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New Releases for Birth Data

Publications

• Births in the United States, 2016 (9/27/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Birth Indicators, 2015–Quarter 1, 2017 (8/8/2017)
• Births: Provisional Data for 2016 [PDF – 798 KB] (06/30/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Birth Indicators, 2015–Quarter 4, 2016 (05/17/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Birth Indicators, 2015–Quarter 3, 2016 (02/27/2017)
• Trends and Variations in Reproduction and Intrinsic Rates: United States, 1990–2014 [PDF – 357 KB] (2/2017)
• Births: Final Data for 2015 [PDF – 1.89 MB] (1/2017)
• Quarterly provisional estimates for selected birth indicators, 2014–Quarter 2, 2016 (11/2016)
• Teen Birth Rates for Urban and Rural Areas in the United States, 2007–2015 (11/2016)
• Birth Expectations of U.S. Women Aged 15–44 (10/2016)
• Continued Declines in the Teen Births in the United States, 2015 (9/2016)
• Births in the United States, 2015 (9/2016)
• Quarterly provisional estimates for selected birth indicators, 2014–Quarter 1, 2016 (8/2016)
• Prepregnancy Body Mass Index by Maternal Characteristics and State: Data From the Birth Certificate, 2014 [PDF – 618 KB] (8/2016)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2015 [PDF -578 KB] (6/2016)
• Declines in Triplet and Higher-order Multiple Births in the United States, 1998–2014 (4/2016)
• Short Interpregnancy Intervals in 2014: Differences by Maternal Demographic Characteristics. (4/2016)
• Smoking Prevalence and Cessation Before and During Pregnancy: Data From the Birth Certificate, 2014 [PDF – 323 KB] (2/2016)
• Mean Age of Mothers is on the Rise: United States, 2000–2014 (1/2016)
• Births: Final Data for 2014 [PDF- 3.5 MB] (12/2015)
• Births in the United States, 2014 (9/2015)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2014 [PDF – 455 KB] (6/2015)
• Measuring Gestational Age in Vital Statistics Data: Transitioning to the Obstetric Estimate [PDF – 709 KB] (5/2015)
• Maternal Morbidity for Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries, According to Previous Cesarean History: New Data From the Birth Certificate, 2013 [PDF – KB] (5/2015)
• When Are Babies Born: Morning, Noon, or Night? Birth Certificate Data for 2013 (5/2015)
• Interpregnancy Intervals in the United States: Data From the Birth Certificate and the National Survey of Family Growth (4/2015)
• Births: Final Data for 2013 [PDF – 1.8 MB] (1/2015)
• Births Resulting From Assisted Reproductive Technology: Comparing Birth Certificate and National ART Surveillance System Data, 2011 (12/2014)
• Births in the United States, 2013 (12/2014)
• Trends in Low-risk Cesarean Delivery in the United States, 1990–2013 (11/2014)
• National and State Patterns of Teen Births in the United States, 1940–2013 [PDF – 1.6 MB] (8/2014)
• Recent Declines in Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States (8/2014)
• Recent Declines in Induction of Labor by Gestational Age (6/2014)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2013 [PDF – 1 MB] (5/2014)
• First Births to Older Women Continue to Rise (5/2014)
• Trends in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990–2012 (3/2014)
• Primary Cesarean Delivery Rates, by State: Results From the Revised Birth Certificate, 2006–2012 [PDF – 279 KB] (1/2014)
• Infertility Service Use in the United States: Data From the National Survey of Family Growth, 1982–2010 [PDF – 318 KB] (1/2014)
• Births: Final Data for 2012 [PDF – 2.34 MB] (12/2013)
  Supplemental Tables [PDF – 470 KB]
• Source of Payment for the Delivery: Births in a 33-state and District of Columbia Reporting Area, 2010 [PDF – 321 KB] (12/2013)
• Newly Released Data From the Revised U.S. Birth Certificate, 2011 [PDF – 573 KB] (12/2013)
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through June 2013 (12/2013)
• Pregnancy Rates for U.S. Women Continue to Drop (12/2013)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2012 [PDF – 376 KB] (9/2013)
• Assessing the Quality of Medical and Health Data From the 2003 Birth Certificate Revision: Results From Two States [PDF – 284 KB] (7/2013)
• Births: Final Data for 2011 [PDF – 1.6 MB] (6/2013)
• Changes in Cesarean Delivery Rates by Gestational Age: United States, 1996-2011 (6/2013)
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through December 2012 (6/2013)
• Declines in State Teen Birth Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin (5/2013)
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through June 2012 (12/2012)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2011 [PDF – 439 KB] (10/2012)
• Births: Final Data for 2010 [PDF – 1.3 MB] (8/2012)
• Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990–2008 [PDF – 463 KB] (6/2012)
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through December 2011 (5/2012)
• Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups (4/2012)
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through June 2011 [PDF – 81 KB] (2/2012)
• Home Births in the United States, 1990–2009 (1/2012)
• Three Decades of Twin Births in the United States, 1980–2009 (1/2012)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2010 [PDF -460 KB] (11/2011)
• Births: Final Data for 2009 [PDF – 1.32 MB] (11/2011)
• Childbearing Differences Among Three Generations of U.S. Women [PDF – 446 KB] (8/2011)
• Transitions Between Childlessness and First Birth: Three Generations of U.S. Women [PDF – 640 KB] (8/2011)
• Expanded Data From the New Birth Certificate, 2008 [PDF – 590 KB] (7/2011)
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through 2010 (6/2011)
• Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia Use During Labor: 27-state Reporting Area, 2008 [PDF – 199 KB] (4/2011)
• Recent Decline in Births in the United States, 2007-2009 (3/2011)
• U.S. Teenage Birth Rate Resumes Decline (2/2011)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2009 [PDF – 307 KB] (12/2010)
  Supplemental Tables [PDF – 102 KB]
• Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through June 2010 (12/2010)
• Births: Final Data for 2008 [PDF – 1.6 MB] (12/2010)
• State Disparities in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States (10/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009 (8/2010)
  Notice: Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009 is the final issue of the monthly provisional data series.
• Births: Final Data for 2007 [PDF – 1.9 KB] (8/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for November 2009 (7/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for October 2009 (7/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for September 2009 (6/2010)
• Are Preterm Births on the Decline in the United States? Recent Data From the National Vital Statistics System (5/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for August 2009 (5/2010)
• Infant Mortality Statistics From the 2006 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF – 597 KB] (4/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for July 2009 (4/2010)
• Births: Preliminary Data for 2008 [PDF – 313 KB] (4/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for June 2009 (3/2010)
• Recent Trends in Cesarean Delivery in the United States (3/2010)
• Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for May 2009 (3/2010)
• Trends and Characteristics of Home and Other Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990-2006 [PDF – 245 KB] (3/2010)

Data Releases

• Cohort Fertility Tables for All, White, and Black Women: United States, 2006-2009 (8/2012)
• Cohort Fertility Tables for All, White, and Black Women: United States, 1960-2005 (6/2010)

Training

• Applying Best Practices for Reporting Medical and Health Information on Birth Certificates

New Releases for Mortality Data

Publications

• Infant Mortality Rates in Rural and Urban Areas in the United States, 2014 (9/6/2017)
• Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescents Aged 15–19 in the United States: 1999–2015 (8/16/2017)
• United States Life Tables, 2014 [PDF – 2 MB] (8/14/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Indicators of Mortality, 2015–Quarter 1, 2017 (8/8/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates of Infant Mortality, 2014–Quarter 3, 2016 (8/8/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Indicators of Mortality, 2015–Quarter 4, 2016 (05/17/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates of Infant Mortality, 2014–Quarter 2, 2016 (05/17/2017)
• United States Life Tables, 2013 [PDF -1.79 MB]  (04/11/2017)
• Trends in Infant Mortality in the United States, 2005–2014
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Indicators of Mortality, 2015–Quarter 3, 2016 (02/27/2017)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates of Infant Mortality, 2014–Quarter 1, 2016 (02/27/2017)
• Timeliness of Death Certificate Data for Mortality Surveillance and Provisional Estimates [PDF – 210 KB] (12/2016)
• Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2010–2014 [PDF – 251 KB] (12/2016)
• Using Literal Text From the Death Certificate to Enhance Mortality Statistics: Characterizing Drug Involvement in Deaths [PDF- 256 KB] (12/2016)
• Mortality in the United States, 2015 (12/2016)
• United States Life Tables, 2012 [PDF – 1.8 MB] (11/2016)
• Quarterly provisional estimates for infant mortality, 2014–Quarter 4, 2015 (11/2016)
• Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality, 2014–Quarter 2, 2016 (8/2016)
• Cause of Fetal Death: Data From the Fetal Death Report, 2014 [PDF – 602 KB] (10/2016)
• Declines in Cancer Death Rates Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999–2014 (9/2016)
• COPD-related Mortality by Sex and Race Among Adults Aged 25 and Over: United States, 2000–2014 (9/2016)
• Changes in the Leading Cause of Death: Recent Patterns in Heart Disease and Cancer Mortality (8/2016)
• The Validity of Race and Hispanic-origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States: An Update [PDF – 3.05 MB] (8/2016)
• Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality, 2014–Quarter 1, 2016 (8/2016)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2014 [PDF – 3.45 MB]
• Deaths: Final Data for 2014 [PDF – 4.37 MB]
• The Effect of Changes in Selected Age-specific Causes of Death on Non-Hispanic White Life Expectancy Between 2000 and 2014 (6/2016)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Causes of Death: 2014-Quarter 3, 2015 (6/2016)
• Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999–2014 (4/2016)
• Changes in Life Expectancy by Race and Hispanic Origin in the United States, 2013 -2014 (4/2016)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Causes of Death: 2014–Quarter 3, 2015 (2/2016)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2013 [PDF – 3 MB] (2/2016)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2013 [PDF – 10 MB] (2/2016)
• Mortality Among Centenarians in the United States, 2000–2014 (1/2016)
• Recent Trends in Heart Failure-related Mortality: United States, 2000–2014 (12/2015)
• Mortality in the United States, 2014 (12/2015)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Causes of Death: 2014 – Q2 2015 (12/2015)
• How Does Cause of Death Contribute to the Hispanic Mortality Advantage in the United States? (11/2015)
• Leading Causes of Death Contributing to Decrease in Life Expectancy Gap Between Black and White Populations: United States, 1999–2013 (11/2015)
• United States Life Tables, 2011 [PDF – 1.4 MB] (9/2015)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2012 [PDF – 4.3 MB] (8/2015)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2012 [PDF – 3.3 MB] (8/2015)
• Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Causes of Death: Q1 2014 – Q1 2015
• Infant Mortality Statistics From the 2013 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF – 1 MB] (8/2015)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2011 [PDF – 3.9 MB] (7/2015)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2011 [PDF – 2.7 MB] (7/2015)
• Fetal and Perinatal Mortality: United States, 2013 [PDF – 1.4 MB] (7/2015)
• Differences in Stroke Mortality Among Adults Aged 45 and Over: United States, 2010–2013 (7/2015)
• Deaths From Unintentional Injury Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2013 (5/2015)
• Hypertension-related Mortality in the United States, 2000–2013 (3/2015)
• Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin: United States, 2000–2013 (3/2015)
• Mortality in the United States, 2013 (12/2014)
• Trends in Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics and Heroin: United States, 1999–2012 (12/2014)
• Trends in Fetal and Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2006–2012 (11/2014)
• United States Life Tables, 2010 [PDF – 2 MB] (11/2014)
• Mortality in the United States, 2012 (10/2014)
• International Comparisons of Infant Mortality and Related Factors: United States and Europe, 2010 [PDF – 133 KB] (9/2014)
• Deaths Attributed to Heat, Cold, and Other Weather Events in the United States, 2006–2010 [PDF – 334 KB] (7/2014)
• Unintentional Drowning Deaths in the United States, 1999–2010 (4/2014)
• United States Life Tables, 2009 [PDF – 1.3 MB] (1/2014)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2010 [PDF – 4 MB] (12/2013)
• Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2010 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF – 524 KB] (12/2013)
• How Did Cause of Death Contribute to Racial Differences in Life Expectancy in the United States in 2010? (7/2013)
• United States Life Tables Eliminating Certain Causes of Death, 1999–2001 [PDF – 2.12 MB] (5/2013)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2010 [PDF- 3 MB] (5/2013)
• Recent Declines in Infant Mortality in the United States, 2005–2011 (4/2013)
• Death in the United States, 2011 (3/2013)
• Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2009 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF- 438 KB] (1/2013)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2009 [PDF – 2.54 MB] (10/2012)
• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2011 [PDF – 1.68 MB] (10/2012)
• United States Life Tables, 2008 [PDF – 1.26 MB] (9/2012)
• U.S. Decennial Life Tables for 1999–2001: State Life Tables [PDF – 2.2 MB] (9/2012)
• Fetal and Perinatal Mortality, United States, 2006 [PDF – 433 KB] (8/2012)
• Death in the United States, 2010 (7/2012)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2009 [PDF – 2.05 MB] (6/2012)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2008 [PDF – 2.79 MB] (6/2012)
• 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010 (3/2012)
• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010 [PDF – 725 KB] (1/2012)
• Drug Poisoning Deaths in the United States, 1980–2008 (12/2011)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2008 [PDF – 2.98 MB] (12/2011)
• United States Life Tables, 2007 [PDF – 1.4 MB] (9/2011)
• Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Infant Mortality Rates (9/2011)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2007 [PDF – 3.65 MB] (8/2011)
• The Changing Profile of Autopsied Deaths in the United States, 1972–2007 (8/2011)
• Death in the United States, 2009 (7/2011)
• Expanded Data From the New Birth Certificate, 2008 [PDF – 590 KB] (7/2011)
• Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2007 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF – 750 KB] (6/2011)
• History of the Statistical Classification of Diseases and Causes of Death [PDF – 2 MB] (4/2011)
• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2009 [PDF – 674 KB] (3/2011)

Data Releases

• Mortality Multiple Cause Micro-data Files