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FYI... re: USA

*Births: Final Data for 2006 *

by Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H.; Brady E. Hamilton, Ph.D.; Paul D. Sutton, Ph.D.;
Stephanie J. Ventura, M.A.; Fay Menacker, Dr. P.H.; Sharon Kirmeyer, Ph.D.;
and T.J. Mathews, M.S., Division of Vital Statistics
*Available at: **http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf*<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf>
**
*Abstract*
*Objectives*—This report presents 2006 data on U.S. births according to a
wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal demographic
characteristics including a ge, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin,
marital status, and educational attainment; maternal lifestyle and health
characteristics (medical risk factors, weight gain, and tobacco use);
medical care utilization by pregnant women (prenatal care, obstetric
procedures, characteristics of labor and/or delivery, attendant at birth,
and method of delivery); and infant characteristics (period of gestation,
birthweight, Apgar score, congenital anomalies, and multiple births). Also
presented are birth and fertility rates by age, live-birth order, race,
Hispanic origin, and marital status. Selected data by mother's state of
residence are shown, as well as data on month and day of birth, sex ratio,
and age of father. 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 4.3 million births that occurred in 2006 are presented. Denominators
for population-based rates are postcensal estimates derived from the U.S.
2000 census.
*Results*—In 2006, births and fertility rates increased for most states, age
groups, and race and Hispanic origin groups. A total of 4,265,555 births
were registered in the United States in 2006, 3 percent more than in 2005,
and the largest number of births in more than four decades. The crude birth
rate was 14.2, up slightly from the previous year; the general fertility
rate was 68.5, up 3 percent. Birth rates increased for women in nearly all
age groups, with the largest increases for teenagers and for women aged
20–24 and 40–44 years. Teenage childbearing increased, interrupting the
14-year decline from 1991– 2005. The mean age at first birth for U.S. women
was down in 2006, to 25.0 years. The total fertility rate increased to
2,100.5 births per 1,000 women. All measures of unmarried childbearing
reached record levels in 2006. Women were less likely to receive timely
prenatal care in 2006. The cesarean delivery rate climbed to 31.1 percent,
another all-time high. Preterm and low birthweight rates continued to rise;
the twin birth rate was unchanged for the second consecutive year; the rate
of triplet and higher order multiple births declined 5 percent.
*Keywords*: births - birth certificate - maternal and infant health - birth
rates - maternal characteristics

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