Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2013-2014

The number of births in the United States increased by 1% between 2013 and 2014, to a total of 3 988 076. The general fertility rate rose 1% to 62.9 births per 1000 women. The total fertility rate also rose 0.3% in 2014, to 1862.5 births per 1000 women. The teenage birth rate fell to another historic low in 2014, 24.2 births per 1000 women. The percentage of all births to unmarried women declined to 40.2% in 2014, from 40.6% in 2013. In 2014, the cesarean delivery rate declined to 32.2% from 32.7% in 2013. The preterm birth rate declined for the seventh straight year in 2014 to 9.57%; the low birth weight rate was unchanged at 8.00%. The infant mortality rate decreased to a historic low of 5.82 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 2014. The age-adjusted death rate for 2014 was 7.2 deaths per 1000 population, down 1% from 2013. Crude death rates for children aged 1 to 19 years did not change significantly between 2013 and 2014. Unintentional injuries and suicide were, respectively, the first and second leading causes of death in this age group. These 2 causes of death jointly accounted for 46.5% of all deaths to children and adolescents in 2014..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:139

Enthalten in:

Pediatrics - 139(2017), 6, Seite 1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sherry L Murphy [VerfasserIn]
T J Mathews [Sonstige Person]
Joyce A Martin [Sonstige Person]
Cynthia S Minkovitz [Sonstige Person]
Donna M Strobino [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Adolescence
Adolescents
Birth
Birth weight
Births
Cesarean section
Children
Death
Fatalities
Fertility
Infant mortality
Medical statistics
Mortality
Suicide
Vital statistics
Women

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1995767700