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The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The child mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants and children under five years old per 100,000 live births.
Live births are recorded on a U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth, also known as a birth certificate. [4] The United States recorded 3,605,201 live births in 2020 which is a 4% decrease from 2019 and the 6th consecutive year of decline in births. [5] Not all pregnancies result in live births. A woman may choose to end her pregnancy by abortion.
Vital statistics is accumulated data gathered on live births, deaths, migration, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces. The most common way of collecting information on these events is through civil registration, an administrative system used by governments to record vital events which occur in their populations.
During the same period, early-term births, born at 37 to 38 weeks, went up by 20%, while full-term and late or post-term births dropped by 6% and 28% respectively, according to new data released ...
This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by birth and death rate, expressed per 1,000 inhabitants, for 2021, using the most recent data available from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
List of U.S. states and territories by birth and death rates; References External links. This page was last edited on 28 April 2024, at 08:34 (UTC). Text ...
Teen births declined 69 percent from 2000 to 2022, according to newly released federal data, but racial and ethnic disparities continue to exist. Births declined at similar rates across all races ...
There has been some progress: CDC data shows that the national maternal mortality rate for 2022 decreased to 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to a rate of 32.9 in 2021.