APPENDIX D, VITAL STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR U.S. WHITE POPULATION 1955-2003

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APPENDIX D (UPDATED ON 8/24/2007)
VITAL STATISTICS SUMMARY
FOR U.S. WHITE POPULATION 1955 - 2003

YEAR	CRUDE BIRTH RATE¹	FERTILITY RATE¹	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PERCENT	CRUDE DEATH RATE²	INFANT DEATH RATE³	NEONATAL DEATH RATE³	FETAL DEATH RATE³	ABORTION RATIO⁴	MARRIAGE RATE⁵	DIVORCE RATE⁵
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975	23.8 22.7 18.3 17.4 13.6	113.7 113.2 91.3 84.1 62.5	n/a 6.8 7.2 6.8 6.3	9.2 9.5 9.4 9.5 8.9	23.6 22.9 21.5 17.8 14.2	17.7 17.2 16.1 13.8 10.4	14.9 13.9 13.7 12.3 9.4	277
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989	15.1 15.0 15.1 14.8 14.8 15.0 14.8 14.9 15.0 15.4	65.6 64.8 64.8 63.4 63.2 64.1 63.1 63.3 64.5 66.4	5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7	8.9 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.1 8.9	11.0 10.5 10.1 9.7 9.4 9.3 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.2	7.5 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.2	8.1 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.4	332 329 309 302 288 277 269 267 259 252	10.6 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.7	5.2 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	15.8 15.3 15.0 14.6 14.3 14.1 13.9 13.7 13.8 13.7 13.9 13.7 13.5 13.6⁽⁹⁾	68.3 66.7 66.1 64.9 64.2 63.6 63.3 62.8 63.6 64.0 65.3 65.0 64.8 66.1⁽⁹⁾	5.7 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.9⁽⁹⁾	8.9 8.9 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.3 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0⁽⁷⁾	7.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8⁽⁷⁾ 5.8⁽⁷⁾	4.8 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.9⁽⁷⁾ 3.9⁽⁷⁾	6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5 n/a⁽⁸⁾	258 246 236 231 217 204 202 194 188 177 167 165 164⁽⁶⁾ n/a⁽⁸⁾	9.8 9.4 9.3 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.6 8.2 8.2 7.8 7.5⁽¹⁰⁾	4.7 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.5 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.8⁽¹⁰⁾

⁽¹⁾ 1955-1975 rates based on race of child; 1980-1992 were previously reported by race of child, now reported by race of mother. Crude birth rates are per 1000 population.
Fertility rates are per 1000 women aged 15-44.
⁽²⁾ Crude death rates are per 1000 population.
⁽³⁾ Rates are per 1000 live births. Fetal death rate is per 1000 live births plus fetal deaths.
⁽⁴⁾ Ratio is per 1000 live births.
⁽⁵⁾ Data are for all races. Rates are per 1000 population.
⁽⁶⁾ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2002. In: Surveillance Summaries, November 25, 2005. MMWR 2005:54(No.SS07); 1-31.
⁽⁷⁾ National Center for Health Statistics. "Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2003" National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol. 53, No. 15, February 28, 2005, Table 4.
⁽⁸⁾ 2002 and 2003 U.S. White rates and ratio data unavailable at this time.
⁽⁹⁾ National Center for Health Statistics. "Births:" Final Data for 2003". National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol. 54, No. 2, September 8, 2005, Tables 1 & 44.
⁽¹⁰⁾ National Center for Health Statistics. "Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2003" National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol. 52, No. 22,
June 10, 2004, Table A.

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