\doc\web\97\02\births.txt No. 91. Live Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces [Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning 1970, exclu births to, and deaths of nonresidents of the United States. See A III. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, seri B 1-5, B 142, B 167, and B 216] ----------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER (1,000) ------------------------------------------------------- YEAR Deaths ------------------ Mar- Divorc- Births\1 Total Infant\2 riages\3 es\4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 3,632 1,452 104 1,667 385 1955 4,097 1,529 107 1,531 377 1957 4,300 1,633 112 1,518 381 1960 4,258 1,712 111 1,523 393 1965 3,760 1,828 93 1,800 479 1970 3,731 1,921 75 2,159 708 1971 3,556 1,928 68 2,190 773 1972 3,258 1,964 60 2,282 845 1973 3,137 1,973 56 2,284 915 1974 3,160 1,934 53 2,230 977 1975 3,144 1,893 51 2,153 1,036 1976 3,168 1,909 48 2,155 1,083 1977 3,327 1,900 47 2,178 1,091 1978 3,333 1,928 46 2,282 1,130 1979 3,494 1,914 46 2,331 1,181 1980 3,612 1,990 46 2,390 1,189 1981 3,629 1,978 43 2,422 1,213 1982 3,681 1,975 42 2,456 1,170 1983 3,639 2,019 41 2,446 1,158 1984 3,669 2,039 40 2,477 1,169 1985 3,761 2,086 40 2,413 1,190 1986 3,757 2,105 39 2,407 1,178 1987 3,809 2,123 38 2,403 1,166 1988 3,910 2,168 39 2,396 1,167 1989 4,041 2,150 40 \5 2,404 \5 1,163 1990 4,158 2,148 38 \5 2,448 \5 1,175 1991 \5 4,111 2,165 37 2,371 1,187 Net increase 1991 = 1,946 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION ------------------------------------------------------- YEAR Deaths ------------------- Mar- Divorc- Births\1 Total Infant\2 riages\3 es\4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1950 24.1 9.6 29.2 11.1 2.6 1955 25.0 9.3 26.4 9.3 2.3 1957 25.3 9.6 26.3 8.9 2.2 1960 23.7 9.5 26.0 8.5 2.2 1965 19.4 9.4 24.7 9.3 2.5 1970 18.4 9.5 20.0 10.6 3.5 1971 17.2 9.3 19.1 10.6 3.7 1972 15.6 9.4 18.5 10.9 4.0 1973 14.8 9.3 17.7 10.8 4.3 1974 14.8 9.1 16.7 10.5 4.6 1975 14.6 8.8 16.1 10.0 4.8 1976 14.6 8.8 15.2 9.9 5.0 1977 15.1 8.6 14.1 9.9 5.0 1978 15.0 8.7 13.8 10.3 5.1 1979 15.6 8.5 13.1 10.4 5.3 1980 15.9 8.8 12.6 10.6 5.2 1981 15.8 8.6 11.9 10.6 5.3 1982 15.9 8.5 11.5 10.6 5.1 1983 15.6 8.6 11.2 10.5 5.0 1984 15.6 8.6 10.8 10.5 5.0 1985 15.8 8.8 10.6 10.1 5.0 1986 15.6 8.8 10.4 10.0 4.9 1987 15.7 8.8 10.1 9.9 4.8 1988 16.0 8.9 10.0 9.8 4.8 1989 16.4 8.7 9.8 \5 9.7 \5 4.7 1990 16.7 8.6 9.2 \5 9.8 \5 4.7 1991 \5 16.2 8.5 8.9 9.4 4.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ \1 Prior to 1960, data adjusted for underregistration. \2 Infants under 1 year, excluding fetal deaths; rates per 1,000 registered live births. \3 Includes estimates for some States through 1965 and also for 1976 and 1977 and marriage licenses for some States for all years except 1973 and 1975. Beginning 1978, includes nonlicensed marriages in California. \4 Includes reported annulments and some estimated State figures for all years. \5 Preliminary. Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual, Monthly Vital Statistics Report; and unpublished data. This data taken from the 1993 Statistical Abstract of the United States CD-ROM (US Dept of Commerce)