births occurring at home, by state: United States and each state,
2019
I–6. Mean age of mother, by live-birth order: United States,
2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019
I–7. Births to unmarried women, by race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019
I–8. Educational attainment of mother, by age and race and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–9. Maternal prepregnancy body mass index, by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–10. Live births by interval since last live birth, by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–11. Mother received WIC food for herself during this pregnancy and
infant was breastfed at discharge, by age and race and Hispanic
origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–12. Pregnancy risk factors, by age and race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, 2019
I–13. Infections present or treated during this pregnancy, by age and
race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–14. External cephalic version, by age and race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, 2019
I–15. Characteristics of labor and delivery, by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–16. Total cesarean delivery and low-risk cesarean delivery, by race
and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each state and
territory, 2019
I–17. Method of delivery, by age and race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, 2019
I–18. Maternal morbidity, by age and race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, 2019
I–19. Preterm births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, each state and territory, 2019
I–20. Late preterm births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, each state and territory, 2019
I–21. Low birthweight births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, each state and territory, 2019
I–22. Very low birthweight births, by race and Hispanic origin of
mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019
I–23. Twin and triplet or higher-order multiple births, by state:
United States and each state, 2017–2019
I–24. Abnormal conditions of the newborn, by age and race and
Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
I–25. Congenital anomalies of the newborn, by age of mother:
United States, 2019
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Table 1. Births and birth rates: United States, 2010–2019,
and by race and Hispanic origin, United States, 2016–2019
[Birth rates are births per 1,000 population in specified group. Fertility rates
are births per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years in specified group. Populations
based on counts enumerated as of April 1 for census years and estimated as of
July 1 for all other years]
Race and Hispanic origin and year Number Birth rate Fertility rate
All races and origins
1
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 11.4 58.3
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 11.6 59.1
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 11.8 60.3
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 12.2 62.0
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 12.4 62.5
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 12.5 62.9
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 12.4 62.5
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 12.6 63.0
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 12.7 63.2
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 13.0 64.1
Non-Hispanic, single race
2
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 9.8 55.3
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 10.0 56.3
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 10.2 57.2
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 10.5 58.8
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 13.4 61.4
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 13.6 62.0
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 13.9 63.1
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 14.0 63.3
American Indian or Alaska Native:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,450 11.9 56.2
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,092 12.2 57.7
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,957 12.6 59.5
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,452 13.3 62.7
Asian:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238,769 13.0 55.3
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,798 13.2 55.6
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,250 13.8 58.0
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,471 14.6 61.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,770 17.0 74.9
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,476 16.6 73.0
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,426 16.7 72.8
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,342 16.8 72.9
Hispanic
3
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 14.6 65.3
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 14.8 65.9
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 15.2 67.6
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 16.0 70.6
1
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-
race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births
with origin not stated.
2
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic
origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race
categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see
Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth
certificate.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 2. Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, 2010–2019, and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019
[Total fertility rates are sums of birth rates for 5-year age groups multiplied by 5. Birth rates are births per 1,000 women in specified group. Populations based on
counts enumerated as of April 1 for census years and estimated as of July 1 for all other years]
Year and race and
Hispanic origin
Total
fertility rate
Age of mother (years)
10–14
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49
1
Total 15–17 18–19
All races and origins
2
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,706.0 0.2 16.7 6.7 31.1 66.6 93.7 98.3 52.8 12.0 0.9
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,729.5 0.2 17.4 7.2 32.3 68.0 95.3 99.7 52.6 11.8 0.9
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765.5 0.2 18.8 7.9 35.1 71.0 98.0 100.3 52.3 11.6 0.9
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,820.5 0.2 20.3 8.8 37.5 73.8 102.1 102.7 52.7 11.4 0.9
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,843.5 0.2 22.3 9.9 40.7 76.8 104.3 101.5 51.8 11.0 0.8
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,862.5 0.3 24.2 10.9 43.8 79.0 105.8 100.8 51.0 10.6 0.8
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,857.5 0.3 26.5 12.3 47.1 80.7 105.5 98.0 49.3 10.4 0.8
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880.5 0.4 29.4 14.1 51.4 83.1 106.5 97.3 48.3 10.4 0.7
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894.5 0.4 31.3 15.4 54.1 85.3 107.2 96.5 47.2 10.3 0.7
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931.0 0.4 34.2 17.3 58.2 90.0 108.3 96.5 45.9 10.2 0.7
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,610.5 0.1 11.4 3.8 22.3 56.1 90.8 101.5 51.1 10.3 0.8
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640.0 0.1 12.1 4.1 23.6 57.8 92.9 103.1 51.1 10.2 0.7
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.5 0.1 13.2 4.6 26.0 59.8 95.3 103.7 50.6 9.9 0.7
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,719.0 0.1 14.3 5.2 27.7 62.4 99.3 106.2 51.1 9.7 0.7
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,775.5 0.4 25.8 11.1 46.4 88.3 96.4 82.9 47.6 12.6 1.1
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792.0 0.4 26.3 11.9 46.9 90.0 97.1 84.1 47.1 12.3 1.1
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,824.5 0.4 27.5 12.5 49.8 94.2 99.5 84.5 46.1 11.7 1.0
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,832.5 0.5 29.3 13.7 52.5 95.8 100.8 83.0 45.0 11.1 1.0
American Indian or Alaska Native:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,611.5 0.3 29.2 13.5 51.8 86.7 89.1 72.0 36.6 8.0 0.4
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650.5 0.2 29.7 13.5 52.9 87.7 94.4 73.2 36.1 8.3 0.5
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702.0 0.5 32.9 15.7 58.1 93.6 96.4 72.1 36.3 8.2 0.4
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,794.5 0.5 35.1 16.8 62.6 97.2 103.4 77.1 37.1 8.2 0.3
Asian:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,511.0 * 2.7 0.9 5.2 23.1 71.4 115.6 71.0 16.5 1.9
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,525.0 * 2.8 1.0 5.4 24.1 73.0 116.5 70.7 16.1 1.8
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,597.0 * 3.3 1.1 6.5 26.6 79.6 120.1 71.5 16.5 1.8
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,690.5 * 3.9 1.4 7.5 28.9 87.0 127.4 72.8 16.4 1.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,178.0 * 26.2 7.7 53.8 121.4 123.5 95.3 54.1 14.2 *
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,106.5 * 26.5 8.2 53.7 118.5 118.9 91.9 49.2 15.4 *
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,085.5 * 25.5 8.7 50.6 113.3 115.7 94.0 54.6 13.1 *
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076.5 * 28.6 11.0 55.3 109.5 115.5 96.0 49.9 14.7 *
Hispanic
4
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,940.0 0.3 25.3 11.5 46.2 88.0 108.0 96.3 54.6 14.5 1.0
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,959.0 0.3 26.7 12.4 48.5 89.3 108.9 96.6 54.5 14.5 1.0
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,006.5 0.3 28.9 13.6 52.7 93.8 111.8 96.4 54.6 14.5 1.0
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,092.5 0.4 31.9 15.6 57.3 98.4 117.4 99.2 55.8 14.5 0.9
* Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.
1
Birth rates computed by relating births to women aged 45 and over to women aged 45–49; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 3. Births, by age of mother, live-birth order, and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
[Live-birth order refers to number of children born alive to mother]
Live-birth order and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All ages Under 15
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54Total 15 16 17 18 19
All races and origins
1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 1,787 171,674 4,725 11,862 24,494 47,473 83,120 704,342 1,078,097 1,089,281 572,598 120,152 8,536 1,073
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411,505 1,766 144,414 4,611 11,241 22,220 40,598 65,744 375,889 402,394 331,634 128,254 24,561 2,263 330
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204,140 19 23,727 107 582 2,090 6,148 14,800 224,339 357,159 372,628 189,921 33,781 2,269 297
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639,981 – 2,871 – 18 123 570 2,160 76,855 195,531 213,135 125,236 24,817 1,385 151
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279,212 – 275 1 – 4 41 229 19,730 79,382 98,191 65,016 15,579 926 113
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,656 – 36 – 1 2 7 26 4,489 27,375 40,173 30,339 8,618 563 63
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,504 – 9 – – 3 1 5 975 9,146 17,331 14,909 4,730 356 48
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,568 – 1 – – – 1 – 220 2,884 7,684 7,828 2,707 222 22
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 23,151 – 4 – – 1 1 2 253 1,712 6,011 9,641 4,992 502 36
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,823 2 337 6 20 51 106 154 1,592 2,514 2,494 1,454 367 50 13
Non-Hispanic, single race
2
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 370 60,484 1,167 3,196 7,490 16,448 32,183 313,275 556,533 618,176 305,886 56,897 3,830 461
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747,917 366 51,430 1,142 3,047 6,899 14,303 26,039 173,178 230,330 203,446 74,584 13,239 1,192 152
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644,456 3 8,016 23 141 544 1,948 5,360 99,318 186,881 223,205 108,318 17,502 1,072 141
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312,502 – 839 – 3 28 152 656 31,346 90,237 113,424 65,090 11,000 507 59
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,465 – 73 – – 1 10 62 7,013 33,204 46,248 29,534 6,032 322 39
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,806 – 8 – 1 – 1 6 1,352 10,253 17,361 12,533 3,094 183 22
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,960 – – – – – – – 247 3,083 7,369 6,360 1,767 120 14
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,039 – – – – – – – 64 859 3,293 3,608 1,123 84 8
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 11,594 – 2 – – – – 2 104 530 2,515 5,124 2,967 332 20
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,173 1 116 2 4 18 34 58 653 1,156 1,315 735 173 18 6
Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 552 36,696 1,215 2,684 5,344 10,269 17,184 132,605 165,655 126,332 68,219 16,605 1,228 183
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,807 545 30,534 1,186 2,514 4,817 8,695 13,322 68,294 47,917 27,213 12,070 2,887 285 62
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,547 6 5,248 28 163 472 1,389 3,196 40,608 52,174 36,806 18,374 3,963 316 52
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,216 – 730 – 5 37 140 548 16,266 35,114 29,238 16,003 3,636 209 20
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,069 – 84 1 – 3 10 70 5,198 17,797 16,421 9,890 2,520 142 17
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,102 – 16 – – – 5 11 1,432 7,586 8,299 5,227 1,436 98 8
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,067 – 4 – – 2 1 1 369 2,936 4,132 2,755 805 55 11
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,302 – – – – – – – 76 1,080 2,036 1,601 462 42 5
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 5,565 – 1 – – 1 – – 56 632 1,845 2,118 834 71 8
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 1 79 – 2 12 29 36 306 419 342 181 62 10 –
American Indian or
Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,450 27 2,516 87 199 404 653 1,173 7,696 8,638 6,114 2,881 552 26 –
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,627 26 2,064 85 190 352 545 892 3,508 1,817 839 313 57 3 –
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,490 1 385 2 8 49 95 231 2,634 2,503 1,357 501 104 5 –
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,359 – 58 – – 3 12 43 1,087 2,054 1,455 596 103 6 –
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,255 – 4 – – – – 4 339 1,272 1,058 499 82 1 –
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,781 – – – – – – – 83 620 643 366 68 1 –
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 – – – – – – – 15 218 392 245 57 4 –
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 – – – – – – – 4 73 219 153 34 2 –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 437 – – – – – – – – 49 140 198 46 4 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 – 5 – 1 – 1 3 26 32 11 10 1 – –
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Births, by age of mother, live-birth order, and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019—Con.
[Live-birth order refers to number of children born alive to mother]
Live-birth order and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All ages Under 15
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54Total 15 16 17 18 19
Non-Hispanic, single race
2
—Con.
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238,769 5 1,357 16 66 190 367 718 13,709 55,116 96,759 58,302 12,298 1,078 145
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,612 5 1,131 15 62 167 308 579 9,032 32,253 43,786 17,590 3,409 349 57
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,069 – 195 1 4 22 52 116 3,551 16,472 38,502 26,172 4,781 360 36
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,897 – 27 – – – 6 21 842 4,459 10,082 9,826 2,445 193 23
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,334 – 2 – – – 1 1 218 1,270 2,805 2,970 955 95 19
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,657 – – – – – – – 34 402 871 944 363 38 5
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991 – – – – – – – 10 115 321 360 161 22 2
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 – – – – – – – 2 33 119 154 70 6 –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 414 – – – – – – – 3 18 108 180 92 11 2
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 – 2 – – 1 – 1 17 94 165 106 22 4 1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,770 1 520 11 29 52 144 284 2,490 2,944 2,311 1,226 264 14 –
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,904 1 425 11 27 46 124 217 1,203 719 360 164 30 2 –
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,361 – 77 – 1 4 18 54 733 810 486 210 44 1 –
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,782 – 12 – – – 1 11 370 656 472 221 48 3 –
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123 – 1 – – – – 1 111 403 388 181 37 2 –
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 – – – – – – – 42 220 289 183 34 1 –
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 – – – – – – – 7 73 177 108 19 1 –
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 – – – – – – – 1 31 79 61 22 2 –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 190 – – – – – – – 1 17 52 88 30 2 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 – 5 – 1 2 1 1 22 15 8 10 – – –
Hispanic
3
Total Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 742 62,654 2,020 5,111 9,958 17,471 28,094 207,552 256,385 209,283 118,441 29,489 1,792 129
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306,595 734 52,449 1,971 4,848 8,988 14,764 21,878 106,228 77,609 46,193 19,019 3,990 335 38
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266,467 8 8,891 46 245 907 2,408 5,285 69,105 87,974 63,050 30,750 6,278 378 33
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,150 – 1,108 – 10 48 245 805 24,065 56,854 52,881 30,081 6,809 334 18
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,023 – 93 – – – 19 74 6,020 22,764 28,300 20,064 5,474 291 17
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,778 – 12 – – 2 1 9 1,353 7,314 11,378 10,161 3,365 185 10
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,437 – 5 – – 1 – 4 287 2,383 4,317 4,567 1,743 126 9
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,366 – 1 – – – 1 – 70 686 1,662 1,975 903 65 4
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 4,177 – 0 – – – – – 81 395 1,152 1,609 873 67 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474 – 95 3 8 12 33 39 343 406 350 215 54 11 –
– Quantity zero.
1
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin not stated.
2
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and
Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 4. Births, by age of mother, live-birth order, and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
[Live-birth order refers to number of children born alive to mother. Includes births with stated origin of mother only]
Live-birth order and
origin of mother All ages Under 15
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54Total 15 16 17 18 19
Hispanic
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 742 62,654 2,020 5,111 9,958 17,471 28,094 207,552 256,385 209,283 118,441 29,489 1,792 129
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306,595 734 52,449 1,971 4,848 8,988 14,764 21,878 106,228 77,609 46,193 19,019 3,990 335 38
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266,467 8 8,891 46 245 907 2,408 5,285 69,105 87,974 63,050 30,750 6,278 378 33
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,150 – 1,108 – 10 48 245 805 24,065 56,854 52,881 30,081 6,809 334 18
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,023 – 93 – – – 19 74 6,020 22,764 28,300 20,064 5,474 291 17
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,778 – 12 – – 2 1 9 1,353 7,314 11,378 10,161 3,365 185 10
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,437 – 5 – – 1 – 4 287 2,383 4,317 4,567 1,743 126 9
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,366 – 1 – – – 1 – 70 686 1,662 1,975 903 65 4
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 4,177 – – – – – – – 81 395 1,152 1,609 873 67 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474 – 95 3 8 12 33 39 343 406 350 215 54 11 –
Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496,716 369 36,849 1,175 2,981 5,870 10,231 16,592 121,541 146,250 112,292 62,821 15,647 897 50
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,599 366 30,891 1,151 2,838 5,306 8,685 12,911 61,360 40,963 20,997 8,250 1,640 115 17
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,552 3 5,217 23 136 533 1,374 3,151 40,561 48,923 30,518 13,527 2,626 166 11
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,463 – 651 – 4 26 152 469 14,569 34,664 30,463 16,438 3,505 167 6
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,645 – 49 – – – 7 42 3,758 14,612 18,076 12,610 3,362 173 5
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,967 – 8 – – 1 1 6 890 4,664 7,450 6,627 2,215 108 5
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,837 – 3 – – 1 – 2 189 1,586 2,850 2,997 1,127 81 4
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,487 – 1 – – – 1 – 47 438 1,078 1,265 611 45 2
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 2,662 – – – – – – – 49 254 731 1,039 549 40 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 – 29 1 3 3 11 11 118 146 129 68 12 2 –
Puerto Rican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,950 65 5,250 149 351 795 1,419 2,536 18,948 21,433 15,660 7,743 1,715 123 13
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,750 65 4,481 143 336 727 1,217 2,058 9,866 6,707 3,770 1,510 309 40 2
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,009 – 658 6 13 64 174 401 6,143 7,287 5,025 2,376 484 31 5
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,660 – 84 – 1 4 18 61 2,182 4,560 3,662 1,759 387 23 3
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,432 – 8 – – – 4 4 537 1,807 1,806 1,016 242 13 3
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,206 – – – – – – – 118 658 763 534 123 10 –
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 – 1 – – – – 1 30 231 318 245 77 2 –
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 – – – – – – – 7 74 169 140 36 – –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 346 – – – – – – 0 9 37 108 138 50 4 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 – 18 – 1 – 6 11 56 72 39 25 7 – –
Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,668 3 671 13 39 84 178 357 3,770 7,063 7,799 3,608 694 56 4
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,849 3 601 13 35 79 158 316 2,498 3,480 2,997 1,072 176 21 1
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,585 – 64 – 4 5 17 38 1,007 2,502 3,154 1,566 272 18 2
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,868 – 4 – – – 2 2 200 769 1,140 616 131 7 1
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 – – – – – – – 44 216 303 214 65 5 –
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 – – – – – – – 3 47 109 75 20 3 –
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 – – – – – – – 5 22 44 33 16 – –
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – – – – – – – – 5 12 15 4 – –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – – – – – – – 2 7 18 8 7 1 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 – 2 – – – 1 1 11 15 22 9 3 1 –
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 4. Births, by age of mother, live-birth order, and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019—Con.
[Live-birth order refers to number of children born alive to mother. Includes births with stated origin of mother only]
Live-birth order and
origin of mother All ages Under 15
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54Total 15 16 17 18 19
Hispanic—Con.
Dominican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,483 16 1,599 46 112 264 423 754 6,655 10,085 8,357 4,539 1,151 71 10
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,601 16 1,391 46 108 242 365 630 4,140 3,865 2,191 781 195 18 4
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,130 – 189 – 4 21 55 109 1,898 3,849 3,248 1,610 319 13 4
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,914 – 12 – – 1 1 10 465 1,732 1,958 1,380 346 21 –
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,933 – 2 – – – – 2 109 466 675 498 169 12 2
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 – – – – – – – 14 108 176 173 72 3 –
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 – – – – – – – 3 24 47 47 34 1 –
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 – – – – – – – 3 2 22 19 6 2 –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – – – – – – – 1 10 16 14 7 – –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 – 5 – – – 2 3 22 29 24 17 3 1 –
Central and South American . . . . 165,229 195 10,433 374 942 1,692 2,972 4,453 32,228 43,135 43,439 27,740 7,519 501 39
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,256 191 8,597 366 887 1,531 2,462 3,351 16,069 13,980 10,977 5,128 1,196 108 10
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,968 4 1,613 7 50 150 458 948 11,425 16,006 14,526 8,327 1,947 112 8
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,166 – 176 – 3 6 37 130 3,702 8,789 10,475 7,075 1,844 98 7
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,705 – 16 – – – 6 10 763 3,031 4,721 3,939 1,167 64 4
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,299 – 2 – – – – 2 138 904 1,730 1,806 667 49 3
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,019 – – – – – – – 18 231 582 824 327 32 5
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 – – – – – – – 7 63 204 340 171 16 2
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 594 – – – – – – – 10 29 129 231 178 17 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 – 29 1 2 5 9 12 96 102 95 70 22 5 –
Other and unknown
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,421 94 7,852 263 686 1,253 2,248 3,402 24,410 28,419 21,736 11,990 2,763 144 13
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,540 93 6,488 252 644 1,103 1,877 2,612 12,295 8,614 5,261 2,278 474 33 4
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,223 1 1,150 10 38 134 330 638 8,071 9,407 6,579 3,344 630 38 3
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,079 – 181 – 2 11 35 133 2,947 6,340 5,183 2,813 596 18 1
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,461 – 18 – – – 2 16 809 2,632 2,719 1,787 469 24 3
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,503 – 2 – – 1 – 1 190 933 1,150 946 268 12 2
6th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401 – 1 – – – – 1 42 289 476 421 162 10 –
7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 – – – – – – – 6 104 177 196 75 2 –
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . 484 – – – – – – – 10 58 150 179 82 5 –
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 – 12 1 2 4 4 1 40 42 41 26 7 2 –
– Quantity zero.
NOTE: In this table, Hispanic women are classified only by place of origin; non-Hispanic women are not shown; see Technical Notes in this report.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 5. Birth rates, by age of mother, live-birth order, and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
[Rates are births per 1,000 women in specified age and race and Hispanic-origin group. Fertility rate computed by relating total births, regardless of age of mother, to
women aged 15–44 years. Populations estimated as of July 1. Live-birth order refers to number of children born alive to mother. Figures for live-birth order not stated
are distributed]
Live-birth order and race of mother
Fertility
rate
Age of mother (years)
10–14
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49
1
Total 15–17 18–19
All races and origins
2
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 0.2 16.7 6.7 31.1 66.6 93.7 98.3 52.8 12.0 0.9
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.0 0.2 14.0 6.2 25.4 35.6 35.1 30.0 11.8 2.5 0.3
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 * 2.3 0.5 5.0 21.3 31.1 33.7 17.5 3.4 0.3
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 * 0.3 0.0 0.7 7.3 17.0 19.3 11.6 2.5 0.1
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 * 0.0 * 0.1 1.9 6.9 8.9 6.0 1.6 0.1
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 * 0.0 * 0.0 0.4 2.4 3.6 2.8 0.9 0.1
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 * * * * 0.1 1.0 2.3 2.1 0.7 0.1
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 * * * * 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.1
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 0.1 11.4 3.8 22.3 56.1 90.8 101.5 51.1 10.3 0.8
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6 0.1 9.7 3.6 18.5 31.1 37.6 33.5 12.5 2.4 0.2
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.6 * 1.5 0.2 3.4 17.8 30.5 36.6 18.1 3.2 0.2
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 * 0.2 0.0 0.4 5.6 14.8 18.6 10.9 2.0 0.1
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 * 0.0 * 0.0 1.3 5.4 7.6 4.9 1.1 0.1
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 * * * * 0.2 1.7 2.9 2.1 0.6 0.0
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 * * * * 0.1 0.6 1.8 1.7 0.5 0.0
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 * * * * 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.1
Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 0.4 25.8 11.1 46.4 88.3 96.4 82.9 47.6 12.6 1.1
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 0.4 21.5 10.3 37.3 45.6 28.0 18.0 8.5 2.2 0.3
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.7 * 3.7 0.8 7.8 27.1 30.4 24.2 12.9 3.0 0.3
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 * 0.5 0.1 1.2 10.8 20.4 19.2 11.2 2.8 0.2
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 * 0.1 * 0.1 3.5 10.4 10.8 6.9 1.9 0.1
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 * * * * 1.0 4.4 5.4 3.6 1.1 0.1
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 * * * * 0.3 2.3 4.0 3.0 1.0 0.1
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 * * * * 0.0 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.1
American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . 56.2 0.3 29.2 13.5 51.8 86.7 89.1 72.0 36.6 8.0 0.4
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 0.3 24.0 12.3 40.8 39.7 18.9 10.2 4.1 0.8 *
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 * 4.5 1.1 9.3 29.8 25.9 16.0 6.4 1.5 *
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 * 0.7 * 1.5 12.3 21.3 17.0 7.6 1.5 *
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 * * * * 3.8 13.1 12.4 6.3 1.2 *
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 * * * * 0.9 6.4 7.6 4.7 0.9 *
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 * * * * * 3.0 7.2 5.0 1.3 *
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 * * * * * 0.5 1.6 2.5 0.7 *
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 * 2.7 0.9 5.2 23.1 71.4 115.6 71.0 16.5 1.9
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 * 2.2 0.8 4.2 15.2 41.7 52.3 21.5 4.6 0.6
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 * 0.4 0.1 0.8 6.0 21.4 45.9 31.7 6.4 0.6
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 * 0.0 * 0.1 1.4 5.9 12.2 12.0 3.3 0.4
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 * * * * 0.4 1.7 3.5 3.7 1.3 0.2
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 * * * * 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.1
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 * * * * * 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.1
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 * * * * * 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 *
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 * 26.2 7.7 53.8 121.4 123.5 95.3 54.1 14.2 *
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 * 21.6 7.3 43.1 59.1 30.8 15.5 7.6 1.6 *
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 * 4.0 * 9.1 36.4 34.1 20.3 9.5 2.4 *
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 * * * * 18.0 27.4 19.2 10.0 2.5 *
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 * * * * 5.4 17.2 16.0 8.0 2.1 *
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 * * * * 2.0 9.0 11.8 7.9 1.7 *
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 * * * * * 4.4 10.5 7.3 2.2 *
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 * * * * * * 2.1 3.8 1.6 *
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Table 5. Birth rates, by age of mother, live-birth order, and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019—Con.
[Rates are births per 1,000 women in specified age and race and Hispanic-origin group. Fertility rate computed by relating total births, regardless of age of mother, to
women aged 15–44 years. Populations estimated as of July 1. Live-birth order refers to number of children born alive to mother. Figures for live-birth order not stated
are distributed]
Live-birth order and race of mother
Fertility
rate
Age of mother (years)
10–14
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49
1
Total 15–17 18–19
Hispanic
4
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.3 0.3 25.3 11.5 46.2 88.0 108.0 96.3 54.6 14.5 1.0
1st child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.6 0.3 21.3 10.6 37.3 45.1 32.7 21.3 8.8 2.0 0.2
2nd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 * 3.6 0.8 7.8 29.3 37.1 29.1 14.2 3.1 0.2
3rd child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 * 0.4 0.0 1.1 10.2 24.0 24.4 13.9 3.4 0.2
4th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 * 0.0 * 0.1 2.6 9.6 13.0 9.3 2.7 0.2
5th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 * * * * 0.6 3.1 5.2 4.7 1.7 0.1
6th and 7th child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 * * * * 0.2 1.3 2.8 3.0 1.3 0.1
8th child and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 * * * * 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.0
* Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.
0.0 Quantity more than zero but less than 0.05.
1
Birth rates computed by relating births to women aged 45 and over to women aged 45–49; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 6. Births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019
[By place of residence]
Area
All races and
origins
2
Non-Hispanic, single race
1
Hispanic
3
White Black
American Indian
or Alaska Native Asian
Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific
Islander
Number
United States
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 1,915,912 548,075 28,450 238,769 9,770 886,467
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,615 33,394 18,197 151 886 37 4,910
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,822 4,859 290 1,885 581 302 787
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,375 31,940 4,542 3,911 2,827 222 33,639
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,564 23,065 6,998 191 722 539 4,088
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446,479 121,076 22,374 1,458 67,754 1,711 203,996
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,869 36,022 3,044 365 2,540 168 18,205
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,258 18,366 4,221 24 2,199 9 8,728
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,562 5,024 2,804 14 624 4 1,737
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,079 2,985 4,131 11 392 4 1,354
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220,002 93,590 47,730 234 7,069 166 68,234
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,371 54,850 43,710 87 5,809 99 18,426
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,797 3,223 429 27 4,330 1,695 2,589
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,063 16,959 261 219 350 72 3,702
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,128 74,434 23,258 79 9,169 40 30,097
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,859 58,211 10,249 57 2,285 60 8,420
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,649 29,050 2,827 150 1,106 158 3,695
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,395 24,549 2,458 150 1,216 64 6,071
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,069 42,215 5,034 50 1,078 69 3,450
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,941 29,628 22,106 249 1,163 35 4,994
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,779 10,401 541 91 217 5 257
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,178 28,846 21,494 75 4,928 38 12,872
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,117 39,219 6,850 79 6,228 19 14,142
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,886 73,025 20,370 400 4,304 33 7,117
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,027 44,593 8,253 944 5,229 54 5,129
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,636 18,229 15,706 225 455 17 1,709
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,127 52,523 10,501 145 1,814 228 4,386
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,079 8,800 61 1,120 115 17 616
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,755 16,930 1,654 323 857 18 4,345
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,072 12,479 4,514 277 2,587 372 13,238
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,839 10,079 255 11 508 7 771
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,585 45,368 13,394 66 11,112 28 27,443
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,960 6,218 355 2,633 392 10 12,924
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221,539 109,281 32,075 370 24,217 70 50,323
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,725 62,205 27,733 1,445 4,867 129 19,105
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,454 7,567 651 785 244 18 651
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,461 95,621 22,555 101 4,374 103 7,725
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,143 27,427 4,101 4,662 1,251 227 7,713
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,858 27,639 1,007 402 2,376 341 8,180
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,230 88,710 17,585 77 6,214 42 16,718
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,175 5,564 836 42 496 4 2,921
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,038 31,660 16,802 118 1,155 58 5,741
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,449 8,154 416 1,606 206 7 642
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,450 52,187 15,972 92 1,811 69 8,437
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377,599 124,678 47,326 689 19,930 566 179,689
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,826 33,363 580 357 1,092 460 8,139
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,361 4,856 133 10 122 1 124
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,429 52,997 20,339 144 7,524 127 14,442
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,895 47,435 3,813 1,018 8,856 1,204 16,161
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,136 16,476 620 8 173 5 383
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,270 44,784 6,859 632 2,942 32 6,463
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,565 5,158 61 191 73 7 839
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Table 6. Births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019—Con.
[By place of residence]
Area
All races and
origins
2
Non-Hispanic, single race
1
Hispanic
3
White Black
American Indian
or Alaska Native Asian
Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific
Islander
Number
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,353 409 39 – 26 1 19,866
Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,041 184 27 9 780 1,905 28
American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Northern Marianas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 10 1 – 256 389 2
– Quantity zero.
--- Data not available.
1
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
4
Excludes data for the territories.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Births, by Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019
[By place of residence]
Area Total Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Dominican
Central and
South American
Other and
unknown
Hispanic
United States
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 496,716 70,950 23,668 32,483 165,229 97,421
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,910 2,597 258 59 41 1,865 90
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 386 121 29 51 77 123
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,639 29,423 599 221 69 1,318 2,009
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,088 2,821 133 20 5 740 369
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,996 153,497 2,066 760 218 27,733 19,722
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,205 11,660 532 177 54 1,578 4,204
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,728 777 4,080 104 878 2,420 469
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737 598 443 12 69 514 101
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 163 60 31 42 873 185
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,234 11,071 13,523 14,880 3,252 23,526 1,982
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,426 10,661 1,354 350 333 4,878 850
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,589 773 898 31 13 172 702
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,702 2,788 59 16 4 232 603
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,097 24,171 2,160 208 145 2,676 737
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,420 5,603 528 70 76 1,440 703
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,695 2,595 158 48 14 690 190
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,071 4,476 208 59 22 903 403
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,450 1,512 274 373 23 860 408
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,994 1,184 226 131 110 2,639 704
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 65 84 16 5 63 24
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,872 1,615 698 146 419 8,895 1,099
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,142 560 4,301 172 3,183 4,106 1,820
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,117 4,032 547 135 96 856 1,451
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,129 3,289 250 52 50 1,169 319
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,709 830 119 26 21 554 159
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,386 2,456 256 104 52 945 573
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 377 21 0 2 50 166
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,345 2,911 91 126 13 1,005 199
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,238 9,872 377 457 55 1,565 912
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771 103 231 21 122 147 147
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,443 4,022 5,886 719 5,191 10,307 1,318
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,924 6,743 96 73 9 180 5,823
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,323 6,512 10,584 656 12,338 16,486 3,747
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,105 9,539 1,734 362 531 5,834 1,105
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 427 70 23 9 55 67
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,725 3,118 1,897 118 213 1,822 557
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,713 5,768 231 60 14 967 673
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,180 6,838 183 87 19 757 296
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,718 2,144 7,782 272 2,799 2,421 1,300
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,921 161 754 27 954 898 127
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,741 2,485 656 115 124 1,885 476
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 333 48 19 5 174 63
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,437 4,043 478 165 72 3,132 547
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179,689 126,506 2,755 1,647 421 17,231 31,129
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,139 5,262 170 40 54 1,621 992
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 39 31 5 8 27 14
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,442 2,988 1,270 219 176 4,622 5,167
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,161 11,862 552 152 42 1,633 1,920
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 152 70 5 6 101 49
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,463 4,361 1,023 64 60 542 413
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 547 25 6 1 45 215
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Table 7. Births, by Hispanic origin of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019—Con.
[By place of residence]
Area Total Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Dominican
Central and
South American
Other and
unknown
Hispanic
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,866 38 19,254 25 410 130 9
Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 12 2 2 1 4 7
American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Northern Marianas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 – – – –
– Quantity zero.
--- Data not available.
1
Excludes data for the territories.
NOTE: In this table, Hispanic women are classified only by place of origin; non-Hispanic women are not shown; see Technical Notes in this report.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 8. Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019
[By place of residence. Fertility rates are births per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years; total fertility rates are sums of birth rates for 5-year age groups multiplied by 5; birth rates by age are births per 1,000 women in
specified age group estimated in each area. Populations estimated as of July 1]
Area Birth rate Fertility rate
Total
fertility rate
Age of mother (years)
10–14
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49
1
Total 15–17 18–19
United States
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 58.3 1,706.0 0.2 16.7 6.7 31.1 66.6 93.7 98.3 52.8 12.0 0.9
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 61.7 1,813.0 0.3 25.6 10.1 47.8 95.1 110.1 87.3 36.8 7.0 0.4
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 68.1 1,940.5 * 18.3 6.2 39.9 93.7 110.3 96.9 54.0 13.9 *
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 56.7 1,665.0 0.2 18.5 8.3 33.0 70.8 96.6 90.1 45.7 10.4 0.7
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 63.2 1,859.5 0.3 30.0 11.2 58.3 105.1 111.3 82.7 35.3 6.9 0.3
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 55.4 1,603.5 0.1 12.4 5.0 23.1 51.9 77.5 96.8 63.9 16.4 1.7
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 53.3 1,533.5 0.1 13.9 6.1 25.7 57.2 78.8 91.5 52.4 11.9 0.9
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 51.1 1,544.5 * 7.7 3.3 13.5 35.6 78.1 110.9 61.4 14.1 1.0
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 58.7 1,713.0 * 14.9 6.7 25.8 65.3 99.4 98.4 51.9 11.2 1.3
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 47.7 1,307.5 * 16.8 11.8 20.2 39.4 42.6 68.4 68.3 22.7 2.9
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 56.6 1,657.0 0.2 16.2 6.1 31.3 65.2 90.4 94.2 52.3 12.0 0.9
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 58.0 1,718.5 0.2 19.7 8.0 36.8 77.6 96.9 91.0 46.9 10.6 0.8
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 63.9 1,846.5 * 15.7 5.4 32.0 76.7 97.1 96.4 63.9 18.0 1.4
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 64.0 1,920.0 * 14.9 5.0 30.7 92.8 122.1 97.8 46.2 9.4 0.7
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 56.1 1,650.0 0.2 14.6 5.8 28.0 56.5 86.1 103.1 56.7 11.9 0.9
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 61.7 1,819.5 0.1 20.8 7.9 39.5 82.4 113.0 97.1 41.4 8.6 0.5
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 63.4 1,899.0 * 14.1 5.1 26.5 64.7 128.1 118.2 45.4 8.7 0.5
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 63.0 1,870.0 * 19.2 7.3 36.8 74.6 117.4 106.1 46.3 9.6 0.6
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 62.6 1,847.5 0.2 24.9 9.4 47.6 95.5 110.8 92.1 38.1 7.5 0.4
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 63.9 1,862.5 0.4 27.8 10.9 53.9 97.0 109.3 88.6 40.9 8.2 0.3
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 50.6 1,495.0 * 9.1 2.7 18.0 57.1 88.5 89.6 45.3 8.8 0.5
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 59.2 1,730.5 0.2 13.9 6.0 25.5 54.9 91.0 107.4 62.1 15.4 1.2
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 49.6 1,449.5 0.1 6.9 3.0 11.3 29.8 62.8 105.4 68.1 15.7 1.1
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 57.4 1,690.5 0.2 15.1 5.5 28.9 61.2 100.4 104.5 46.5 9.6 0.6
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 61.0 1,789.0 * 10.1 3.7 19.9 50.0 104.0 123.5 57.4 11.7 1.0
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 62.7 1,848.0 0.4 29.1 12.6 53.1 104.9 113.3 81.4 34.1 6.2 0.2
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 61.3 1,789.5 0.2 20.3 7.6 39.2 79.6 108.7 97.2 43.0 8.4 0.5
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 56.8 1,658.0 * 16.3 6.1 32.0 66.0 101.8 92.9 44.8 8.9 0.8
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 66.2 1,973.0 * 15.3 6.7 27.8 67.9 128.2 120.6 50.3 11.2 0.8
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 58.3 1,699.0 * 18.9 7.0 39.5 79.4 94.5 86.0 48.1 11.7 1.1
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 48.2 1,428.0 * 6.6 1.7 13.2 37.0 81.8 102.7 47.6 9.2 0.7
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 59.5 1,766.5 0.1 10.0 4.1 19.6 45.9 85.6 123.6 70.2 16.6 1.3
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 57.6 1,694.0 0.3 24.4 10.8 44.8 82.1 99.9 82.9 39.8 8.8 0.6
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 57.2 1,644.0 0.1 11.4 4.7 20.6 51.4 76.6 101.0 68.3 18.3 1.7
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 57.8 1,707.5 0.3 18.2 7.7 32.6 74.3 96.5 94.0 47.9 9.8 0.5
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 70.6 1,999.5 * 15.6 5.3 29.5 65.6 128.5 126.9 52.4 10.3 *
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 60.8 1,783.0 0.2 18.8 6.9 36.0 76.7 105.0 101.2 45.4 8.8 0.5
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 63.4 1,857.5 0.2 27.4 11.0 52.1 97.9 113.3 86.1 38.3 8.0 0.3
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 50.6 1,465.0 * 12.1 4.1 24.0 55.8 79.9 85.0 48.5 10.8 0.8
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 56.3 1,646.5 0.2 13.3 6.0 23.1 58.7 92.7 101.5 51.8 10.4 0.7
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 48.8 1,433.5 * 10.0 4.7 15.6 42.0 77.5 89.7 54.1 12.5 0.9
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8. Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2019—Con.
[By place of residence. Fertility rates are births per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years; total fertility rates are sums of birth rates for 5-year age groups multiplied by 5; birth rates by age are births per 1,000 women in
specified age group estimated in each area. Populations estimated as of July 1]
Area Birth rate Fertility rate
Total
fertility rate
Age of mother (years)
10–14
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49
1
Total 15–17 18–19
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 58.0 1,700.5 0.2 21.6 8.5 39.8 78.5 98.5 88.5 43.5 8.8 0.5
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 70.6 2,082.0 * 19.2 8.6 34.9 77.4 138.9 122.7 49.5 8.0 *
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 60.3 1,757.0 0.3 23.7 8.9 46.6 88.4 99.6 88.7 41.9 8.3 0.5
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.0 62.5 1,848.0 0.3 24.0 10.7 44.6 84.4 103.5 96.2 49.2 11.2 0.8
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 66.7 1,985.5 * 12.0 3.8 24.9 73.7 131.5 115.6 51.5 11.9 0.8
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 46.8 1,428.5 * 7.6 3.0 12.3 36.3 82.3 99.7 47.2 11.4 1.1
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 57.8 1,694.5 0.1 13.6 5.3 25.1 60.2 91.5 103.5 56.4 12.6 1.0
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 56.0 1,600.0 0.1 12.7 4.5 25.4 59.7 84.4 94.5 54.7 12.8 1.1
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 57.6 1,722.5 * 25.2 9.1 49.3 95.1 105.4 79.7 32.3 6.3 *
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 58.1 1,733.0 0.1 12.5 4.5 24.0 55.0 106.0 114.7 48.3 9.4 0.6
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 60.8 1,797.5 * 19.4 6.6 39.2 86.9 110.2 93.6 40.3 8.1 *
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 33.1 982.0 * 19.1 8.5 33.2 58.5 51.4 41.5 20.5 4.9 0.3
Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.1 92.7 2,740.0 * 33.3 17.0 56.1 121.0 150.8 137.5 83.3 19.8 *
American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Northern Marianas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 76.6 2,635.5 * 20.7 * 34.3 81.0 152.7 153.1 100.7 18.5 *
* Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.
--- Data not available.
1
Birth rates computed by relating births to women aged 45 and over to women aged 45–49; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Excludes data for the territories.
NOTES: Population data for computing birth rates were provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates by state may differ from rates computed on the basis of other population estimates.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 9. Births to unmarried women, by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Age (years) of mother
All races and
origins
2
Non-Hispanic, single race
1
Hispanic
3
White Black
American Indian
or Alaska Native Asian
Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific
Islander
Number
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498,113 540,981 383,774 19,625 27,936 4,921 461,730
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,779 369 551 27 5 1 734
15–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,449 52,391 35,905 2,373 986 461 56,344
15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,018 11,376 9,206 680 242 88 16,598
18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,431 41,015 26,699 1,693 744 373 39,746
20–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469,222 175,367 117,989 6,150 4,692 1,696 143,224
25–29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436,585 156,929 121,009 5,669 8,031 1,408 127,165
30–34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,749 97,023 69,702 3,534 7,698 874 80,400
35–39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,295 47,106 31,280 1,567 4,954 403 42,300
40 and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,034 11,796 7,338 305 1,570 78 11,563
Percent
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 28.2 70.0 69.0 11.7 50.4 52.1
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 99.7 99.8 100.0 * * 98.9
15–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.5 86.6 97.8 94.3 72.7 88.7 89.9
15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.4 96.0 99.6 98.6 89.0 95.7 97.1
18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.4 84.3 97.3 92.7 68.6 87.1 87.2
20–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 56.0 89.0 79.9 34.2 68.1 69.0
25–29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 28.2 73.0 65.6 14.6 47.8 49.6
30–34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7 15.7 55.2 57.8 8.0 37.8 38.4
35–39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1 15.4 45.9 54.4 8.5 32.9 35.7
40 and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 19.3 40.7 52.8 11.6 28.1 36.8
* Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.
1
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
NOTE: For New York, mother’s marital status is inferred; see reference 8 in this report.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 10. Birth rates for unmarried women: United States, 2010–2019, and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019
[Rates are births to unmarried women per 1,000 unmarried women. Populations estimated as of July 1 for all years]
Year and race and
Hispanic origin
Fertility
rate
1
Age of mother (years)
15–19
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44
2
Total 15–17 18–19
All races and origins
3
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 15.4 6.6 28.3 51.6 61.5 60.6 36.0 11.1
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 16.0 7.1 29.2 52.2 62.8 59.5 35.2 10.6
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.0 17.1 7.7 31.4 54.2 64.4 57.9 36.0 10.1
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 18.5 8.6 33.5 56.6 65.8 59.2 35.6 10.0
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 20.2 9.6 36.5 59.7 66.9 60.3 34.1 9.0
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 22.0 10.6 39.4 61.6 67.6 58.1 33.4 8.5
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 24.0 11.9 42.1 63.1 66.7 56.6 31.8 8.3
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 26.7 13.7 45.8 64.7 67.2 56.3 30.9 8.5
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.0 28.4 14.9 48.2 66.7 67.8 56.2 29.9 8.2
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 31.1 16.8 52.0 70.0 69.2 56.3 29.6 8.0
Non-Hispanic, single race
4
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 10.0 3.7 19.3 36.7 44.8 45.7 27.0 7.9
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 10.6 4.0 20.3 37.6 45.7 43.9 25.9 7.5
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 11.5 4.4 22.1 38.9 46.2 41.9 25.3 7.2
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 12.4 5.0 23.5 40.9 47.3 43.0 25.2 6.8
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 25.7 11.3 46.2 83.5 87.4 68.4 37.5 10.5
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 26.1 12.0 46.1 85.0 85.9 68.2 35.6 9.7
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 27.3 12.6 48.7 88.8 89.3 66.2 35.1 8.9
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 29.0 13.9 51.2 90.0 89.6 64.4 33.8 8.9
Hispanic
5
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 23.2 11.3 41.5 73.8 90.6 91.5 55.8 20.0
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 24.4 12.2 43.4 74.6 95.7 96.1 57.4 20.0
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 26.3 13.3 47.0 78.6 102.3 98.7 64.2 18.7
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 29.2 15.1 51.2 83.1 106.4 103.6 65.0 19.3
1
Rates computed by relating total births to unmarried mothers, regardless of age of mother, to unmarried women aged 15–44 years.
2
Birth rates computed by relating births to unmarried women aged 40 and over to unmarried women aged 40–44; see Technical Notes in this report.
3
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
4
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
5
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
NOTE: For New York, mother’s marital status is inferred; see reference 8 in this report.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 11. Selected demographic characteristics of births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
[Birth rates are births per 1,000 population. Fertility rates are computed by relating total births, regardless of age of mother, to women aged 15–44 years. Total
fertility rates are sums of birth rates for 5-year age groups multiplied by 5. Unmarried rates are births to unmarried women per 1,000 unmarried women. Populations
estimated as of July 1. Mean age at first birth is the arithmetic average of the age of mothers at the time of birth, computed directly from the frequency of first births by
age of mother]
Characteristic
All races and
origins
2
Non-Hispanic, single race
1
Hispanic
3
White Black
American Indian
or Alaska Native Asian
Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific
Islander
Number
Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 1,915,912 548,075 28,450 238,769 9,770 886,467
Rate
Birth rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 9.8 13.4 11.9 13.0 17.0 14.6
Fertility rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 55.3 61.4 56.2 55.3 74.9 65.3
Total fertility rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,706.0 1,610.5 1,775.5 1,611.5 1,511.0 2,178.0 1,940.0
Unmarried rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 28.6 56.7 55.9 14.4 69.1 57.9
Ratio
Sex ratio
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048 1,051 1,033 1,039 1,077 1,059 1,043
All births Percent
Births to mothers under age 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 3.2 6.8 8.9 0.6 5.3 7.2
4th and higher-order births
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 10.8 17.9 24.3 5.4 27.4 15.8
Births to unmarried mothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 28.2 70.0 69.0 11.7 50.4 52.1
Mothers born in the 50 states or
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.4 93.3 83.5 98.9 19.7 36.5 53.6
Educational attainment of mother: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High school diploma or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.7 93.1 87.5 79.5 93.9 78.0 74.8
Bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 43.2 18.0 9.2 65.5 9.2 15.1
Mean
Age (years) of mother at first birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 27.8 25.2 23.5 30.7 24.8 25.1
1
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
4
Male births per 1,000 female births.
5
Based on live-birth order.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 12. Selected demographic characteristics of births, by Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
[Mean age at first birth is the arithmetic average of the age of mothers at the time of birth, computed directly from the frequency of first births by age of mother]
Characteristic Total Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Dominican
Central
and South
American
Other and
unknown
Hispanic
Number
Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 496,716 70,950 23,668 32,483 165,229 97,421
Ratio
Sex ratio
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,043 1,040 1,042 1,064 1,028 1,053 1,042
All births Percent
Births to mothers under age 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.5 7.5 2.8 5.0 6.4 8.2
4th and higher-order births
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 18.1 13.2 5.5 8.5 13.6 14.8
Mothers born in the 50 states or District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . 53.6 60.1 70.7 42.8 29.5 19.8 76.4
Educational attainment of mother:
High school diploma or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 75.0 84.9 92.3 84.1 62.2 80.1
Bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 12.0 17.4 31.5 21.6 18.8 16.5
Mean
Age (years) of mother at first birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 24.5 24.9 27.9 26.0 26.2 25.0
1
Male births per 1,000 female births.
2
Based on live-birth order.
NOTE: In this table, Hispanic women are classified only by place of origin; non-Hispanic women are not shown; see Technical Notes in this report.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 13. Selected medical and health characteristics of births, by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Characteristic
All races and
origins
2
Non-Hispanic, single race
1
Hispanic
3
White Black
American
Indian or
Alaska Native Asian
Native
Hawaiian or
Other Pacific
Islander
Mother Percent
Prenatal care initiation:
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 82.8 67.6 63.7 82.1 50.0 72.1
Late or no care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 4.5 9.6 13.0 5.0 20.5 8.2
Smoked during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 8.8 4.8 14.6 0.4 3.3 1.5
Pregnancy resulted from infertility treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.3 3.7 0.5 0.8
Mother received WIC food for herself during
this pregnancy
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 22.1 52.3 52.7 18.3 38.8 51.5
Diabetes:
Prepregnancy (diagnosis prior to this pregnancy) . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 0.8 1.3 2.5 1.0 1.8 1.1
Gestational (diagnosis in this pregnancy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 6.3 5.4 10.4 13.3 9.0 7.4
Overweight or obese (BMI of 25.0 or over)
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 52.2 65.9 68.4 33.9 75.0 63.2
Induction of labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 32.7 27.7 30.6 23.9 21.7 24.9
CNM delivery
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 10.4 8.6 20.7 7.9 9.8 9.3
Home birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4
Cesarean delivery (total) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 30.7 35.9 28.9 32.7 30.2 31.3
Low-risk
7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 24.7 30.0 22.8 27.4 26.1 24.8
Source of payment for the delivery:
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 29.4 65.1 66.3 23.7 58.4 59.0
Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 63.8 29.3 20.7 67.9 28.4 30.5
Self-pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 3.3 2.6 1.9 5.6 6.3 6.9
Other
8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 3.5 3.1 11.1 2.9 6.9 3.6
Infant was being breastfed at discharge
9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.6 85.0 73.1 75.7 90.1 79.7 87.0
Infant
Gestational age:
Preterm
10
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.23 9.26 14.39 11.59 8.72 11.15 9.97
Early preterm
11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.77 2.27 4.94 2.90 2.13 2.90 2.61
Late preterm
12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.46 6.99 9.45 8.69 6.59 8.25 7.36
Birthweight
13
:
Very low birthweight
14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.38 1.02 2.94 1.29 1.09 1.33 1.27
Low birthweight
15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.31 6.89 14.15 8.04 8.67 7.56 7.55
Twin births
16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 33.4 40.9 24.5 27.5 24.5 24.6
Triplet or higher-order births
17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.7 97.3 107.5 45.7 51.5 0.0 66.6
1
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
4
WIC is Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
5
BMI is body mass index.
6
Births delivered by certified nurse midwives.
7
Low-risk cesarean rate is the number of singleton, term (37 or more weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate), cephalic, cesarean deliveries to women having a first birth per 100
women delivering singleton, term, cephalic births.
8
Other includes Indian Health Service, CHAMPUS or TRICARE, other government (federal, state, or local), or charity.
9
Excludes data for California, which did not report if infant was being breastfed at discharge. Also excludes Michigan, for which item wording is not consistent with national standard.
10
Born before 37 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate; see Technical Notes.
11
Born before 34 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate; see Technical Notes.
12
Born between 34 and 36 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate; see Technical Notes.
13
Equivalents of the gram weights in pounds are shown in the User Guide; see reference 8 in this report.
14
Less than 1,500 grams (3 lb 4 oz).
15
Less than 2,500 grams (5 lb 8 oz).
16
Live births in twin deliveries per 1,000 live births.
17
Live births in triplet and other higher-order multiple deliveries per 100,000 live births.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 14. Selected medical and health characteristics of births, by Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Characteristic Total Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Dominican
Central
and South
American
Other and
unknown
Hispanic
Mother Percent
Prenatal care initiation:
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 72.8 76.2 81.5 73.4 66.1 73.1
Late or no care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 7.8 6.2 4.5 7.3 11.3 7.9
Smoked during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 1.3 4.9 2 0.8 0.4 2.3
Pregnancy resulted from infertility treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9
Mother received WIC food for herself during
this pregnancy
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 52.0 52.5 46.8 54.2 50.8 49.3
Diabetes:
Prepregnancy (diagnosis prior to this pregnancy) . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0
Gestational (diagnosis in this pregnancy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 8.0 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.8
Overweight or obese (BMI of 25.0 or over)
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 65.7 62.0 53.7 59.0 58.3 63.1
Induction of labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 24.4 28.1 26.6 26.5 22.8 27.3
CNM delivery
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 8.6 12.2 5.8 8.9 10.8 9.6
Home birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5
Cesarean delivery (total) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.3 30.1 33.0 45.0 40.5 30.4 31.7
Low-risk
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 23.5 26.8 37.8 28.3 24.3 24.8
Source of payment for the delivery:
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 60.1 59.6 51.1 64.8 55.5 58.9
Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 29.7 34.6 44.7 29.4 27.9 33.4
Self-pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 6.8 1.4 2.0 3.0 12.8 4.2
Other
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 3.5 4.4 2.1 2.7 3.9 3.5
Infant was being breastfed at discharge
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.0 87.3 81.8 91.6 88.4 88.8 85.5
Infant
Gestational age:
Preterm
7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.97 9.80 11.51 9.51 10.07 9.44 10.72
Early preterm
8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.61 2.50 3.40 2.64 3.07 2.35 2.85
Late preterm
9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.36 7.30 8.11 6.88 7.00 7.09 7.87
Birthweight
10
:
Very low birthweight
11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.27 1.19 1.78 1.32 1.70 1.12 1.40
Low birthweight
12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.55 7.21 9.80 7.07 8.76 7.01 8.33
Twin births
13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 23.5 30.4 27.2 31.4 22.2 27.1
Triplet or higher-order births
14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 67.2 74.7 109.9 144.7 43.0 60.6
1
WIC is Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
2
BMI is body mass index.
3
Births delivered by certified nurse midwives (CNMs).
4
Low-risk cesarean rate is the number of singleton, term (37 or more weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate), cephalic, cesarean deliveries to women having a first birth per 100
women delivering singleton, term, cephalic births.
5
Other includes Indian Health Service, CHAMPUS or TRICARE, other government (federal, state, or local), or charity.
6
Excludes data for California, which did not report if infant was being breastfed at discharge. Also excludes Michigan, for which item wording is not consistent with national standard.
7
Born before 37 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate; see Technical Notes in this report.
8
Born before 34 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate; see Technical Notes.
9
Born between 34 and 36 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate; see Technical Notes.
10
Equivalents of the gram weights in pounds are shown in the User Guide; see reference 8 in this report.
11
Less than 1,500 grams (3 lb 4 oz).
12
Less than 2,500 grams (5 lb 8 oz).
13
Live births in twin deliveries per 1,000 live births.
14
Live births in triplet and other higher-order multiple deliveries per 100,000 live births.
NOTES: Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, Hispanic women are classified only by place of
origin; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table 15. Mothers who smoked for the 3 months before pregnancy and anytime during pregnancy and those who quit before and
during pregnancy, by age (years) and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Tobacco use and race and Hispanic origin All ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–54
All races and origins
1
Percent
3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 9.1 10.8 8.8 6.1 5.3 4.3
Anytime during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 6.7 8.1 6.9 4.8 4.2 3.5
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 6.5 7.9 6.7 4.7 4.1 3.4
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 5.2 6.6 5.8 4.1 3.6 2.9
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 4.8 6.2 5.5 3.9 3.4 2.8
Quit before pregnancy
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 27.8 26.1 23.4 22.6 22.4 21.3
Quit during pregnancy
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.3 27.9 23.3 19.3 18.0 17.8 17.4
Non-Hispanic, single race
4
White:
3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 19.9 18.3 12.6 7.8 7.1 6.4
Anytime during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 15.1 14.1 10.0 6.2 5.7 5.2
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 14.6 13.8 9.8 6.1 5.6 5.1
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 12.0 11.8 8.6 5.4 4.9 4.5
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 11.2 11.1 8.2 5.2 4.7 4.3
Quit before pregnancy
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 25.5 23.7 21.5 21.4 21.2 19.8
Quit during pregnancy
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 26.0 21.2 17.5 16.3 16.2 16.3
Black:
3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 2.8 5.4 7.2 7.1 6.1 4.7
Anytime during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 2.0 3.9 5.5 5.6 4.9 3.9
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 1.9 3.8 5.4 5.5 4.8 3.7
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 1.5 3.0 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.2
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 1.4 2.7 4.2 4.4 3.9 3.1
Quit before pregnancy
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 31.7 29.6 25.7 22.5 21.1 21.1
Quit during pregnancy
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 29.5 30.0 23.4 21.9 20.0 19.1
Hispanic
5
3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.1 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.4
Anytime during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.0
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.0
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.8
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8
Quit before pregnancy
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 44.2 43.0 37.7 34.6 33.3 33.0
Quit during pregnancy
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.0 43.4 36.2 29.7 27.0 27.4 21.4
All races and origins
1
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 173,461 704,342 1,078,097 1,089,281 572,598 129,761
Not stated 3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,249 1,045 3,945 5,706 5,106 2,812 635
Not stated during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,016 1,029 3,896 5,623 5,042 2,792 634
Quit before pregnancy
2
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,974 15,668 75,309 94,491 65,884 30,038 5,584
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 40 148 179 132 55 14
Quit during pregnancy
3
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,088 11,577 56,714 73,660 51,923 23,743 4,471
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 24 78 87 79 39 5
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Table 15. Mothers who smoked for the 3 months before pregnancy and anytime during pregnancy and those who quit before and
during pregnancy, by age (years) and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019—Con.
Tobacco use and race and Hispanic origin All ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–54
Non-Hispanic, single-race
4
Number
White:
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 60,854 313,275 556,533 618,176 305,886 61,188
Not stated 3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,305 346 1,634 2,452 2,375 1,265 233
Not stated during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,165 336 1,605 2,399 2,337 1,251 237
Quit before pregnancy
2
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,466 12,044 56,932 69,809 48,211 21,576 3,894
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 24 83 97 71 29 10
Quit during pregnancy
3
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,577 9,154 44,082 55,498 38,438 17,243 3,162
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 16 44 45 45 23 3
Black:
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 37,248 132,605 165,655 126,332 68,219 18,016
Not stated 3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,009 292 921 1,338 891 458 109
Not stated during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,957 288 911 1,308 892 448 110
Quit before pregnancy
2
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,773 1,036 7,092 11,828 8,848 4,119 850
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 4 15 21 30 8 2
Quit during pregnancy
3
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,149 745 5,199 9,103 7,065 3,346 691
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 11 16 9 8 –
Hispanic
5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 63,396 207,552 256,385 209,283 118,441 31,410
Not stated 3 months before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,234 249 818 873 746 441 107
Not stated during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,193 245 808 862 735 440 103
Quit before pregnancy
2
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,043 1,309 5,743 6,717 4,613 2,213 448
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 6 25 22 17 6 –
Quit during pregnancy
3
:
Smokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,409 753 3,388 4,320 3,119 1,519 310
Unknown if quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 5 13 17 8 4 1
– Quantity zero.
1
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
2
Quit in the 3 months before pregnancy: births to women not reporting smoking during pregnancy per 100 women who smoked in the 3 months before pregnancy. See Technical Notes in this
report.
3
Quit during pregnancy: births to women not reporting smoking in the third trimester of pregnancy per 100 women who smoked in either the first or second trimester. See Technical Notes.
4
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
5
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 16. Trimester prenatal care began, by age (years) and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Trimester care began and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–54
All races and origins
1
Percent
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 61.1 71.0 77.7 82.1 81.6 78.3
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 26.8 20.7 16.0 12.9 13.3 15.7
Late or no care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 12.1 8.3 6.3 5.0 5.1 5.9
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 8.8 5.9 4.4 3.5 3.6 4.2
No care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 3.4 2.4 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 173,461 704,342 1,078,097 1,089,281 572,598 129,761
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,788 4,571 17,282 24,153 23,218 12,409 3,155
Non-Hispanic, single race
2
Percent
White:
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 69.0 76.3 82.6 86.3 85.6 82.6
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 22.7 17.6 12.8 10.1 10.6 12.7
Late or no care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 8.4 6.1 4.6 3.6 3.8 4.6
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 6.4 4.6 3.3 2.6 2.7 3.4
No care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.2
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 60,854 313,275 556,533 618,176 305,886 61,188
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,392 1,182 5,851 9,647 10,948 5,528 1,236
Black:
Percent
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 55.1 64.4 68.4 71.2 71.8 69.1
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 31.0 25.1 22.4 20.2 19.7 21.5
Late or no care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 14.0 10.5 9.2 8.6 8.5 9.4
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 9.5 6.9 6.0 5.7 5.8 6.3
No care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 4.5 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.7 3.1
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 37,248 132,605 165,655 126,332 68,219 18,016
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,209 1,311 4,485 5,516 4,124 2,152 621
Hispanic
3
Percent
First trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 57.6 68.0 73.7 76.4 75.9 73.6
Second trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 28.0 22.1 18.6 17.0 17.6 19.6
Late or no care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 14.4 9.9 7.7 6.6 6.5 6.8
Third trimester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 10.4 7.0 5.4 4.6 4.5 4.6
No care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 4.0 2.9 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.2
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 63,396 207,552 256,385 209,283 118,441 31,410
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,969 1,709 5,384 6,230 4,988 2,878 780
1
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
2
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
3
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 17. Births, by method of delivery: United States, 2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States,
2016–2019
Year and race and
Hispanic origin All births
Vaginal Cesarean
Not stated
Cesarean Vaginal
birth after
previous
cesarean
delivery
7
Total
1
After
previous
cesarean Total
2
Primary Low-risk
3
Total
4
Primary
5
Low-risk
6
All races and origins
8
Number Percent
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 2,558,882 80,140 1,186,397 683,900 314,016 2,261 31.7 21.6 25.6 13.8
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 2,581,992 78,842 1,208,176 693,276 319,022 1,544 31.9 21.7 25.9 13.3
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 2,621,010 76,301 1,232,339 710,963 325,086 2,151 32.0 21.9 26.0 12.8
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 2,684,803 75,244 1,258,581 728,500 329,614 2,491 31.9 21.8 25.7 12.4
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 2,703,504 --- 1,272,503 --- 331,982 2,490 32.0 --- 25.8 ---
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 2,699,951 --- 1,284,551 --- 337,086 3,574 32.2 --- 26.0 ---
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 2,642,892 --- 1,284,339 --- 344,405 4,950 32.7 --- 26.8 ---
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 2,650,744 --- 1,296,070 --- 355,942 6,027 32.8 --- 27.2 ---
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 2,651,428 --- 1,293,267 --- 359,669 8,895 32.8 --- 27.2 ---
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 2,680,947 --- 1,309,182 --- 368,523 9,257 32.8 --- 27.5 ---
Non-Hispanic,
single race
9
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 1,327,934 38,442 587,111 348,616 160,622 867 30.7 21.3 24.7 13.9
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 1,353,424 38,345 602,361 356,796 164,087 628 30.8 21.4 24.9 13.5
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 1,375,702 37,295 615,830 366,505 167,434 929 30.9 21.5 24.9 13.0
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 1,419,788 37,442 635,588 379,240 172,006 956 30.9 21.5 24.7 12.8
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 351,191 13,159 196,672 113,001 48,481 212 35.9 25.1 30.0 13.6
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 352,750 12,702 199,117 114,150 49,481 162 36.1 25.2 30.3 13.0
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 358,467 12,457 201,991 117,054 50,217 257 36.0 25.3 30.4 12.8
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 357,859 11,763 200,460 117,410 50,287 303 35.9 25.4 30.3 12.4
Hispanic
10
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 608,445 19,612 277,578 147,597 66,705 444 31.3 20.1 24.8 13.1
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 605,674 19,371 280,386 147,149 67,040 150 31.6 20.1 25.4 12.7
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 613,101 18,423 285,379 150,592 67,860 284 31.8 20.2 25.6 12.0
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 627,095 17,847 290,832 153,462 67,278 520 31.7 20.1 25.1 11.5
--- Comparable data were not available for the 50 states and the District of Columbia for 2010–2015 because not all reporting areas had adopted the 2003 U.S. Certificate of Live Birth.
1
Includes unknown type of vaginal delivery; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Includes unknown type of cesarean delivery; see Technical Notes.
3
Low-risk cesarean is defined as singleton, term (37 or more completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate), cephalic, cesarean deliveries to women having a first birth.
4
Percentage of all live births delivered by cesarean.
5
Primary cesarean rate is the number of births to women having a cesarean delivery per 100 births to women without a previous cesarean.
6
Low-risk cesarean rate is the number of singleton, term (37 or more completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate), cephalic, cesarean deliveries to women having a first
birth per 100 women delivering singleton, term, cephalic, first births.
7
Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery rate is the number of births to women having a vaginal delivery per 100 births to women with a previous cesarean delivery.
8
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
9
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
10
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 18. Births, by method of delivery and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Race and
Hispanic origin and
age (years) of mother All births
Vaginal Cesarean
Not stated
Cesarean Vaginal
birth after
previous
cesarean
delivery
7
Total
1
After
previous
cesarean Total
2
Primary Low-risk
3
Total
4
Primary
5
Low-risk
6
All races and origins
8
Number Percent
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 2,558,882 80,140 1,186,397 683,900 314,016 2,261 31.7 21.6 25.6 13.8
Under 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 173,461 139,863 553 33,512 30,207 20,300 86 19.3 17.8 15.7 14.4
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704,342 527,257 8,505 176,673 123,266 70,561 412 25.1 19.2 21.2 13.8
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078,097 758,369 22,398 319,057 186,596 88,220 671 29.6 20.2 25.0 14.5
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089,281 721,677 28,268 366,993 197,445 83,076 611 33.7 22.2 29.2 14.3
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,598 343,582 16,695 228,647 113,898 40,939 369 40.0 25.9 38.6 12.7
40–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,761 68,134 3,721 61,515 32,488 10,920 112 47.4 33.5 51.3 11.4
Non-Hispanic,
single race
9
White, all ages . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 1,327,934 38,442 587,111 348,616 160,622 867 30.7 21.3 24.7 13.9
Under 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 60,854 48,722 138 12,106 10,995 7,231 26 19.9 18.5 15.8 11.1
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,275 236,389 2,966 76,740 54,690 30,673 146 24.5 19.0 20.0 11.9
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,533 399,618 9,875 156,672 97,166 46,576 243 28.2 20.0 23.0 14.2
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618,176 420,306 14,863 197,602 111,009 47,706 268 32.0 21.5 27.3 14.7
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,886 189,466 8,759 116,275 59,684 22,686 145 38.0 24.8 36.5 13.4
40–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,188 33,433 1,841 27,716 15,072 5,750 39 45.3 32.3 49.2 12.7
Black, all ages . . . . . . . . . 548,075 351,191 13,159 196,672 113,001 48,481 212 35.9 25.1 30.0 13.6
Under 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 37,248 29,056 157 8,182 7,407 4,972 10 22.0 20.4 18.4 16.9
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,605 94,313 1,918 38,252 26,685 15,026 40 28.9 22.4 25.3 14.2
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,655 107,948 4,462 57,642 31,663 13,376 65 34.8 23.4 32.7 14.7
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,332 75,279 4,047 51,002 25,904 8,978 51 40.4 26.7 40.0 13.9
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,219 36,346 2,062 31,842 16,012 4,711 31 46.7 31.9 49.9 11.5
40–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,016 8,249 513 9,752 5,330 1,418 15 54.2 40.8 61.2 10.4
Hispanic
10
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 608,445 19,612 277,578 147,597 66,705 444 31.3 20.1 24.8 13.1
Under 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 63,396 52,325 214 11,029 9,831 6,753 42 17.4 15.9 14.2 15.2
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,552 157,571 2,961 49,889 33,478 19,932 92 24.0 17.8 21.0 15.3
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,385 178,674 6,054 77,587 40,237 18,588 124 30.3 18.9 27.3 14.0
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,283 134,394 5,965 74,787 34,816 13,048 102 35.8 21.3 33.0 13.0
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,441 69,045 3,548 49,328 22,096 6,593 68 41.7 25.2 42.0 11.5
40–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,410 16,436 870 14,958 7,139 1,791 16 47.6 31.4 53.4 10.0
1
Includes unknown type of vaginal delivery; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Includes unknown type of cesarean delivery; see Technical Notes.
3
Low-risk cesarean is defined as singleton, term (37 or more completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate), cephalic, cesarean deliveries to women having a first birth.
4
Percentage of all live births delivered by cesarean.
5
Primary cesarean rate is the number of births to women having a cesarean delivery per 100 births to women without a previous cesarean.
6
Low-risk cesarean rate is the number of singleton, term (37 or more completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate), cephalic, cesarean deliveries to women having a first
birth per 100 women delivering singleton, term, cephalic, first births.
7
Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery rate is the number of births to women having a vaginal delivery per 100 births to women with a previous cesarean delivery.
8
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
9
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
10
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 19. Principal source of payment for the delivery, by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
[Percentages are number of live births with specified source of payment per 100 live births in specified group]
Source of payment and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–54
All races and origins
1
Percent
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 78.2 62.9 44.7 29.6 27.4 30.0
Private insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 15.0 28.8 47.4 63.2 65.1 61.6
Self-pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.6 5.5
Other
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 2.9 4.4 3.8 3.1 2.9 2.8
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 173,461 704,342 1,078,097 1,089,281 572,598 129,761
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,760 1,300 5,798 7,845 6,636 3,339 842
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
Percent
White:
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 72.9 52.6 31.9 18.6 16.7 18.4
Private insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 22.0 39.4 60.8 75.3 77.2 74.5
Self-pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 2.1 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.4 4.5
Other
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 3.1 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.7 2.6
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 60,854 313,275 556,533 618,176 305,886 61,188
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,172 537 2,825 4,083 3,694 1,665 368
Black:
Percent
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 84.2 76.0 68.2 56.0 48.1 44.0
Private insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 11.7 18.9 26.3 37.8 45.4 48.8
Self-pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.3 3.1 3.5 4.0
Other
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 1.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 37,248 132,605 165,655 126,332 68,219 18,016
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,542 202 838 1,069 822 470 141
Hispanic
4
Percent
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 79.9 70.0 58.5 49.8 48.2 50.6
Private insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 10.2 19.5 31.3 39.8 40.7 37.9
Self-pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 7.0 6.4 6.5 7.1 8.0 8.5
Other
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 3.0 4.2 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.0
Number
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 63,396 207,552 256,385 209,283 118,441 31,410
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,461 413 1,462 1,595 1,139 659 193
1
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, and Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with
origin not stated.
2
Other includes Indian Health Service, CHAMPUS or TRICARE, other government (federal, state, or local), or charity.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 20. Births, by gestational age (weeks): United States, 2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2016–2019
Race and Hispanic origin of
mother and year All births
Preterm
1
Term
1
Post term
1
Not stated
Total
under 37
Total
under 34
Early Late
Total
37–41
Early Full Late
42 and overUnder 28 28–31 32–33 34–36 37–38 39–40 41
All races and origins
2
Number Percent Number
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 10.23 2.77 0.66 0.93 1.18 7.46 89.52 27.31 57.02 5.19 0.25 2,406
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 10.02 2.75 0.66 0.91 1.18 7.28 89.68 26.53 57.24 5.90 0.30 2,507
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 9.93 2.76 0.67 0.92 1.17 7.17 89.74 26.00 57.49 6.25 0.33 2,759
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 9.85 2.76 0.68 0.92 1.17 7.09 89.80 25.47 57.94 6.38 0.35 3,454
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 9.63 2.76 0.68 0.91 1.17 6.87 89.98 24.99 58.47 6.51 0.40 2,926
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 9.57 2.75 0.69 0.91 1.15 6.82 90.43 24.76 58.72 6.53 0.42 3,246
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 9.62 2.79 0.70 0.92 1.17 6.83 90.38 24.81 58.85 6.31 0.41 7,467
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 9.76 2.80 0.71 0.92 1.17 6.96 90.24 25.47 58.30 6.06 0.40 8,380
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 9.81 2.81 0.70 0.93 1.18 6.99 90.19 26.09 57.51 6.16 0.43 9,290
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 9.98 2.84 0.71 0.94 1.18 7.15 90.01 27.29 56.08 6.19 0.46 10,538
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 9.26 2.27 0.44 0.77 1.06 6.99 90.42 25.56 59.01 5.84 0.32 924
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 9.09 2.26 0.44 0.76 1.07 6.83 90.53 24.68 59.16 6.70 0.37 924
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 9.05 2.30 0.46 0.77 1.06 6.76 90.54 24.16 59.27 7.11 0.40 1,051
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 9.04 2.33 0.48 0.78 1.07 6.72 90.53 23.64 59.61 7.28 0.43 1,409
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 14.39 4.94 1.52 1.63 1.79 9.45 85.39 30.40 50.93 4.06 0.21 326
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 14.13 4.90 1.51 1.60 1.79 9.23 85.62 29.64 51.34 4.64 0.25 384
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 13.93 4.87 1.53 1.62 1.72 9.06 85.79 28.93 51.90 4.96 0.28 445
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 13.77 4.93 1.56 1.61 1.75 8.84 85.94 28.48 52.42 5.04 0.30 506
Hispanic
4
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 9.97 2.61 0.63 0.87 1.11 7.36 89.87 28.66 56.52 4.68 0.16 344
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 9.73 2.56 0.62 0.84 1.09 7.17 90.07 28.05 56.83 5.19 0.20 382
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 9.62 2.56 0.62 0.85 1.09 7.05 90.16 27.58 57.15 5.43 0.23 455
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 9.45 2.98 0.62 0.84 1.08 6.92 90.30 27.02 57.85 5.43 0.25 676
All races and origins
2
Number
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 383,061 103,759 24,758 34,748 44,253 279,302 3,352,638 1,022,874 2,135,518 194,246 9,435 2,406
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 379,777 104,031 24,945 34,386 44,700 275,746 3,398,110 1,005,405 2,169,016 223,689 11,318 2,507
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 382,726 106,417 25,913 35,476 45,028 276,309 3,457,455 1,001,601 2,214,983 240,871 12,560 2,759
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 388,218 108,836 26,618 36,239 45,979 279,382 3,540,290 1,004,224 2,284,399 251,667 13,913 3,454
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 382,786 109,660 26,996 36,149 46,515 273,126 3,577,072 993,599 2,324,474 258,999 15,713 2,926
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 381,321 109,474 27,320 36,245 45,909 271,847 3,586,933 986,745 2,339,796 260,392 19,822 3,246
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 377,655 109,435 27,550 36,096 45,789 268,220 3,283,457 973,569 2,309,888 247,476 16,126 7,467
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 385,082 110,444 28,004 36,366 46,074 274,638 3,304,365 1,004,750 2,299,615 239,148 15,866 8,380
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 386,855 111,002 27,737 36,758 46,507 275,853 3,297,649 1,029,157 2,268,492 242,999 16,797 9,290
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 398,402 113,131 28,437 37,435 47,259 285,271 3,325,476 1,088,564 2,236,912 246,768 18,413 10,538
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 20. Births, by gestational age (weeks): United States, 2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2016–2019—Con.
Race and Hispanic origin of
mother and year All births
Preterm
1
Term
1
Post term
1
Not stated
Total
under 37
Total
under 34
Early Late
Total
37–41
Early Full Late
42 and overUnder 28 28–31 32–33 34–36 37–38 39–40 41
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
Number
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 177,339 43,532 8,487 14,735 20,310 133,807 1,731,535 489,542 1,130,124 111,869 6,114 924
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 177,842 44,287 8,665 14,764 20,858 133,555 1,770,366 482,550 1,156,775 131,041 7,281 924
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 180,322 45,761 9,200 15,429 21,132 134,561 1,803,063 481,048 1,180,394 141,621 8,025 1,051
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 185,854 47,823 9,766 16,101 21,956 138,031 1,860,243 485,846 1,224,872 149,525 8,826 1,409
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 78,829 27,063 8,332 8,927 9,804 51,766 467,745 166,528 278,956 22,261 1,175 326
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 77,939 27,008 8,348 8,804 9,856 50,931 472,316 163,530 283,202 25,584 1,390 384
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 78,024 27,274 8,548 9,070 9,656 50,750 480,661 162,072 290,803 27,786 1,585 445
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 76,834 27,501 8,729 8,987 9,785 49,333 479,630 158,937 292,539 28,154 1,652 506
Hispanic
4
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 88,354 23,116 5,620 7,699 9,797 65,238 796,333 253,964 500,856 41,513 1,436 344
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 86,186 22,637 5,490 7,467 9,680 63,549 797,905 248,463 503,429 46,013 1,737 382
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 86,393 23,025 5,605 7,635 9,785 63,368 809,882 247,788 513,342 48,752 2,034 455
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 86,691 23,195 5,649 7,665 9,881 63,496 828,783 247,999 530,951 49,833 2,297 676
1
Expressed in completed weeks based on the obstetric estimate of gestation; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and
Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 21. Births, by gestational age (weeks) and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Age (years) and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All births
Preterm
1
Term
1
Post term
1
Not stated
Total
under 37
Early Late
Total
37–41
Early Full Late
42 and overUnder 28 28–31 32–33 34–36 37–38 39–40 41
All races and origins
2
Number Percent Number
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 10.23 0.66 0.93 1.18 7.46 89.52 27.31 57.02 5.19 0.25 2,406
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 14.39 1.74 1.80 1.69 9.16 85.44 30.35 49.97 5.12 0.17 8
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,674 10.35 0.87 1.03 1.21 7.24 89.47 27.13 56.61 5.73 0.18 135
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704,342 9.88 0.70 0.90 1.11 7.17 89.91 27.19 57.45 5.26 0.21 467
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078,097 9.58 0.63 0.85 1.08 7.03 90.16 26.81 57.99 5.37 0.25 741
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089,281 9.84 0.60 0.88 1.15 7.21 89.89 26.62 57.66 5.60 0.27 586
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,598 11.58 0.67 1.06 1.38 8.47 88.14 28.71 55.00 4.43 0.28 372
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,152 13.98 0.83 1.35 1.75 10.04 85.75 31.79 51.49 2.48 0.27 89
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,609 21.72 1.14 2.27 2.82 15.49 78.08 34.11 42.16 1.80 0.21 8
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White, all ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 9.26 0.44 0.77 1.06 6.99 90.42 25.56 59.01 5.84 0.32 924
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 13.59 2.17 1.90 1.63 7.88 86.41 25.00 57.61 3.80 * 2
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,484 10.03 0.69 1.02 1.17 7.15 89.82 25.86 58.35 5.61 0.15 38
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,275 9.24 0.48 0.80 1.04 6.92 90.49 25.86 59.10 5.54 0.27 159
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,533 8.69 0.43 0.71 0.97 6.57 90.99 25.17 59.82 6.00 0.32 258
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618,176 8.86 0.40 0.72 1.02 6.73 90.80 24.83 59.57 6.41 0.33 269
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,886 10.29 0.45 0.83 1.22 7.79 89.34 26.55 57.47 5.33 0.37 165
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,897 12.14 0.51 1.00 1.47 9.17 87.48 29.65 54.73 3.10 0.37 31
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,291 19.31 0.79 1.87 2.49 14.15 80.42 32.69 45.42 2.31 0.28 2
Black, all ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 14.39 1.52 1.63 1.79 9.45 85.39 30.40 50.93 4.06 0.21 326
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 17.06 2.72 1.81 1.81 10.71 82.40 32.49 44.10 5.81 0.54 1
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,696 12.77 1.41 1.51 1.47 8.38 87.05 29.04 53.10 4.91 0.17 34
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,605 13.15 1.42 1.45 1.56 8.72 86.68 29.48 52.95 4.24 0.17 69
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,655 13.75 1.45 1.49 1.66 9.14 86.04 30.01 51.92 4.11 0.20 110
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,332 14.98 1.63 1.76 1.97 9.62 84.76 30.39 50.08 4.28 0.26 69
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,219 16.84 1.63 1.97 2.11 11.13 82.92 32.46 47.20 3.26 0.24 31
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,605 18.62 1.83 2.20 2.66 11.93 81.15 35.64 43.48 2.03 0.24 12
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411 26.79 2.41 3.05 4.75 16.58 72.86 37.07 33.95 1.84 0.35 –
Hispanic
4
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 9.97 0.63 0.87 1.11 7.36 89.87 28.66 56.52 4.68 0.16 344
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 12.60 0.81 1.63 1.49 8.67 87.40 32.25 50.54 4.61 * 4
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,654 9.23 0.71 0.77 1.06 6.69 90.55 27.23 57.19 6.14 0.22 40
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,552 8.80 0.57 0.72 0.91 6.59 91.04 27.63 57.95 5.46 0.16 83
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,385 9.10 0.57 0.77 0.97 6.78 90.75 28.05 57.86 4.84 0.15 98
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,283 10.20 0.64 0.89 1.13 7.53 89.64 28.71 56.42 4.51 0.17 67
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,441 12.45 0.75 1.17 1.50 9.03 87.41 31.13 52.96 3.32 0.15 42
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,489 14.95 0.88 1.55 1.84 10.68 84.89 33.42 49.69 1.78 0.16 9
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921 22.81 0.73 2.08 2.86 17.14 77.19 35.26 41.04 0.89 * 1
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 21. Births, by gestational age (weeks) and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019—Con.
* Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.
– Quantity zero.
1
Expressed in completed weeks based on the obstetric estimate of gestation; see Technical Notes in this report.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and
Budget standards; see Technical Notes. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 22. Births, by birthweight (grams): United States, 2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2016–2019
Year and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All births
Birthweight (grams)
1
Low birthweight
2,500–
2,999
3,000–
3,499
3,500–
3,999
4,000–
4,499
4,500–
4,999
5,000 or
more Not stated
Total
under
2,500
Very low birthweight
1,500–
1,999
2,000–
2,499
Total under
1,500
Less than
500
500–
999
1,000–
1,499
All races and origins
2
Number Percent Number
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 8.31 1.38 0.14 0.50 0.74 1.63 5.30 19.07 39.07 26.09 6.49 0.87 0.10 3,668
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 8.28 1.38 0.14 0.50 0.74 1.62 5.28 18.75 38.76 26.44 6.72 0.94 0.11 2,932
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 8.28 1.41 0.14 0.52 0.74 1.63 5.25 18.72 38.76 26.44 6.75 0.95 0.11 3,002
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 8.17 1.40 0.14 0.52 0.74 1.59 5.17 18.54 38.76 26.60 6.85 0.97 0.11 4,518
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 8.07 1.40 0.15 0.52 0.73 1.58 5.09 18.36 38.84 26.73 6.90 0.98 0.12 3,621
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 8.00 1.40 0.15 0.52 0.74 1.56 5.04 18.27 38.80 26.88 6.94 0.99 0.12 3,270
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 8.02 1.41 0.15 0.53 0.73 1.56 5.05 18.22 38.93 26.85 6.86 0.99 0.11 4,452
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 7.99 1.42 0.15 0.54 0.73 1.56 5.01 18.28 39.00 26.81 6.83 0.97 0.12 4,008
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 8.10 1.44 0.15 0.54 0.75 1.58 5.08 18.44 39.13 26.56 6.71 0.95 0.11 4,570
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 8.15 1.45 0.15 0.55 0.75 1.59 5.11 18.63 39.21 26.41 6.58 0.92 0.11 3,964
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 6.89 1.02 0.08 0.35 0.59 1.39 4.49 16.35 38.24 29.37 7.96 1.08 0.11 1,550
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 6.91 1.02 0.09 0.34 0.58 1.38 4.52 16.01 37.80 29.74 8.25 1.16 0.12 1,259
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 7.00 1.05 0.09 0.36 0.60 1.40 4.54 16.05 37.68 29.70 8.28 1.17 0.12 1,211
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 6.97 1.07 0.09 0.37 0.61 1.39 4.51 15.88 37.59 29.82 8.39 1.21 0.12 2,212
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 14.15 2.94 0.36 1.15 1.43 2.79 8.43 25.75 37.96 18.01 3.59 0.47 0.06 688
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 14.07 2.92 0.35 1.16 1.41 2.79 8.35 25.44 37.90 18.33 3.68 0.51 0.07 571
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 13.89 2.95 0.36 1.18 1.41 2.72 8.22 25.44 37.96 18.37 3.76 0.51 0.07 642
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 13.68 2.95 0.37 1.20 1.38 2.67 8.06 25.38 38.24 18.42 3.69 0.52 0.07 936
Hispanic
4
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 7.55 1.27 0.12 0.47 0.68 1.45 4.83 19.23 40.83 25.62 5.89 0.78 0.10 575
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 7.49 1.24 0.12 0.46 0.66 1.43 4.81 19.01 40.64 25.90 6.02 0.83 0.11 381
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 7.43 1.26 0.13 0.47 0.66 1.42 4.76 18.86 40.76 25.95 6.02 0.85 0.11 428
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 7.32 1.24 0.13 0.46 0.65 1.41 4.68 18.76 40.79 26.06 6.10 0.85 0.12 556
All races and origins
2
Number
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 311,245 51,733 5,189 18,839 27,705 61,205 198,307 713,859 1,462,658 976,609 243,153 32,694 3,654 3,668
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 313,752 52,171 5,303 18,970 27,898 61,509 200,072 710,444 1,468,639 1,001,803 254,704 35,435 4,003 2,932
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 318,873 54,135 5,470 19,979 28,686 62,605 202,133 721,165 1,493,081 1,018,613 260,042 36,493 4,231 3,002
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 321,839 55,110 5,710 20,323 29,077 62,863 203,866 730,710 1,527,707 1,048,476 269,865 38,264 4,496 4,518
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 320,869 55,592 5,863 20,689 29,040 62,862 202,415 729,673 1,544,024 1,062,456 274,404 38,796 4,654 3,621
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 318,847 55,947 5,936 20,721 29,290 61,992 200,908 727,987 1,546,274 1,071,007 276,592 39,353 4,746 3,270
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 315,099 55,458 5,945 20,866 28,647 61,238 198,403 715,764 1,529,258 1,054,767 269,594 38,834 4,413 4,452
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 315,709 56,252 5,947 21,432 28,873 61,499 197,958 721,840 1,540,161 1,058,604 269,581 38,288 4,650 4,008
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 319,711 56,754 5,942 21,289 29,523 62,504 200,453 728,201 1,545,355 1,048,902 265,040 37,475 4,336 4,570
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 325,563 57,841 5,980 22,015 29,846 63,427 204,295 744,181 1,566,755 1,055,004 262,997 36,706 4,216 3,964
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 22. Births, by birthweight (grams): United States, 2010–2018, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2016–2019—Con.
Year and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All births
Birthweight (grams)
1
Low birthweight
2,500–
2,999
3,000–
3,499
3,500–
3,999
4,000–
4,499
4,500–
4,999
5,000 or
more Not stated
Total
under
2,500
Very low birthweight
1,500–
1,999
2,000–
2,499
Total under
1,500
Less than
500
500–
999
1,000–
1,499
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
Number
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 131,959 19,443 1,587 6,643 11,213 26,572 85,944 312,909 732,022 562,273 152,340 20,720 2,139 1,550
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 135,185 19,872 1,721 6,719 11,432 26,964 88,349 313,105 739,031 581,499 161,395 22,645 2,294 1,259
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 139,358 20,981 1,752 7,233 11,996 27,968 90,409 319,523 750,331 591,376 164,898 23,299 2,465 1,211
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 143,254 21,979 1,888 7,565 12,526 28,578 92,697 326,279 772,165 612,641 172,434 24,781 2,566 2,212
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 77,475 16,089 1,954 6,315 7,820 15,261 46,125 140,963 207,795 98,585 19,641 2,593 335 688
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 77,584 16,127 1,941 6,406 7,780 15,411 46,046 140,295 209,028 101,089 20,285 2,806 371 571
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 77,815 16,544 2,024 6,597 7,923 15,228 46,043 142,459 212,599 102,878 21,065 2,854 403 642
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 76,299 16,465 2,083 6,675 7,707 14,885 44,949 141,557 213,260 102,702 20,571 2,880 417 936
Hispanic
4
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 66,912 11,223 1,105 4,135 5,983 12,869 42,820 170,366 361,725 226,969 52,185 6,880 855 575
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 66,310 11,006 1,084 4,040 5,882 12,706 42,598 168,418 359,966 229,450 53,359 7,358 968 381
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 66,766 11,275 1,137 4,229 5,909 12,772 42,719 169,467 366,198 233,157 54,096 7,631 1,021 428
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 67,210 11,378 1,175 4,237 5,966 12,910 42,922 172,171 374,434 239,210 55,983 7,770 1,113 556
1
Equivalents of gram weights in pounds and ounces are shown in the User Guide; see reference 8 in this report.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and
Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 23. Births, by birthweight (grams) and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Age (years) and race and
Hispanic origin of mother All births
Birthweight (grams)
1
Low birthweight
2,500–
2,999
3,000–
3,499
3,500–
3,999
4,000–
4,499
4,500–
4,999
5,000 or
more Not stated
Total
under
2,500
Very low birthweight
1,500–
1,999
2,000–
2,499
Total under
1,500
Less than
500
500–
999
1,000–
1,499
All races and origins
2
Number Percent Number
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 8.31 1.38 0.14 0.50 0.74 1.63 5.30 19.07 39.07 26.09 6.49 0.87 0.10 3,668
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 12.32 2.80 0.34 1.29 1.18 2.63 6.89 26.83 42.07 16.19 2.24 0.34 * 2
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,674 9.98 1.67 0.17 0.65 0.85 1.84 6.47 24.12 41.53 20.37 3.63 0.35 0.03 146
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704,342 8.63 1.40 0.15 0.53 0.72 1.61 5.62 21.22 40.69 23.79 5.02 0.59 0.07 653
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078,097 7.78 1.29 0.14 0.47 0.69 1.51 4.99 18.77 39.46 26.54 6.50 0.86 0.09 1,056
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089,281 7.75 1.28 0.13 0.46 0.69 1.54 4.94 17.63 38.32 27.76 7.41 1.02 0.11 1,040
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,598 8.84 1.50 0.14 0.53 0.83 1.84 5.50 18.00 37.49 26.98 7.45 1.11 0.14 609
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,152 10.66 1.94 0.16 0.69 1.09 2.30 6.42 19.76 37.18 24.73 6.59 0.96 0.12 149
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,609 17.58 2.98 0.20 1.03 1.75 4.31 10.29 21.85 34.23 20.31 5.12 0.83 0.07 13
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White, all ages . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 6.89 1.02 0.08 0.35 0.59 1.39 4.49 16.35 38.24 29.37 7.96 1.08 0.11 1,550
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 11.41 3.53 0.27 1.09 2.17 2.99 4.89 20.92 42.66 21.74 3.26 * * 2
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,484 8.85 1.44 0.10 0.55 0.79 1.68 5.73 20.84 40.94 24.07 4.79 0.49 0.04 32
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,275 7.25 1.07 0.10 0.38 0.59 1.43 4.74 18.25 40.14 27.17 6.34 0.78 0.08 221
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,533 6.48 0.97 0.08 0.34 0.55 1.27 4.24 16.14 38.63 29.69 7.90 1.06 0.10 426
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618,176 6.46 0.91 0.08 0.30 0.54 1.31 4.24 15.29 37.52 30.67 8.73 1.20 0.13 517
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,886 7.33 1.09 0.08 0.35 0.65 1.53 4.71 15.73 36.78 29.88 8.82 1.31 0.15 287
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,897 8.64 1.32 0.09 0.45 0.78 1.89 5.43 17.58 36.83 27.69 7.93 1.20 0.12 59
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,291 14.63 2.33 0.09 0.68 1.56 3.71 8.59 19.93 34.91 23.06 6.28 1.12 0.07 6
Black, all ages . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 14.15 2.94 0.36 1.15 1.43 2.79 8.43 25.75 37.96 18.01 3.59 0.47 0.06 688
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 15.94 3.80 0.72 1.99 1.09 2.36 9.78 28.26 39.49 14.13 1.63 0.54 * –
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,696 14.94 2.70 0.29 1.09 1.31 2.85 9.39 30.27 38.78 13.88 1.95 0.17 0.01 48
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,605 14.10 2.69 0.33 1.08 1.28 2.55 8.87 28.33 39.08 15.75 2.46 0.25 0.03 159
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,655 13.45 2.73 0.35 1.06 1.32 2.66 8.06 25.69 38.65 18.23 3.47 0.45 0.06 205
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,332 14.01 3.18 0.41 1.24 1.53 2.84 7.99 23.49 37.20 20.03 4.54 0.66 0.08 163
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,219 14.92 3.36 0.35 1.32 1.70 3.12 8.44 23.08 35.82 20.37 4.97 0.74 0.11 88
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,605 16.89 3.85 0.43 1.43 2.00 3.76 9.28 23.96 35.53 18.36 4.56 0.61 0.09 25
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411 24.59 5.10 0.43 2.34 2.34 6.87 12.62 25.09 30.90 14.88 3.76 0.64 0.14 –
Hispanic
4
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 7.55 1.27 0.12 0.47 0.68 1.45 4.83 19.23 40.83 25.62 5.89 0.78 0.10 575
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 10.65 1.75 0.13 0.67 0.94 2.43 6.47 28.03 44.07 14.82 2.16 0.27 * –
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,654 8.22 1.28 0.13 0.50 0.65 1.42 5.51 23.92 43.83 20.36 3.35 0.30 0.02 48
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,552 7.14 1.11 0.11 0.43 0.57 1.26 4.77 20.80 42.64 24.10 4.71 0.54 0.06 113
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,385 6.84 1.13 0.12 0.41 0.60 1.30 4.41 18.51 41.16 26.58 6.04 0.78 0.09 169
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,283 7.42 1.28 0.13 0.47 0.68 1.46 4.68 17.71 39.68 27.18 6.92 0.96 0.12 131
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,441 8.77 1.58 0.15 0.56 0.88 1.86 5.34 18.01 38.29 26.60 7.08 1.09 0.15 90
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,489 10.52 2.05 0.14 0.74 1.17 2.27 6.20 19.69 37.64 24.71 6.42 0.89 0.14 22
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921 17.67 2.50 0.21 0.78 1.51 4.27 10.89 22.56 34.24 20.48 4.33 0.63 0.10 2
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 23. Births, by birthweight (grams) and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019—Con.
* Estimate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of reliability.
– Quantity zero.
1
Equivalents of gram weights in pounds and ounces are shown in the User Guide; see reference 8 in this report.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and
Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 24. Twin and triplet and higher-order multiple births: United States, 2010–2019, and by race and Hispanic origin of mother:
United States, 2016–2019
Race and Hispanic origin and year Total births Twin births
Triplet and
higher-order births
1
Multiple
birth rate
Twin
birth rate
Triplet and
higher-order
birth rate
1
All races and origins
2
Number Per 1,000 Per 100,000
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 120,291 3,286 33.0 32.1 87.7
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,791,712 123,536 3,525 33.5 32.6 93.0
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,855,500 128,310 3,917 34.3 33.3 101.6
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,875 131,723 4,003 34.4 33.4 101.4
2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,978,497 133,155 4,123 34.5 33.5 103.6
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,988,076 135,336 4,526 35.1 33.9 113.5
2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,932,181 132,324 4,700 34.8 33.7 119.5
2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952,841 131,024 4,919 34.4 33.1 124.4
2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,953,590 131,269 5,417 34.6 33.2 137.0
2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,999,386 132,562 5,503 34.5 33.1 137.6
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 64,011 1,865 34.4 33.4 97.3
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,413 67,203 1,996 35.4 34.4 102.0
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992,461 70,704 2,324 36.7 35.5 116.6
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056,332 73,425 2,502 36.9 35.7 121.7
Black:
2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 22,397 589 41.9 40.9 107.5
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,029 22,502 658 42.0 40.8 119.2
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,715 22,982 671 42.2 41.0 119.7
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,622 22,267 628 41.0 39.9 112.4
Hispanic
4
2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 21,811 590 25.3 24.6 66.6
2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,210 21,654 573 25.1 24.4 64.7
2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898,764 22,041 614 25.2 24.5 68.3
2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918,447 22,625 538 25.2 24.6 58.6
1
Triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, and higher-order multiple deliveries.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race; see Technical Notes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Table 25. Births, by plurality and age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 2019
Race and Hispanic origin and
age (years) of mother Total Singleton Twin
Triplet and
higher-order
births
1
Multiple
birth rate
Twin
birth rate
Triplet and
higher-order
birth rate
1
All races and origins
2
Number Per 1,000 Per 100,000
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,747,540 3,623,963 120,291 3,286 33.0 32.1 87.7
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 1,778 9 – 5.0 5.0 0.0
15–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,674 168,898 2,764 12 16.2 16.1 7.0
15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,081 40,521 557 3 13.6 13.6 7.3
18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,593 128,377 2,207 9 17.0 16.9 6.9
20–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704,342 687,636 16,419 287 23.7 23.3 40.7
25–29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,078,097 1,044,901 32,413 783 30.8 30.1 72.6
30–34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089,281 1,048,876 39,288 1,117 37.1 36.1 102.5
35–39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,598 548,270 23,501 827 42.5 41.0 144.4
40–44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,152 115,095 4,869 188 42.1 40.5 156.5
45–54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,609 8,509 1,028 72 114.5 107.0 749.3
Non-Hispanic, single race
3
White, all ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915,912 1,850,036 64,011 1,865 34.4 33.4 97.3
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 366 4 – 10.8 10.8 0.0
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,484 59,558 920 6 15.3 15.2 9.9
15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,853 11,673 177 3 15.2 14.9 25.3
18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,631 47,885 743 3 15.3 15.3 6.2
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,275 306,312 6,836 127 22.2 21.8 40.5
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,533 539,410 16,644 479 30.8 29.9 86.1
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618,176 594,245 23,258 673 38.7 37.6 108.9
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,886 291,891 13,504 491 45.8 44.1 160.5
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,897 54,371 2,455 71 44.4 43.1 124.8
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,291 3,883 390 18 95.1 90.9 419.5
Black, all ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,075 525,089 22,397 589 41.9 40.9 107.5
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 551 1 – 1.8 1.8 0.0
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,696 35,890 803 3 22.0 21.9 8.2
15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,243 9,090 153 – 16.6 16.6 0.0
18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,453 26,800 650 3 23.8 23.7 10.9
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,605 128,081 4,457 67 34.1 33.6 50.5
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,655 158,485 7,040 130 43.3 42.5 78.5
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,332 120,123 6,028 181 49.1 47.7 143.3
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,219 64,872 3,235 112 49.1 47.4 164.2
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,605 15,872 673 60 44.1 40.5 361.3
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411 1,215 160 36 138.9 113.4 2,551.4
Hispanic
4
All ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,467 864,066 21,811 590 25.3 24.6 66.6
Under 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 740 2 – 2.7 2.7 0.0
15–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,654 61,809 845 – 13.5 13.5 0.0
15–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,089 16,897 192 – 11.2 11.2 0.0
18–19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,565 44,912 653 – 14.3 14.3 0.0
20–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,552 203,561 3,924 67 19.2 18.9 32.3
25–29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,385 250,183 6,071 131 24.2 23.7 51.1
30–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,283 203,127 5,968 188 29.4 28.5 89.8
35–39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,441 114,432 3,844 165 33.8 32.5 139.3
40–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,489 28,494 962 33 33.7 32.6 111.9
45–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921 1,720 195 6 104.6 101.5 312.3
– Quantity zero.
0.0 Quantity equals zero events in the numerator or percentage of less than 0.05.
1
Triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, and higher-order multiple deliveries.
2
Includes births to race and origin groups not shown separately, such as Hispanic single-race white, Hispanic single-race black, and non-Hispanic multiple-race women, and births with origin
not stated.
3
Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this table, non-Hispanic women are classified by race. Race categories
are consistent with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards; see Technical Notes in this report. Single race is defined as only one race reported on the birth certificate.
4
Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality.
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Technical Notes
Data source
Data shown in this report for 2019 are based on 100% of
the birth certificates filed in all states and the District of Columbia
(D.C.). The data are provided to the National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative
Program (VSCP). Information on the percentage of records
with missing information for maternal and infant characteristics
included in this report is shown by state in the "User Guide
to the 2019 Natality Public Use File" (8); methodological and
measurement information for these characteristics is also
available in the 2019 User Guide.
2003 revision of U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth
Data for 2016–2019 presented in this report are based on
the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth;
data for 2010–2015 are based on both the 1989 and the 2003
birth certificate revisions. The 2003 revision is described in detail
elsewhere (19).
Age of mother
Age of mother is computed in most cases from the mother’s
and infant’s dates of birth as reported on the birth certificate.
Since 2007, age of mother has been imputed for ages 8 and
under and 65 and over. Mothers aged 9 are recoded as aged
10. A review and verification of unedited data for several years
including 2007 showed that the vast majority of births reported
as occurring to women aged 50 and over were to women aged
50–54. In this report, the final age group shown in the tables
(45–49, 45–54, or 50–54) includes births to mothers up to age
64. For historical information on mother’s age, see the User
Guide (8).
Marital status
Due to state statutory restrictions, beginning in 2017,
California no longer provides record-level data on the marital
status of the mother for births occurring in, or to residents
of, the state. In lieu of record-level data, however, California
provides counts of births by marital status category (married,
unmarried, and unknown) by age and race and Hispanic origin
of the mother according to age and race and Hispanic-origin
categories shown in this report to NCHS. For consistency
with procedures for handling missing information for other
jurisdictions, California’s counts of birth by marital status were
redistributed (proportionately) to the same maternal age, race,
and marital status subgroups in the data set to obtain the national
estimates by marital status. This approach is consistent with
hot-deck procedures used for non-California records to impute
for missing age, race, and marital status based on records for
which these characteristics are known.
Hispanic origin and race
Hispanic origin
Hispanic origin and race are reported separately on the
birth certificate. Data are shown in most cases for five specified
Hispanic groups: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and
South American, and Other and unknown Hispanic. Starting
in 2018, data are presented for an additional Hispanic group,
Dominican, which was previously included in the category Other
and unknown Hispanic. In tabulations of birth data by race and
Hispanic origin, data for persons of Hispanic origin are not
further classified by race because the vast majority of births to
Hispanic women are reported as white.
Items asking for the Hispanic origin of the mother (and the
father) have been included on the birth certificates of all states,
D.C., Virgin Islands, and Guam since 1993, and on the birth
certificates of Puerto Rico starting in 2005 and Commonwealth
of the Northern Marianas starting in 2010 (8,11). American
Samoa does not collect information on Hispanic origin.
The Hispanic-origin question on the 2003 revision of the
birth certificate asks respondents to select only one response.
Occasionally, however, more than one Hispanic-origin response
is given, that is, a specified Hispanic group (Mexican, Puerto
Rican, Cuban, Dominican, or Central and South American) in
combination with one or more other specified Hispanic group.
From 2003 through 2012, respondents who selected more than
one Hispanic origin on the birth certificate were classified as
“Other Hispanic.” Beginning with the 2013 data year, respondents
who select more than one Hispanic origin are randomly assigned
to a single Hispanic origin. This change was implemented to be
consistent with the coding methods of the American Community
Survey (20), on which the rates for the specified Hispanic groups
as of 2010 are based (see “Population estimates for specific
Hispanic groups”).
Race
This report presents data on race and Hispanic origin based
on the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards
(10). The 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live
Birth allows the reporting of the five race categories either
alone (i.e., single race) or in combination (i.e., more than one
race or multiple races) for each parent (9), in accordance with
the revised standards issued by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in 1997 (10). The five categories for race specified
in the revised standards are: American Indian or Alaska Native
(AIAN), Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI), and White; see 2019 User Guide
(8).
Beginning in 2016, all states and D.C., in addition to Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Northern Marianas, were
reporting race according to the 1997 revised OMB standards,
with 2.7% of mothers in the United States reporting more than
one race (8) in 2019. Data from American Samoa still follow
the 1977 OMB standards (21). Prior to 2016, the multiple-race
reporting states varied widely, increasing from 6 states in 2003,
to the 50 states and D.C. and all territories except American
Samoa in 2016.
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Gestational age
Beginning with the 2014 data year, NCHS transitioned to a
new standard for estimating the gestational age of the newborn.
The new measure—the obstetric estimate of gestation at delivery
(OE)—replaces the measure based on the date of the last normal
menses (LMP) (18). National data based on the OE are available
only from data year 2007 forward. Gestational age estimates
differ somewhat between the OE- and LMP-based measures.
Accordingly, gestational age data in this report are based on the
OE. Information and discussion of the reasons for the change,
and a detailed comparison of the two measures, are presented
elsewhere (18).
Computations of percentages, percent
distributions, and means
For information and discussion on computations of
percentages, percent distributions, and means, see the User
Guide (8).
Population denominators
The birth and fertility rates for 2019 shown in Tables 1, 2, 5,
8, 10, 11, and I–2 are based on populations estimated from the
2010 census as of July 1, 2019. These populations are shown in
the User Guide (8). The population estimates have been provided
by the U.S. Census Bureau (22), and are based on the 2010
census counts by age, sex, and race. The race categories are
consistent with the revised 1997 OMB standards (10).
The birth and fertility rates by state shown in Table 8 are
based on state-level population counts, which are based on the
2010 census provided by the U.S. Census Bureau (22). Birth
and fertility rates for the territories except Puerto Rico shown in
Table 8 are based on population estimates provided by the U.S.
Census Bureau’s International Data Base (23). Rates for Puerto
Rico are based on population estimates from the 2010 census
as of July 1, 2019, and are provided by the U.S. Census Bureau
(24).
Rates by state and territory shown in this report may differ
from rates computed based on other population estimates;
rates for smaller population subgroups, such as those for
teen mothers, may be particularly affected by differences in
population estimates. Birth and fertility rates by month shown in
Table I–2 are based on monthly population estimates for 2019,
which are also based on 2010 Census estimates. For 2019, rates
for unmarried women shown in Tables 10 and 11 are based on
distributions of the population by marital status averaged over a
2-year period for 2018–2019. These distributions were reported
by the U.S. Census Bureau in the March Current Population
Survey for each year (25,26), and have been adjusted to July 1,
2019 (2010 census), population levels (22) by NCHS’ Division of
Vital Statistics (27).
The population distributions by marital status are based
on a 2-year average (of the current and prior year) from 2014
through 2019 (11). For earlier years, rates for unmarried women
are based on distributions of the population by marital status
averaged over a 3-year period (27).
Population estimates for specific Hispanic
groups
The 2019 population estimates for the specific Hispanic
population groups were not available as of the preparation of this
report (28). Accordingly, birth and fertility rates for these groups
for 2019 are not shown in this report. Once available, birth and
fertility rates for the specific Hispanic population groups will be
added to Table 12. The 2019 special population estimates for
Hispanic groups will be shown in the User Guide, once available
(8).
Computation of rates and percentages
An asterisk (*) in the tables indicates that a rate or percentage
does not meet NCHS standards of reliability or precision. For
population-based rates, an asterisk is shown in place of a rate
based on fewer than 20 births in the numerator. For percentages,
new standards have been adopted by NCHS and implemented
for natality data beginning with the 2017 data year. The new
standard is based on denominator size and on the absolute or
relative widths of the confidence interval of the proportion or
percentage calculated using the Clopper–Pearson method. This
compares with the previous standard for which, similar to the
standard for population-based rates, an asterisk was used for
percentages based on fewer than 20 births in the numerator.
For detailed information on the 2017 standard, see “National
Center for Health Statistics Data Presentation Standards for
Proportions” and the User Guide (8,29).
Random variation and significance testing for
natality data
For information and discussion on random variation
and significance testing for natality data, see the 2010 User
Guide (30).
For information and discussion on random variation and
significance testing for birth and fertility rates for Mexican,
Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central and South American,
and Other Hispanic populations based on ACS population
estimates, see the User Guide (8).
Definitions of medical terms
For definitions and discussion of medical and health items
presented in this report, see ‘‘Guide to Completing the Facility
Worksheets for the Certificate of Live Birth and Report of Fetal
Death’’ (31).
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Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK,
Driscoll AK. Births: Final Data for 2019. National
Vital Statistics Reports; vol 70 no 2. Hyattsville,
MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:100472.
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National Center for Health Statistics
Brian C. Moyer, Ph.D., Director
Amy M. Branum, Ph.D., Acting Associate
Director for Science
Division of Vital Statistics
Steven Schwartz, Ph.D., Director
Isabelle Horon, Dr.P.H., Acting Associate
Director for Science
Contents
Abstract .......................................................1
Introduction ....................................................2
2003 revision of U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth .................2
Methods .......................................................2
Demographic Characteristics (Tables 1–12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Births and birth rates ...........................................3
Age of mother ................................................4
Live-birth order ...............................................4
Total fertility rate ..............................................5
Births and birth rates by state ....................................5
Birth rates for teenagers by state ..................................5
Births to unmarried women ......................................6
Tobacco Use Before and During Pregnancy (Tables 13–15) ................ 6
Medical and Health Services Utilization and Source of
Payment for the Delivery (Tables 13–19) .............................6
Use and timing of prenatal care ...................................6
Method of delivery .............................................6
Source of payment for the delivery .................................7
Infant Health Characteristics (Tables 20–25) ...........................8
Period of gestation .............................................8
Birthweight ...................................................8
Multiple births ................................................9
References ....................................................10
List of Detailed Tables ...........................................11
Report tables ................................................11
List of Internet Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical Notes ................................................49
Acknowledgments
This report was prepared in the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS) under the
general direction of DVS Director Steven Schwartz; Isabelle Horon, Chief,
Reproductive Statistics Branch (RSB); and Joyce Martin, Team Leader, RSB
Birth Team. Rajesh Virkar, Chief of the Systems, Programming, and Statistical
Resources Branch (SPSRB), and Steve J. Steimel, Annie S. Liu, and Jasmine N.
Mickens provided computer programming support and statistical tables. Steve J.
Steimel and Annie S. Liu of SPSRB prepared the natality file. The Data Acquisition
and Evaluation Branch staff of DVS evaluated the quality of and acceptance
procedures for the state data files on which this report is based.
This report was edited and produced by NCHS Office of Information Services,
Information Design and Publishing Staff: Nora Castro edited the report;
typesetting was done by Kyung Park; and graphics were produced by Dorothy
Day.
