Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces: Section 2

Section 2
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces
This section presents vital statistics data states and the District of Columbia. Since
on births, deaths, abortions, fetal deaths, 1933, the birth- and death-registration
fertility, life expectancy, marriages, and areas have comprised the entire United
divorces. Vital statistics are compiled for States, including Alaska (beginning 1959)
the country as a whole by the National and Hawaii (beginning 1960). National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and statistics on fetal deaths were first com-
published in its annual report, Vital piled for 1918 and annually since 1922.
Statistics of the United States, in certain Prior to 1951, birth statistics came from
reports of the Vital and Health Statistics a complete count of records received in
series, National Vital Statistics Reports the Public Health Service (now received
and Health, United States. Reports in in NCHS). From 1951 through 1971, they
this field are also issued by the various were based on a 50-percent sample of all
state bureaus of vital statistics. Data on registered births (except for a complete
fertility and selected characteristics of count in 1955 and a 20- to 50-percent
women who had a child in the last year, sample in 1967). Beginning in 1972, they
and on marital status and marital history have been based on a complete count for
are compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau states participating in the Vital Statistics
from its Current Population Survey (CPS; Cooperative Program (VSCP) (for details,
see text, Section 1) and published in Cur- see the technical appendix in Vital Statis-
rent Population Reports, P20 Series. Data tics of the United States) and on a 50- per-
on abortions are published by the Alan cent sample of all other areas. Beginning
Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, in in 1986, all reporting areas participated in
selected issues of Perspectives on Sexual the VSCP. Mortality data have been based
and Reproductive Health online at on a complete count of records for each
<www.guttmacher.org/sections/abortion area (except for a 50-percent sample in
.php>. 1972). Beginning in 1970, births to and
deaths of nonresident aliens of the United
Registration of vital events—The regis- States and U.S. citizens outside the United
tration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, and States have been excluded from the data.
other vital events in the United States is Fetal deaths and deaths among Armed
primarily a state and local function. There Forces abroad are excluded. Data based
are 57 vital registration jurisdictions in the on samples are subject to sampling error;
United States: the 50 states, five territories for details, see annual issues of Vital Sta-
(Puerto Rico, etc.) District of Columbia, and tistics of the United States.
New York City. Each of the 57 jurisdictions
has a direct statistical reporting relation- Mortality statistics by cause of death are
ship with NCHS. Vital events occurring to compiled in accordance with World Health
U.S. residents outside the United States are Organization regulations according to the
not included in the data. International Classification of Diseases
(ICD). The ICD is revised approximately
Births and deaths—The live-birth, every 10 years. The tenth revision of the
death, and fetal-death statistics prepared ICD was employed beginning in 1999.
by NCHS are based on vital records filed Deaths for prior years were classified
in the registration offices of all states, according to the revision of the ICD in
New York City, and the District of Colum- use at the time. Each revision of the
bia. The annual collection of death sta- ICD introduces a number of discontinui-
tistics on a national basis began in 1900 ties in mortality statistics; for a discus-
with a national death-registration area of sion of those between the ninth and
ten states and the District of Columbia; a tenth revisions of the ICD, see National
similar annual collection of birth statis- Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, Nos. 2
tics for a national birth-registration area and 10. Preliminary mortality data are
began in 1915, also with ten reporting
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U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011
based on a percentage of death records the Virgin Islands. Procedures for estimat-
weighted up to the total number of deaths ing the number of marriages and divorces
reported for the given year; for a discus- in the registration states are discussed in
sion of preliminary data, see National Vital Statistics of the United States,
Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 16. Vol. III—Marriage and Divorce. Total
Information on tests of statistical signifi- counts of events for registration and
cance, differences between death rates, nonregistration states are gathered by
and standard errors can also be found collecting already summarized data on
in the reports mentioned above. Some marriages and divorces reported by state
of the tables present age-adjusted death offices of vital statistics and by county
rates in addition to crude death rates. offices of registration. The collection
Age-adjusted death rates shown in this and publication of detailed marriage and
section were prepared using the direct divorce statistics was suspended begin-
method, in which age-specific death rates ning in January 1996. For additional
for a population of interest are applied to information, contact the National Center
a standard population distributed by age. for Health Statistics online at
Age adjustment eliminates the differences <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh
in observed rates between points in time /datasite/frnotice.htm>.
or among compared population groups
that result from age differences in popula- Vital statistics rates—Except as noted,
tion composition. vital statistics rates computed by NCHS
are based on decennial census popula-
Fertility and life expectancy—The tion figures as of April 1 for 1960, 1970,
total fertility rate, defined as the number 1980, 1990, and 2000; and on midyear
of births that 1,000 women would have population figures for other years, as
in their lifetime if, at each year of age, estimated by the Census Bureau (see text,
they experienced the birth rates occur- Section 1).
ring in the specified year, is compiled and
published by NCHS. Other data relating Race—Data by race for births, deaths,
to social and medical factors that affect marriages, and divorces from NCHS are
fertility rates, such as contraceptive use based on information contained in the
and birth expectations, are collected and certificates of registration. The Cen-
made available by both NCHS and the sus Bureau’s Current Population Survey
Census Bureau. NCHS figures are based obtains information on race by asking
on information in birth and fetal death respondents to classify their race as (1)
certificates and on the periodic National White, (2) Black, (3) American Indian
Surveys of Family Growth; Census Bureau or Alaska Native, (4) Native Hawaiian
data are based on decennial censuses and or Other Pacific Islander, and (5) Asian.
the CPS. Data on life expectancy, the Beginning with the 1989 data year, NCHS
average remaining lifetime in years for is tabulating its birth data primarily by
persons who attain a given age, are com- race of the mother. In 1988 and prior
puted and published by NCHS. For details, years, births were tabulated by race of
see National Vital Statistics Reports, the child, which was determined from the
Vol. 57, No. 14 and <http://www.cdc.gov race of the parents as entered on the birth
/nchs/fastats/lifexpec.htm>. certificate. Trend data by race shown in
this section are by race of mother begin-
Marriage and divorce—In 1957 and ning with the 1980 data. Hispanic origin
1958 respectively, the National Office of of the mother is reported and tabulated
Vital Statistics established marriage- and independently of race. Thus, persons
divorce-registration areas. Beginning of Hispanic origin may be any race. The
in 1957, the marriage-registration area majority of women of Hispanic origin are
comprised 30 states, plus Alaska, Hawaii, reported as White.
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; it cur-
rently includes 42 states and the District Statistical reliability—For a discussion
of Columbia. The divorce-registration of statistical collection, estimation, and
area, starting in 1958 with 14 states, sampling procedures and measures of reli-
Alaska, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands, ability applicable to data from NCHS and
currently includes a total of 31 states and the Census Bureau, see Appendix III.
64 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Table 78. Live Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces: 1960 to 2007
[4,258 represents 4,258,000. Beginning 1970, excludes births to, and deaths of nonresidents of the United States. See Appendix
III]
Number Rate per 1,000 population
Deaths Deaths
Year
Births Total Infant 1 Marriages 2 Divorces 3
(1,000) (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) Births Total Infant 1 Marriages 2 Divorces 3
1960. . . . . . . . 4,258 1,712 111 1,523 393 23.7 9.5 26.0 8.5 2.2
1970. . . . . . . . 3,731 1,921 75 2,159 708 18.4 9.5 20.0 10.6 3.5
1971. . . . . . . . 3,556 1,928 68 2,190 773 17.2 9.3 19.1 10.6 3.7
1972. . . . . . . . 3,258 1,964 60 2,282 845 15.6 9.4 18.5 10.9 4.0
1973. . . . . . . . 3,137 1,973 56 2,284 915 14.8 9.3 17.7 10.8 4.3
1974. . . . . . . . 3,160 1,934 53 2,230 977 14.8 9.1 16.7 10.5 4.6
1975. . . . . . . . 3,144 1,893 51 2,153 1,036 14.6 8.8 16.1 10.0 4.8
1976. . . . . . . . 3,168 1,909 48 2,155 1,083 14.6 8.8 15.2 9.9 5.0
1977. . . . . . . . 3,327 1,900 47 2,178 1,091 15.1 8.6 14.1 9.9 5.0
1978. . . . . . . . 3,333 1,928 46 2,282 1,130 15.0 8.7 13.8 10.3 5.1
1979. . . . . . . . 3,494 1,914 46 2,331 1,181 15.6 8.5 13.1 10.4 5.3
1980. . . . . . . . 3,612 1,990 46 2,390 1,189 15.9 8.8 12.6 10.6 5.2
1981. . . . . . . . 3,629 1,978 43 2,422 1,213 15.8 8.6 11.9 10.6 5.3
1982. . . . . . . . 3,681 1,975 42 2,456 1,170 15.9 8.5 11.5 10.6 5.1
1983. . . . . . . . 3,639 2,019 41 2,446 1,158 15.6 8.6 11.2 10.5 5.0
1984 . . . . . . . 3,669 2,039 40 2,477 1,169 15.6 8.6 10.8 10.5 5.0
1985 . . . . . . . 3,761 2,086 40 2,413 1,190 15.8 8.8 10.6 10.1 5.0
1986 . . . . . . . 3,757 2,105 39 2,407 1,178 15.6 8.8 10.4 10.0 4.9
1987 . . . . . . . 3,809 2,123 38 2,403 1,166 15.7 8.8 10.1 9.9 4.8
1988. . . . . . . . 3,910 2,168 39 2,396 1,167 16.0 8.9 10.0 9.8 4.8
1989 . . . . . . . 4,041 2,150 40 2,403 1,157 16.4 8.7 9.8 9.7 4.7
1990. . . . . . . . 4,158 2,148 38 2,443 1,182 16.7 8.6 9.2 9.8 4.7
1991. . . . . . . . 4,111 2,170 37 2,371 1,187 16.2 8.6 8.9 9.4 4.7
1992. . . . . . . . 4,065 2,176 35 2,362 1,215 15.8 8.5 8.5 9.3 4.8
1993. . . . . . . . 4,000 2,269 33 2,334 1,187 15.4 8.8 8.4 9.0 4.6
1994 . . . . . . . 3,953 2,279 31 2,362 1,191 15.0 8.8 8.0 9.1 4.6
1995. . . . . . . . 3,900 2,312 30 2,336 1,169 14.6 8.7 7.6 8.9 4.4
1996. . . . . . . . 3,891 2,315 28 2,344 1,150 14.4 8.6 7.3 8.8 4.3
1997. . . . . . . . 3,881 2,314 28 2,384 1,163 14.2 8.5 7.2 8.9 4.3
1998 4 . . . . . . 3,942 2,337 28 2,244 1,135 14.3 8.5 7.2 8.4 4.2
1999 4 . . . . . . 3,959 2,391 28 2,358 (NA) 14.2 8.6 7.1 8.6 4.1
2000 4 . . . . . . 4,059 2,403 28 2,329 (NA) 14.4 8.5 6.9 8.3 4.1
2001 4 . . . . . . 4,026 2,416 28 2,345 (NA) 14.1 8.5 6.8 8.2 4.0
2002 5 . . . . . . 4,022 2,443 28 2,254 (NA) 13.9 8.5 7.0 7.8 3.9
2003 5 . . . . . . 4,090 2,448 28 2,245 (NA) 14.1 8.4 6.9 7.7 3.8
2004 5 . . . . . . 4,112 2,398 28 2,279 (NA) 14.0 8.2 6.8 7.8 3.7
2005 5 . . . . . . 4,138 2,448 28 6
2,249 (NA) 14.0 8.3 6.9 6
7.6 6
3.6
2006 5 . . . . . . 4,266 2,426 29 6, 7
2,160 (NA) 14.2 8.1 6.7 6, 7
7.4 6
3.7
2007 5 . . . . . . 4,316 2,424 29 6
2,205 (NA) 14.3 8.0 6.8 6
7.3 6
3.6
NA Not available. 1 Infant mortality rate; infants under 1 year, excluding fetal deaths. 2 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. 3 Includes reported annulments and some estimated state figures for all years.
4
Divorce rate excludes data for California, Colorado, Indiana, and Louisiana; population for this rate also excludes these states.
5
Divorce rates exclude data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana and Minnesota, in 2005 and 2006; California,
Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, and Louisiana, in 2004; California, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in 2003; and California,
Indiana, and Oklahoma in 2002. Populations for these rates also exclude these states. 6 Provisional data. Includes nonresidents of
the United States. 7 Excludes Louisiana.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, and National Vital Statistics Reports
(NVSR), <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm>.
Table 79. Live Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates by Hispanic Origin:
2000 to 2007
[4,059 represents 4,059,000. Represents registered births. Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States. Data are based on
Hispanic origin and race of mother. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. See Appendix III]
Hispanic-origin status and race Number of births (1,000) Birth rate per 1,000 population Fertility rate 1
of mother 2000 2005 2006 2007 2000 2005 2006 2007 2000 2005 2006 2007
Total 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,059 4,138 4,266 4,316 14.4 14.0 14.2 14.3 65.9 66.7 68.5 69.5
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 986 1,039 1,062 23.1 23.1 23.4 23.4 95.9 99.4 101.5 102.3
Mexican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 693 718 723 25.0 24.7 24.8 24.4 105.1 107.7 109.0 108.0
Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 63 67 68 18.1 17.2 17.6 17.4 73.5 72.1 74.0 73.6
Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 17 17 9.7 10.2 10.4 10.2 49.3 50.4 49.3 49.7
Central and South American 3. . . 113 151 165 170 21.8 22.8 23.9 25.0 85.1 93.2 98.6 104.9
Other and unknown Hispanic . . . 49 62 72 85 (3) (3 ) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Non-Hispanic 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200 3,123 3,196 3,222 13.2 12.4 12.6 12.7 61.1 60.4 62.0 62.9
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,363 2,280 2,309 2,310 12.2 11.5 11.6 11.6 58.5 58.3 59.5 60.1
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 584 617 627 17.3 15.7 16.5 16.6 71.4 67.2 70.6 71.6
1
Live births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in specified group. 2 Includes all races and Hispanic origin status not stated.
3
Rates for the Central and South American population include other and unknown Hispanic. 4 Includes other races not shown
separately.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Births: Final Data for 2007, Vol. 58,
No. 24, August 2010.

Table 80. Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates by Race, Sex, and Age:
1980 to 2007
[Births in thousands (3,612 represents 3,612,000). Except as indicated, births by race of mother. Excludes births to nonresidents of
the United States. For population bases used to derive these data; see text, this section and Appendix III]
Item 1980 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Live births 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,612 4,158 3,900 4,059 4,026 4,022 4,090 4,112 4,138 4,266 4,316
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,936 3,290 3,099 3,194 3,178 3,175 3,226 3,223 3,229 3,310 3,337
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 684 603 623 606 594 600 616 633 666 676
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . . . . 29 39 37 42 42 42 43 44 45 47 49
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . 74 142 160 201 200 211 221 229 231 241 254
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,853 2,129 1,996 2,077 2,058 2,058 2,094 2,105 2,119 2,184 2,209
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,760 2,029 1,903 1,982 1,968 1,964 1,996 2,007 2,019 2,081 2,108
Males per 100 females (sex ratio). . . 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105
Age of mother:
Under 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 533 512 478 454 433 421 422 421 442 445
20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226 1,094 966 1,018 1,022 1,022 1,032 1,034 1,040 1,081 1,082
25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,108 1,277 1,064 1,088 1,058 1,060 1,086 1,104 1,132 1,182 1,208
30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 886 905 929 943 951 976 966 951 950 962
35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 318 384 452 452 454 468 476 483 499 500
40 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 90 93 96 101 104 105 106 105
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
Mean age of mother at first birth
(years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.7 24.2 24.5 24.9 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.2 25.2 25.0 25.0
Birth rate per 1,000 population. . . 15.9 16.7 14.6 14.4 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.2 14.3
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 15.8 14.1 13.9 13.7 13.5 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.7 13.7
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 22.4 17.8 17.0 16.3 15.7 15.7 16.0 16.2 16.8 16.9
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . . . . 20.7 18.9 15.3 14.0 13.7 13.8 13.8 14.0 14.2 14.9 15.3
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . 19.9 19.0 16.7 17.1 16.4 16.5 16.8 16.8 16.5 16.6 17.2
Age of mother:
10 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 59.9 56.0 47.7 45.3 43.0 41.6 41.1 40.4 41.9 42.5
20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.1 116.5 107.5 109.7 106.2 103.6 102.6 101.7 102.2 105.9 106.4
25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.9 120.2 108.8 113.5 113.4 113.6 115.6 115.5 115.5 116.7 117.6
30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 80.8 81.1 91.2 91.9 91.5 95.1 95.3 95.8 97.7 99.9
35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 31.7 34.0 39.7 40.6 41.4 43.8 45.4 46.3 47.3 47.5
40 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 5.5 6.6 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.7 8.9 9.1 9.4 9.5
45 to 54 years 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Fertility rate per 1,000 women 3 . . 68.4 70.9 64.6 65.9 65.3 64.8 66.1 66.3 66.7 68.5 69.5
White 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 68.3 63.6 65.3 65.0 64.8 66.1 66.1 66.3 68.0 68.8
Black 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.9 84.8 71.0 70.0 67.6 65.8 66.3 67.6 69.0 72.1 72.7
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 3. . . . . 82.7 76.2 63.0 58.7 58.1 58.0 58.4 58.9 59.9 63.1 64.9
Asian or Pacific Islander 3 . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 69.6 62.6 65.8 64.2 64.1 66.3 67.1 66.6 67.5 71.3
NA Not available. 1 Includes other races not shown separately. 2 The number of births shown is the total for women aged 45–54
years. The rate is computed by relating the births to women aged 45–54 years to women aged 45–49 years. 3 Number of live births
per 1,000 women, 15 to 44 years old in specified group.
Table 81. Births and Multiple Births by Race and Hispanic Origin of Mother:
1990 to 2007
[Represents registered births. Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States. Data are based on Hispanic origin and race of
mother. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. See Appendix III]
Birth order 1990 1 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007
All births, total number 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,158,212 4,058,814 4,112,052 4,138,349 4,265,555 4,316,233
Twin births. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,865 118,916 132,219 133,122 137,085 138,961
Triplet and higher order multiple births . . . . . . . . . 3,028 7,325 7,275 6,694 6,540 6,427
Multiple birth rate 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3 31.1 33.9 33.8 33.7 33.7
Twin birth rate 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.6 29.3 32.2 32.2 32.1 32.2
Triplet and higher order multiple birth rate 5. . . . . . 72.8 180.5 176.9 161.8 153.3 148.9
Non-Hispanic White births, total number . . . . 2,626,500 2,362,968 2,296,683 2,279,768 2,308,640 2,310,333
Twin births. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,210 76,018 83,346 82,223 83,108 83,632
Triplet and higher order multiple births . . . . . . . . . 2,358 5,821 5,590 4,966 4,805 4,559
Twin birth rate 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 32.2 36.3 36.1 36.0 36.2
Non-Hispanic Black births, total number . . . . 661,701 604,346 578,772 583,759 617,247 627,191
Twin births. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,646 20,173 20,605 21,254 22,702 23,101
Triplet and higher order multiple births . . . . . . . . . 306 506 577 616 580 612
Twin birth rate 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 33.4 35.6 32.2 36.8 36.8
Hispanic births, total number 595,073 815,868 946,349 985,505 1,039,077 1,062,779
Twin births. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,713 16,470 20,351 21,723 22,698 23,405
Triplet and higher order multiple births . . . . . . . . . 235 659 723 761 787 857
Twin birth rate 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0 20.2 21.5 22.0 21.8 22.0
1
Data by Hispanic-origin status exclude data for New Hampshire and Oklahoma, which did not report Hispanic origin.
2
Includes other races not shown separately. 3 Number of live births in all multiple deliveries per 1,000 live births. 4 Number of live
births in twin deliveries per 1,000 live births. 5 Births in greater than twin deliveries per 100,000 live births.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR), Births: Final Data for 2007, Vol. 58,

Table 82. Births—Number and Rate by State and Island Areas: 2007
[Number of births, except rate. By place of residence. Registered births. Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States.
By race and Hispanic origin of mother. See Appendix III]
American
Non- Non- Asian or Indian,
State
All Hispanic Hispanic Pacific Eskimo, Birth Fertility
races 1 White Black Islander Aleut Hispanic 2 rate 3 rate 4
United States. . . . . . . . 4,316,233 2,310,333 627,191 254,488 49,443 1,062,779 14.3 69.5
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,804 38,508 19,734 942 189 5,406 14.0 68.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,052 6,293 417 860 2,791 694 16.2 77.2
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,981 42,518 3,913 3,482 6,666 46,369 16.2 81.1
Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,378 27,736 8,064 709 250 4,517 14.6 73.1
California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566,414 155,912 31,783 74,305 3,627 297,092 15.5 72.5
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,809 41,843 3,121 2,511 758 22,249 14.6 69.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . 41,660 24,915 5,171 2,422 235 8,830 11.9 59.5
Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,170 6,496 3,214 530 16 1,912 14.1 68.4
District of Columbia. . . . . . 8,864 2,257 4,910 219 2 1,451 15.1 60.0
Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,165 107,816 51,799 8,201 801 70,839 13.1 68.4
Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,137 68,659 49,620 5,941 410 24,763 15.8 73.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,134 4,494 425 12,971 79 3,007 14.9 76.0
Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,019 20,187 139 422 452 3,872 16.7 83.4
Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,836 95,135 31,558 9,644 281 44,146 14.1 67.3
Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,864 68,916 10,224 1,705 119 8,807 14.2 69.7
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,886 34,516 1,802 1,047 319 3,356 13.7 70.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,004 30,512 3,054 1,385 376 6,690 15.1 75.6
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,368 49,831 5,415 1,038 112 3,093 14.0 68.6
Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,301 35,824 25,709 1,165 484 3,186 15.4 73.4
Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,120 13,185 326 223 125 209 10.7 55.6
Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,095 36,177 26,156 5,025 152 10,606 13.9 65.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . 77,967 53,287 7,260 5,943 186 10,900 12.1 57.4
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,261 85,989 22,130 4,481 756 8,712 12.4 61.4
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,735 53,850 6,569 5,226 1,769 5,938 14.2 69.7
Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,491 23,065 20,887 477 309 1,709 15.9 76.9
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,930 62,222 12,598 1,972 433 4,668 13.9 68.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,439 9,618 62 144 1,602 371 13.0 68.6
Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,934 20,007 1,795 785 623 4,068 15.2 76.2
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,181 16,987 3,604 3,459 572 16,132 16.1 79.5
New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . 14,168 12,618 204 547 54 593 10.8 53.8
New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . 116,063 56,243 17,816 11,756 189 30,034 13.4 66.1
New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . 30,616 8,765 526 524 3,923 17,019 15.5 76.6
New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,451 125,674 42,729 24,054 637 60,134 13.1 62.1
North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . 131,037 72,453 30,618 3,987 1,772 22,113 14.5 69.6
North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . 8,840 7,239 139 137 1,028 278 13.8 69.8
Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,879 115,272 24,174 3,680 325 6,628 13.2 65.5

Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,065 35,331 4,912 1,254 6,495 7,173 15.2 76.0
Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,378 34,265 1,144 2,684 951 10,133 13.2 66.1
Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . 150,713 107,779 21,281 6,286 424 13,813 12.1 61.9
Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . 12,376 6,000 1,044 531 158 2,589 11.7 55.8
South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . 62,875 34,640 20,506 1,175 276 6,211 14.3 69.9
South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . 12,261 9,347 212 149 2,163 471 15.4 80.0
Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,711 58,577 17,763 2,179 397 8,389 14.1 68.8
Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407,625 140,199 46,356 16,144 1,086 204,505 17.1 80.1
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,130 42,839 540 1,748 765 9,044 20.8 94.4
Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,513 6,178 95 91 14 80 10.5 53.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,884 62,264 23,763 7,871 174 14,967 14.1 67.0
Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . 88,978 56,310 3,816 9,294 2,505 16,857 13.8 67.0
West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . 21,994 20,682 778 181 24 253 12.1 63.1
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,784 54,542 7,237 2,895 1,256 6,933 13.0 65.0
Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,893 6,361 79 87 333 970 15.1 77.7
Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . 46,642 1,389 128 (NA) (NA) 45,106 11.8 55.2
Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . 1,697 122 1,087 26 5 384 15.5 75.0
Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,483 210 31 3,173 7 67 20.1 91.2
American Samoa. . . . . . . 1,288 (NA) (NA) 1,288 – (NA) 20.1 90.5
Northern Marianas . . . . . 1,387 (NA) (NA) 1,367 – (NA) 16.4 40.0
– Represents or rounds to zero. NA Not available. 1 Includes persons of other groups, not shown separately. 2 Persons of
Hispanic origin may be any race. 3 Per 1,000 estimated population. 4 Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years.

Table 83. Total Fertility Rate by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1980 to 2007
[Based on race of mother. Excludes births to nonresidents of United States. The total fertility rate is the number of births that 1,000
women would have in their lifetime if, at each year of age, they experienced the birth rates occurring in the specified year. A total
fertility rate of 2,110 represents “replacement level” fertility for the total population under current mortality conditions (assuming no
net immigration). See Appendix III]
Race and Hispanic origin 1980 1990 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,840 2,081 2,056 2,043 2,046 2,054 2,101 2,122
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,773 2,003 2,051 2,061 2,055 2,056 2,096 2,112
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,177 2,480 2,129 1,999 2,033 2,071 2,155 2,168
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . . . . . 2,165 2,185 1,773 1,732 1,735 1,750 1,829 1,867
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,954 2,003 1,892 1,873 1,898 1,889 1,919 2,039
Hispanic 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 2,960 2,730 2,786 2,825 2,885 2,960 2,995
NA Not available. 1 For 1970 to 1991 includes births to races not shown separately. Beginning 1992 unknown race of mother is
imputed. 2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR), Births: Final Data for 2007, Vol. 58,
No. 24, August 2010,
Table 84. Teenagers—Births and Birth Rates by Age, Race, and Hispanic
Origin: 1990 to 2007
[Birth rates per 1,000 women in specified group. Based on race and Hispanic origin of mother. See text this section]
Number of births Birth rate
Item
1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 1990 2000 2005 2006 2007
All races, 15 to 19 years . . . . . 2 521,826 468,990 414,593 435,436 444,899 59.9 47.7 40.5 41.9 42.5
15 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,327 157,209 133,191 138,943 140,566 37.5 26.9 21.4 22.0 22.2
18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338,499 311,781 281,402 296,493 304,333 88.6 78.1 69.9 73.0 73.9
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,482 333,013 295,265 308,344 314,560 50.8 43.2 37.0 38.2 38.8
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,613 118,954 103,905 111,019 113,561 112.8 77.4 61.9 64.6 64.9
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . (NA) 8,055 7,807 8,261 8,956 81.1 58.3 52.7 55.0 59.3
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . (NA) 8,968 7,616 7,812 7,822 26.4 20.5 17.0 17.0 16.9
Hispanic 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 129,469 136,906 145,669 148,563 100.3 87.3 81.7 83.0 81.8
Non-Hispanic White. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 204,056 165,005 169,729 172,941 42.5 32.6 25.9 26.6 27.2
Non-Hispanic Black. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 116,019 96,813 103,725 106,143 116.2 79.2 60.9 63.7 64.2
NA Not available. 1 Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race. 2 Includes races other than White and Black not shown
separately.
Table 85. Births to Unmarried Women by Race, Hispanic Origin, and

Age of Mother: 1990 to 2007
[1,165 represents 1,165,000. Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
Marital status is inferred from a comparison of the child’s and parents’ surnames on the birth certificate for those states that do not
report on marital status. No estimates included for misstatements on birth records or failure to register births. Based on race and
Hispanic origin of mother. See also Appendix III]
Race and Number (1,000) Percent distribution Birth rate 1
age of mother 1990 1995 2000 2007 1990 1995 2000 2007 1990 1995 2000 2007
Total live births 2 . . . . . . 1,165 1,254 1,347 1,715 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 43.8 44.3 44.1 52.3
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 785 866 1,160 57.5 62.6 64.3 67.6 32.9 37.0 38.2 48.1
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 421 427 481 39.1 33.6 31.7 28.0 90.5 74.5 70.5 72.6
American Indian, Eskimo,
Aleut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 32 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 42 (NA) (NA) (NA) 2.4 (NA) (NA) 20.9 27.3
Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
219 278 348 546 3
18.8 22.1 25.8 31.8 3
89.6 88.8 87.2 108.4
Non-Hispanic White. . . . . . . 3
443 504 522 643 3
38.0 40.2 38.7 37.5 3
24.4 28.1 28.0 33.3
Non-Hispanic Black. . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 415 449 (NA) (NA) 30.8 26.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Under 15 years . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 8 6 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . 350 376 369 380 30.0 30.0 27.4 22.2 42.5 43.8 39.0 37.4
20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . 404 432 504 645 34.7 34.5 37.4 37.6 65.1 68.7 72.2 80.6
25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . 230 229 255 389 19.7 18.2 18.9 22.7 56.0 54.3 58.5 76.9
30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . 118 133 130 186 10.1 10.6 9.7 10.8 37.6 38.9 39.3 57.9
35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . 44 60 65 86 3.8 4.8 4.8 5.0 17.3 19.3 19.7 28.7
40 years and over . . . . . . . . 9 13 16 22 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.3 3.6 4.7 5.0 4
6.8
NA Not available. 1 Rate per 1,000 unmarried women (never-married, widowed, and divorced) estimated as of July 1. Total rate
and rates by race cover women 15 to 44 years old. 2 Includes races other than White and Black, not shown separately. 3 Excludes
data for New Hampshire and Oklahoma, which did not report Hispanic origin. 4 Birth rates computed by relating births to unmarried
mothers aged 40 years and over to unmarried women aged 40–44 years.

Table 86. Percentage of Births to Teens, Unmarried Mothers, and Births With
Low Birth Weight by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 2007
[Represents registered births. Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States. Data are based on race and Hispanic origin of
mother. See Appendix III]
Characteristics 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007
Percent of births to teenage mothers . . . . . . 12.8 13.1 11.8 10.3 10.2 10.4 10.5
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 11.5 10.6 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1 23.1 19.7 17.1 16.9 17.0 17.2
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5 21.4 19.7 17.9 17.7 17.6 18.4
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 5.6 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1
Hispanic origin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 17.9 16.2 14.3 14.1 14.3 14.2

Non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 10.7 9.1 8.9 9.1 9.2
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 8.7 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.5
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 19.8 17.3 17.0 17.2 17.3
Percent of births to unmarried mothers . . . . 26.6 32.2 33.2 35.8 36.9 38.5 39.7
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 25.3 27.1 30.5 31.7 33.3 34.8
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 69.9 68.5 68.8 69.3 70.2 71.2
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 16.3 14.8 15.5 16.2 16.5 16.6
Hispanic origin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 40.8 42.7 46.4 48.0 49.9 51.3

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 22.1 24.5 25.3 26.6 27.8
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 68.7 69.3 69.9 70.7 71.6
Percent of births with low birth weight 2. . . . 7.0 7.3 7.6 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.2
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 6.2 6.5 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 13.1 13.0 13.4 13.6 13.6 13.6
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 6.9 7.3 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1
Hispanic origin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.9

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 6.6 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 13.1 13.7 14.0 14.0 13.9
NA Not available. 1 Hispanic persons may be any race. Includes other types, not shown separately. 2 Births less than
2,500 grams (5 pounds–8 ounces).
Table 87. Births by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Method of Delivery:

1990 to 2007
[In thousands (4,111 represents 4,111,000), except rate. 1990 excludes data for Oklahoma, which did not report method of delivery
on the birth certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race. See Appendix III]
2007
Method of delivery Non- Non-
Hispanic Hispanic
1990 2000 2005 Total 1
Hispanic White Black
Births, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,111 4,059 4,138 4,316 1,063 2,310 627
Vaginal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,111 3,108 2,874 2,933 737 1,566 413
Cesarean deliveries. . . . . . . . . . . 914 924 1,249 1,367 323 736 212
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 27 16 16 3 9 2
Cesarean delivery rate 2 . . . . . . . 22.7 22.9 30.3 31.8 30.4 32.0 33.9
Includes other races, not shown separately. 2 Cesarean rates are the number of cesarean deliveries per 100 total deliveries
1
for specified category.

No. 24, August 2010, and earlier reports.
Table 88. Induction of Labor by Gestational Age: 1990 to 2007

[In percent. Data are for singleton births]
Gestational age 1990 1 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All gestations. . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 16.1 20.1 20.7 20.9 20.9 21.6 22.7 23.0 23.2
Under 37 weeks (preterm). . . . 6.9 11.6 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.5 15.1 15.6 15.6 15.6
Under 32 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 7.8 9.2 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.7 8.9 8.9 9.0
32–33 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 10.6 13.3 12.8 12.8 12.8 13.0 13.4 13.5 13.5
34–36 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 12.6 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.0 16.7 17.3 17.3 17.2
37 weeks and over (term). . . . 9.9 16.7 20.8 21.6 21.8 21.9 22.5 23.7 23.9 24.2
37–39 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 14.3 18.9 19.6 19.8 19.8 20.6 21.7 22.0 22.1
40–41 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 18.5 22.9 24.1 24.6 24.8 25.3 26.8 27.4 27.9
42 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . 14.9 21.3 24.4 24.4 24.3 24.3 25.4 26.2 26.8 26.9
1
Oklahoma did not report induction of labor.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, “VitalStats,” August 2010, <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm>.

Table 89. Births to Teenage Mothers and Unmarried Women and Births With
Low Birth Weight—States and Island Areas: 2000 to 2007
[Represents registered births. Excludes births to nonresidents of the United States. Based on 100 percent of births in all states and
the District of Columbia]
Births to Births to Births to Births to
teenage unmarried teenage unmarried
State and mothers, women, Percent of births State and mothers, women, Percent of births
Island percent of percent of with low Island percent of percent of with low
Area total 1 total birth weight 2 Area total 1 total birth weight 2
2000 2007 3 2000 2007 2000 2007 2000 2007 3 2000 2007 2000 2007
U.S... . . . 11.8 10.5 33.2 39.7 7.6 8.2 NV. . . . . . 12.7 10.8 36.4 42.0 7.2 8.2
AL . . . . . . 15.7 13.6 34.3 38.3 9.7 10.4 NH. . . . . . 6.8 6.6 24.7 31.4 6.3 6.3
AK. . . . . . 11.8 10.1 33.0 37.3 5.6 5.7 NJ . . . . . . 7.1 6.4 28.9 34.4 7.7 8.5
AZ . . . . . . 14.3 12.7 39.3 45.2 7.0 7.1 NM. . . . . . 17.4 15.7 45.6 51.8 8.0 8.7
AR. . . . . . 17.3 14.6 35.7 43.4 8.6 9.1 NY. . . . . . 8.2 7.0 36.6 40.7 7.7 8.1
CA. . . . . . 10.6 9.5 32.7 38.9 6.2 6.9 NC. . . . . . 13.0 11.7 33.3 41.2 8.8 9.2
CO. . . . . . 11.7 9.7 25.0 25.4 8.4 9.0 ND. . . . . . 9.2 8.0 28.3 32.6 6.4 6.3
CT. . . . . . 7.8 6.9 29.3 35.1 7.4 8.1 OH. . . . . . 12.1 11.0 34.6 42.2 7.9 8.8
DE. . . . . . 12.3 10.4 37.9 46.8 8.6 9.3 OK. . . . . . 15.9 13.9 34.3 41.3 7.5 8.2
DC. . . . . . 14.2 12.1 60.3 58.5 11.9 11.1 OR. . . . . . 11.3 8.9 30.1 35.1 5.6 6.1
FL . . . . . . 12.6 10.9 38.2 46.1 8.0 8.7 PA . . . . . . 9.9 9.3 32.7 39.7 7.7 8.4
GA. . . . . . 13.9 12.2 37.0 43.6 8.6 9.5 RI. . . . . . . 10.2 9.7 35.5 44.0 7.2 8.0
HI. . . . . . . 10.3 8.5 32.2 36.9 7.5 8.0 SC. . . . . . 15.3 13.4 39.8 46.6 9.7 10.1
ID. . . . . . . 11.6 9.1 21.6 25.5 6.7 6.5 SD. . . . . . 11.6 9.8 33.5 38.4 6.2 7.0
IL. . . . . . . 11.4 10.1 34.5 40.1 7.9 8.5 TN. . . . . . 14.7 13.2 34.5 42.8 9.2 9.4
IN. . . . . . . 12.5 11.2 34.7 42.4 7.4 8.5 TX . . . . . . 15.3 13.5 30.5 40.7 7.4 8.4
IA. . . . . . . 10.0 8.7 28.0 34.3 6.1 6.8 UT. . . . . . 8.9 6.9 17.3 19.7 6.6 6.7
KS. . . . . . 12.0 10.3 29.0 36.5 6.9 7.1 VT . . . . . . 8.0 7.6 28.1 36.6 6.1 6.2
KY. . . . . . 14.1 12.9 31.0 39.3 8.2 9.3 VA . . . . . . 9.9 8.6 29.9 35.2 7.9 8.6
LA . . . . . . 17.0 13.7 45.6 51.4 10.3 11.2 WA. . . . . . 10.2 8.4 28.2 33.2 5.6 6.3
ME. . . . . . 9.4 8.4 31.0 39.1 6.0 6.3 WV. . . . . . 15.9 12.5 31.7 40.3 8.3 9.5
MD. . . . . . 9.9 8.9 34.6 40.9 8.6 9.1 WI . . . . . . 10.2 8.7 29.3 35.4 6.5 7.0
MA. . . . . . 6.6 6.4 26.5 33.4 7.1 7.9 WY. . . . . . 13.5 11.8 28.8 34.7 8.3 9.1
MI. . . . . . . 10.5 10.1 33.3 39.4 7.9 8.4
MN. . . . . . 8.3 7.1 25.8 32.7 6.1 6.7 PR. . . . . (NA) 18.3 49.7 59.3 10.8 12.4
MS. . . . . . 18.8 17.1 46.0 53.7 10.7 12.3 VI. . . . . . (NA) 12.8 66.7 71.5 9.1 11.7
MO. . . . . . 13.1 11.4 34.6 40.5 7.6 7.9 GU. . . . . (NA) (NA) 54.8 59.9 7.6 8.90
MT. . . . . . 11.6 9.7 30.8 35.9 6.2 7.2 AS. . . . . (NA) 7.4 35.5 33.0 2.7 3.3
NE. . . . . . 10.2 8.6 27.2 33.4 6.8 7.0 MP. . . . . (NA) 8.5 (NA) 46.7 8.9 6.3
NA Not available. 1 Defined as mothers who are 19 years of age or younger. 2 Less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds–8 ounces).
3
2007 data are preliminary and based on a substantial proportion of vital records for that year.
Table 90. Infants Who Were Ever Breastfed by Maternal Age and
Race-Ethnicity: 1999 to 2006
[In percent. Covers period from 1999 through 2006. Breastfeeding was defined as ever having been breastfed or received
breast milk. Based on data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)]
Race and ethnicity Under 20 years old 20 to 29 years old 30 years old and older
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 65 75
Non-Hispanic White. . . . . . . . . . . 40 65 77
Non-Hispanic Black. . . . . . . . . . . 30 44 56
Mexican American. . . . . . . . . . . . 66 75 76
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Breastfeeding in the United States Findings from the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Surveys: 1999–2006, NCHS Data Brief, No. 5, April 2008. See <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs
/db05.htm\>
Table 91. Women Who Had a Child in the Last Year by Age: 1990 to 2008
[3,913 represents 3,913,000. As of June. See headnote Table 92]
Women who had a child
Total births per 1,000 women First births per 1,000 women
Age of mother in last year (1,000)
1990 2000 2008 1990 2000 2008 1990 2000 2008
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,913 3,934 3,960 67.0 64.6 64.2 26.4 26.7 25.3
15 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . 2,568 2,432 2,372 90.8 85.9 76.7 43.2 43.1 37.4
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . 338 586 371 39.8 59.7 35.6 30.1 38.7 23.1
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . 1,038 850 864 113.4 91.8 85.1 51.8 47.1 46.8
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . 1,192 996 1,138 112.1 107.9 109.8 46.2 43.7 42.7
30 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 1,346 1,502 1,587 44.7 46.1 51.6 10.6 12.5 13.1
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . 892 871 874 80.4 87.9 90.9 21.9 27.5 27.6
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . 377 506 550 37.3 45.1 52.9 6.5 9.6 9.5
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . 77 125 163 8.6 10.9 15.2 1.2 2.3 3.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P20-555 and earlier reports, and unpublished data.

Table 92. Women Who Had a Child in the Last Year by Selected
Characteristics: 1990 to 2008
[58,381 represents 58,381,000. As of June. Covers civilian noninstitutional population. Since the number of women who had a
birth during the 12-month period was tabulated and not the actual numbers of births, some small underestimation of fertility for
this period may exist due to the omission of: (1) Multiple births, (2) Two or more live births spaced within the 12-month period (the
woman is counted only once), (3) Women who had births in the period and who did not survive to the survey date,(4) Women who
were in institutions and therefore not in the survey universe. These losses may be somewhat offset by the inclusion in the Current
Population Survey (CPS) of births to immigrants who did not have their children born in the United States and births to nonresident
women. These births would not have been recorded in the vital registration system. Based on June supplement, Current Population
Survey. The 2003 Current Population Survey allowed respondents to choose more than one race. Beginning 2003 data represent
persons who selected this race group only and exclude persons reporting more than one race. The Current Population Survey in
prior years allowed respondents to report only one race group. See also comments on race in Section 1]
Women who had a child in the last year
Total births First births
Characteristic
Total women Percent Number Per 1,000 Number Per 1,000
(1,000) childless (1,000) women (1,000) women
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,381 41.6 3,913 67.0 1,540 26.4
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,873 42.8 3,934 64.6 1,626 26.7
2008, total 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,692 45.7 3,960 64.2 1,560 25.3
Age:
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,405 93.7 371 35.6 240 23.1
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,156 70.6 864 85.1 475 46.8
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,362 46.2 1,138 109.8 443 42.7
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,618 26.8 874 90.9 265 27.6
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,403 19.4 550 52.9 99 9.5
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,748 17.8 163 15.2 37 3.5
Race and Hispanic origin:
White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,616 46.4 3,034 63.7 1,183 24.8
White alone, non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . 37,846 48.5 2,276 60.1 925 24.4
Black alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,940 41.4 613 68.5 258 28.9
Asian alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,276 46.1 188 57.4 80 24.5
Hispanic 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,586 38.1 819 77.4 277 26.1
Marital status:
Married, husband present. . . . . . . . . 26,271 18.1 2,445 93.1 895 34.1
Married, husband absent 3. . . . . . . . . 2,515 22.7 189 75.0 53 21.1
Widowed or divorced. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,480 21.0 147 32.9 44 9.9
Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,426 77.2 1,179 41.5 568 20.0
Educational attainment:
Not a high school graduate. . . . . . . . 12,882 62.5 703 54.6 248 19.2
High school, 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,010 33.5 1,067 71.1 427 28.4
Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . 12,953 48.7 789 60.9 309 23.8
Associate’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,115 31.7 306 59.9 89 17.5
Bachelor’s degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,094 47.8 694 62.6 287 25.9
Graduate or professional degree. . . . 4,638 40.6 400 86.3 200 43.2
Labor force status:
In labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,809 44.6 2,261 52.8 1,015 23.7
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,641 44.0 2,051 51.7 910 23.0
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,168 52.0 210 66.2 104 33.0
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,883 48.3 1,699 90.0 545 28.9
Family income:
Under $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,422 41.2 298 87.2 122 35.5
$10,000 to $19,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500 39.4 356 79.1 140 31.2
$20,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,586 44.3 190 73.3 70 27.1
$25,000 to $29,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,927 43.0 230 78.6 93 31.7
$30,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,966 42.9 228 76.7 57 19.1
$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,473 46.8 454 60.8 195 26.0
$50,000 to $74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,134 47.0 594 58.6 229 22.6
$75,000 and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,203 47.9 1,020 59.3 404 23.5
1
Includes women of other races and women with family income not reported, not shown separately 2 Persons of Hispanic
origin may be any race. 3 Includes separated women.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P20-555 and unpublished data.
Table 93. Women Who Had a Child in the Last Year by Age and Labor Force
Status: 1980 to 2008
[3,913 represents 3,913,000. As of June. See headnote, Table 92]
Total, 15 to 44 years old 15 to 29 years old 30 to 44 years old
In the labor force In the labor force In the labor force
Year
Number Number Number Number Number Number
(1,000) (1,000) Percent (1,000) (1,000) Percent (1,000) (1,000) Percent
1990. . . . 3,913 2,068 53 2,568 1,275 50 1,346 793 59
1995. . . . 3,696 2,034 55 2,252 1,150 51 1,444 884 61
2000. . . . 3,934 2,170 55 2,432 1,304 54 1,502 866 58
2004. . . . 3,746 2,045 55 2,205 (NA) (NA) 1,542 (NA) 59
2006. . . . 3,974 2,221 56 2,399 1,273 53 1,576 948 60
2008. . . . 3,960 2,261 57 2,372 1,299 55 1,587 962 61
NA Not available.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, P20-555 and earlier reports, and unpublished data.

Table 94. Persons Who Have Ever Had Sexual Contact by Selected
Characteristics: 2002
[In percent except as indicated (61,147 represents 61,147,000). Based on the National Survey of Family Growth, see Appendix III]
Number of opposite-sex partners in lifetime Any
same-
Characteristic sex
Number 15 or Median sexual
(1,000) Any One Two 3 to 6 7 to 14 more number 1 contact 2
Males, 15 to 44 years old 3 . . . . . 61,147 90.3 12.8 8.1 27.5 19.3 22.6 5.4 6.0
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,208 61.6 23.0 9.2 20.7 6.2 2.5 1.9 4.5
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,883 91.1 15.9 11.7 33.5 14.1 15.9 3.8 5.5
25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,056 97.3 9.6 7.0 27.8 23.7 29.2 6.7 6.5
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,226 95.2 10.0 8.8 29.4 23.2 23.8 5.9 5.7
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,138 97.2 10.7 6.9 28.5 21.9 29.2 6.4 (NA)
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,557 98.2 8.9 7.0 28.0 25.5 28.8 6.9 (NA)
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,135 98.2 8.8 5.4 25.6 24.2 34.2 8.2 (NA)
White only, non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . 38,738 90.3 13.4 8.3 27.1 19.2 22.3 5.3 (NA)
Black only, non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . 6,940 91.8 5.8 5.9 24.1 22.2 33.8 8.3 (NA)
Hispanic or Latino origin . . . . . . . . . . 10,188 91.8 13.7 8.6 32.8 18.6 18.1 4.5 (NA)
Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,808 100.0 15.4 8.5 30.5 22.3 23.3 5.2 3.4
Currently cohabiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,653 100.0 4.7 6.4 34.1 26.6 28.3 6.6 5.3
Never married, not cohabiting. . . . . . 25,412 76.8 13.9 8.7 24.0 13.8 16.4 4.3 8.6
Formerly married, not cohabiting. . . . 4,274 100.0 0.7 3.6 22.5 24.6 48.6 11.9 7.1
Females, 15 to 44 years old 3 . . . 61,561 91.4 22.5 10.8 32.6 16.3 9.2 3.3 11.2
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 62.2 27.2 9.0 19.1 5.0 1.9 1.4 10.6
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 91.1 24.6 13.0 32.2 14.4 6.9 2.8 14.2
25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,887 98.4 20.9 10.7 36.0 19.4 11.4 3.8 10.7
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 97.5 22.5 11.7 31.3 20.1 11.9 3.5 14.1
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 98.0 20.5 9.4 38.8 18.0 11.3 3.8 (NA)
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 98.9 20.2 11.2 35.8 20.5 11.2 3.9 (NA)
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 98.6 20.4 10.5 37.4 19.1 11.2 3.8 (NA)
White only, non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . 39,498 92.1 21.0 10.6 32.1 18.2 10.2 3.6 (NA)
Black only, non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . 8,250 92.4 12.4 8.4 44.8 18.0 8.8 4.1 (NA)
Hispanic or Latino origin . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 89.5 34.6 14.9 27.2 8.2 4.6 1.7 (NA)
Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 100.0 30.8 12.2 34.0 15.6 7.4 2.7 7.2
Currently cohabiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 100.0 13.7 12.2 39.2 20.4 14.5 4.3 17.6
Never married, not cohabiting. . . . . . 21,568 75.4 18.3 9.4 27.7 12.8 7.2 3.1 13.5
Formerly married, not cohabiting. . . . 6,096 100.0 6.5 8.1 37.8 28.5 19.1 5.6 16.3
NA Not available. 1 Excludes those who have never had sexual intercourse with a person of the opposite sex. For definition
of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation. 2 Same-sex sexual contact was measured using significantly different questions for
males and females. 3 Includes person of other or multiple races and origin groups, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Advance Data, No. 362; “Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures:
Men and Women 15–44 Years of Age, United States, 2002,” September 2005, and unpublished data.
Table 95. Males and Females Who Have Had Sexual Contact in Last 12 Months
by Number and Sex of Partners: 2002
[In percent except as indicated (61,147 represents 61,147,000). Based on the National Survey of Family Growth, see Appendix III]
Percent distribution
One partner Two or more partners
Both
Sex and age same Number
No part- Oppo- and of part-
ners in Oppo- Same site oppo- ners not
Number last 12 Same site sex sex site ascer-
(1,000) Total months sex 1 sex only 1 only sex 1 tained
Males 15 to 44 years old. . . . . . 61,147 100.0 14.8 0.7 62.2 0.9 17.6 1.0 2.6
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,208 100.0 45.1 0.8 29.7 (S) 21.8 0.9 1.4
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,883 100.0 14.2 0.4 48.8 0.9 30.9 1.5 3.2
25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,056 100.0 7.4 0.7 73.6 1.1 13.4 1.0 2.8
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,226 100.0 10.0 0.5 66.6 0.9 18.4 1.1 2.5
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,138 100.0 5.6 0.9 74.3 1.0 14.5 1.3 2.4
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,557 100.0 7.1 0.9 76.5 1.2 11.4 0.5 2.5
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,135 100.0 7.0 0.7 75.9 1.3 10.1 1.0 3.8
Females 15 to 44 years old. . . . 61,561 100.0 13.9 1.1 66.8 0.2 12.7 3.1 2.2
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 100.0 42.9 1.7 30.5 (S) 16.8 5.8 2.1
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 100.0 12.5 0.4 58.9 (S) 21.1 4.8 1.9
25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,887 100.0 7.4 1.1 77.2 0.2 9.8 2.0 2.2
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 100.0 6.1 0.5 74.1 0.4 14.1 2.8 2.0
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 100.0 7.1 0.5 78.5 (S) 9.7 2.1 1.9
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 100.0 7.3 1.8 76.8 (S) 9.4 2.5 2.0
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 100.0 9.0 1.4 78.8 (S) 6.7 0.9 3.0
S Does not meet standards for reliability or precision. 1 Same-sex sexual contact was measured using significantly different
questions for males and females.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Advance Data, No. 362; “Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures:
Men and Women 15–44 Years of Age, United States, 2002,” September 2005, and unpublished data.

Table 96. Select Family Planning and Medical Service Use by Women, 15 to 44
Years of Age: 2002
[61,561 represents 61,561,000. Based on the National Survey of Family Growth, see Appendix III]
Percent using—
Family planning services Medical services
Counsel-
ing/test/
Characteristic treat-
At least ment for
one Birth At least sexually
family Birth control one Preg- trans-
Number planning control checkup medical nancy Pap Pelvic mitted
(1,000) service method or test service test smear exam diseases
All women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
61,561 41.7 33.9 23.6 69.1 19.7 64.4 59.7 12.6
15 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 39.9 31.1 22.0 40.6 18.3 34.6 27.0 15.2
15 to 17 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819 31.8 22.2 15.8 28.0 11.4 23.2 17.9 11.1
18 to 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,016 51.6 43.9 31.0 58.9 28.2 51.2 40.2 21.1
20 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,840 63.3 54.0 35.7 75.7 31.5 69.7 60.6 22.3
25 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 55.4 46.3 30.2 75.9 30.2 70.7 66.0 16.6
30 to 34 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,272 47.0 39.1 27.2 78.1 22.2 72.7 69.7 12.2
35 to 39 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,853 30.5 23.9 18.6 71.5 13.6 68.3 65.9 6.9
40 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,512 19.5 14.0 10.8 71.8 5.9 69.4 67.0 4.4
Currently married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,327 39.5 31.5 21.3 77.2 21.1 73.1 69.8 8.1
Currently cohabiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,570 50.4 43.2 30.2 77.2 31.0 72.2 64.7 20.3
Never married, not cohabiting. . . . . . . 21,568 44.4 36.4 25.4 55.8 16.5 50.7 43.9 15.9
Formerly married, not cohabiting. . . . . 6,096 34.5 28.0 22.0 71.0 14.1 66.0 64.0 14.4
White only, Non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . 39,498 43.1 36.4 25.4 70.1 17.3 66.1 63.2 11.8
Black only, Non-Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . 8,250 39.4 30.6 21.8 74.4 23.7 69.1 58.1 15.7
Hispanic 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,107 39.7 28.9 20.6 63.4 24.3 57.1 48.5 12.5
Includes other races not shown separately. 2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
1
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, special tabulations from the Advance Data, Number 350, “Use of
Contraception and Use of Family Planning Services in the United States: 1982–2002,” December 2004.
Table 97. Current Contraceptive Use by Women by Age, Race, Hispanic

Origin, Marital, and Cohabitation Status: 2006 to 2008
[61,864 represents 61,864,000. Based on the Continuous National Survey of Family Growth conducted from July 2006 through
December 2008. Contraceptive use reported by women 15–44 years of age during heterosexual vaginal intercourse. Women using
more than one method of contraception are classified by most effective method reported]
2006–2008
Race/ethnicity Marital and cohabitation status
For-
Never merly
Contraceptive status and method Unit White Black mar- mar-
only, only, ried, Cur- ried, Cur-
All Non- Non- not rently not rently
wo- His- His- His- cohab- mar- cohab- cohab-
men 1 panic panic panic 2 iting ried iting iting
All women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,000). . . 61,864 37,660 8,452 10,377 22,847 27,006 5,190 6,821
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Using contraception (contraceptors) 3. . . . . . . . . Percent . . 61.8 64.7 54.5 58.5 39.3 78.6 60.6 71.2
Female sterilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 16.7 14.9 21.8 19.6 4.5 23.6 35.3 16.3
Male sterilization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 6.1 8.3 1.1 3.4 0.3 12.7 2.3 2.2
Pill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 17.3 21.2 11.4 11.4 18.1 16.3 11.4 23.2
Implant, Lunelle™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.5 0.6 0.7 (S) 1.0
3-month injectable (Depo-Provera™) . . . . . . . . Percent . . 2.0 1.4 4.1 2.6 2.2 1.4 2.6 3.1
Intrauterine device (IUD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.8 3.7
Diaphragm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 3.4 3.3 2.8 4.8 1.1 5.3 2.1 4.7
Condom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 10.0 9.5 8.8 9.4 9.1 11.7 4.1 10.2
Periodic abstinence-calendar rhythm . . . . . . . . Percent . . 0.5 0.5 (S) 0.6 0.2 1.0 (S) 0.4
Periodic abstinence-natural family planning . . . Percent . . 0.1 (S) (S) (S) (S) 0.2 (S) (S)
Withdrawal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 3.2 3.3 2.1 3.0 1.5 4.5 1.4 5.3
Other methods 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 0.3 0.3 (S) 0.5 0.2 0.3 (S) (S)
Not using contraception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 38.2 35.3 45.5 41.5 60.7 21.4 39.4 28.8
Surgically sterile-female (noncontraceptive). . . Percent . . 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.0 (S)
Nonsurgically sterile-female or male 4. . . . . . . . Percent . . 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.0 2.7 2.2
Pregnant or postpartum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 5.4 4.9 5.7 8.3 2.6 7.2 2.6 10.5
Seeking pregnancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 4.1 3.5 4.4 6.2 1.3 6.4 0.8 7.1
Other nonuse:
Never had intercourse or no intercourse in
3 months before interview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . 19.2 18.3 22.6 18.8 45.6 0.9 21.1 1.8
Had intercourse in 3 months before interview. . Percent . . 7.3 6.7 10.6 5.8 8.7 5.5 11.3 6.9
S Figure does not meet publication standards. 1 Includes other races not shown separately. 2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be
any race. 3 Includes diaphragm, emergency contraception, female condom or vaginal pouch, foam, cervical cap, Today™ sponge,
suppository or insert, jelly or cream, and other methods. 4 Persons sterile from illness, accident, or congenital conditions.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, “Use of Contraception in the United
States: 1982–2008,” Series 23, No. 29, May 2010. See also <http://cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/>.

Table 98. Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) by
Procedures: 2000 to 2006
[In 1996, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) initiated data collection regarding Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
procedures performed in the United States, as mandated by the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act. ARTs include
those infertility treatments in which both eggs and sperm are handled in the laboratory for the purpose of establishing a pregnancy
(i.e., in vitro fertilization and related procedures)]
Procedures Number of Live birth Live born
Year
started 1 pregnancies deliveries 2 infants
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,629 30,557 25,228 35,025
2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,587 35,726 29,344 40,687
2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,392 40,046 33,141 45,751
2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,872 43,503 35,785 48,756
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,977 44,774 36,760 49,458
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,260 47,651 38,910 52,041
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,198 50,571 41,343 54,656
1
Excludes procedures for which new treatments were being evaluated 2 A live-birth delivery is defined as the delivery of one
or more live born infants.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance
Summary Reports, Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance—United States, 2006, Vol. 58, No. SS-5, June 2009. See also
<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5805a1.htm\>.
Table 99. Abortions—Number and Rate by Race: 1990 to 2006

[58,700 represents 58,700,000]
All races White Black Other
Women Abortions Women Abortions Women Abortions Women Abortions
Year 15 to 44 15 to 44 15 to 44 15 to 44
years Rate per years Rate per years Rate per years Rate per
old Number 1,000 old Number 1,000 old Number 1,000 old Number 1,000
(1,000) (1,000) women 1 (1,000) (1,000) women 1 (1,000) (1,000) women 1 (1,000) (1,000) women 1
1990 2 . . . . 58,700 1,609 27.4 48,224 1,039 21.5 7,905 505 63.9 2,571 65 25.1
1991. . . . . . 59,305 1,557 26.2 48,560 982 20.2 8,053 507 62.9 2,692 68 26.2
1992. . . . . . 59,417 1,529 25.7 48,435 943 19.5 8,170 517 63.3 2,812 69 24.4
1993 2 . . . . 59,712 1,495 25.0 48,497 908 18.7 8,282 517 62.4 2,933 70 23.9
1994 2 . . . . 60,020 1,423 23.7 48,592 856 17.6 8,390 492 58.6 3,039 76 23.7
1995. . . . . . 60,368 1,359 22.5 48,719 817 16.8 8,496 462 54.4 3,153 80 25.3
1996. . . . . . 60,704 1,360 22.4 48,837 797 16.3 8,592 483 56.2 3,275 81 24.6
1997 2 . . . . 61,041 1,335 21.9 48,942 777 15.9 8,694 479 55.1 3,405 79 23.1
1998 2 . . . . 61,326 1,319 21.5 49,012 762 15.5 8,785 476 54.2 3,528 81 23.1
1999. . . . . . 61,475 1,315 21.4 48,974 743 15.2 8,851 485 54.8 3,650 87 24.0
2000. . . . . . 61,631 1,313 21.3 48,936 733 15.0 8,907 488 54.8 3,788 92 24.4
2001 2 . . . . 61,673 1,291 20.9 48,868 717 14.7 8,962 476 53.1 3,843 99 25.7
2002 2 . . . . 62,044 1,269 20.5 48,998 706 14.4 9,026 468 51.8 4,020 96 23.8
2003 2 . . . . 61,911 1,250 20.2 48,782 695 14.2 9,054 458 50.6 4,075 97 23.8
2004. . . . . . 62,033 1,222 19.7 48,758 674 13.8 9,116 453 49.7 4,160 95 22.9
2005. . . . . . 62,074 1,206 19.4 48,678 662 13.6 9,177 452 49.3 4,219 92 21.9
2006 2 . . . . 62,258 1,242 19.9 48,686 681 14.0 9,248 464 50.2 4,325 97 22.3
1
Aged 15–44. 2 Total numbers of abortions have been estimated by interpolation.
Source: R.K. Jones, M.R.S. Zolna, S.K. Henshaw, and L.B. Finer, Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to
Services, 2005, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2008, 40(1):6-16, and unpublished data from Guttmacher
Institute.

Table 100. Abortions by Selected Characteristics: 1990 to 2006
[1,609 represents 1,609,000. Number of abortions from surveys conducted by source; characteristics from the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control’s (CDC) annual abortion surveillance summaries, with adjustments for changes in states reporting data to the
Centers for Disease Control each year]
Abortion rate per
Number (1,000) Percent distribution
Characteristic 1,000 women 1
1990 2000 2006 1990 2000 2006 1990 2000 2006
Total abortions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,609 1,313 1,242 100.0 100.0 100.0 27.4 21.3 19.9
Age of woman:
Less than 15 years 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 6 0.8 0.7 0.5 7.9 4.4 3.1
15 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 235 200 21.8 17.9 16.1 40.6 24.0 19.3
20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 430 407 33.1 32.7 32.8 56.7 45.9 39.9
25 to 29 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 303 301 22.4 23.0 24.2 34.0 31.8 29.7
30 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 190 180 13.4 14.5 14.5 19.7 18.6 18.5
35 to 39 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 110 109 6.7 8.4 8.8 10.7 9.7 10.3
40 years and over 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 37 38 1.8 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4
Race and ethnicity of woman:
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 733 681 64.6 55.8 54.9 21.5 15.0 14.0
Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 488 464 31.4 37.2 37.3 63.9 54.8 50.2
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 92 97 4.0 7.0 7.8 25.1 24.4 22.3
Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 261 277 12.1 19.8 22.3 35.1 30.3 27.1
Non-Hispanic White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 479 420 52.9 36.5 33.8 19.7 11.7 10.7
Marital status of woman: 3
Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 246 212 21.0 19.0 17.0 10.6 7.9 7.2
Unmarried. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,268 1,067 1,030 79.0 81.0 83.0 47.7 34.9 31.5
Number of prior live births:
None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 533 508 49.0 41.0 40.9 32.0 20.2 (NA)
One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 361 336 25.0 28.0 27.1 36.9 32.5 (NA)
Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 260 238 17.0 20.0 19.1 20.5 18.9 (NA)
Three. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 104 104 6.0 8.0 8.4 15.6 14.8 (NA)
Four or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 56 56 3.0 4.0 4.5 14.7 16.5 (NA)
Number of prior induced abortions:
None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891 699 672 55.0 53.0 54.1 (NA) (NA) (NA)
One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 355 327 28.0 27.0 26.4 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Two or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 259 243 17.0 20.0 19.5 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Weeks of gestation:
Less than 9 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 749 755 51.3 57.1 60.8 (NA) (NA) (NA)
9 to 10 weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 269 222 25.8 20.5 17.9 (NA) (NA) (NA)
11 to 12 weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 138 123 12.1 10.5 9.9 (NA) (NA) (NA)
13 weeks or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 156 142 10.8 11.9 11.4 (NA) (NA) (NA)
NA Not available. 1 Denominator of rate is women aged 14. 2 Denominator of rate is women aged 40–44. 3 Separated women
are included with married.
Source: R. K. Jones, M.R.S. Zolna, S. K. Henshaw, and L. B. Finer, Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to
Services, 2005, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2008, 40(1):6-16; S.K. Henshaw and K. Kost, Trends in the
Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974–2004, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008; and unpublished data from the
Guttmacher Institute.
Table 101. Abortions—Number and Rate by State of Occurrence:
2000 and 2005, and by Residence: 2005
[Number of abortions by state of occurrence from surveys of hospitals, clinics, and physicians identified as providers of abortion
services conducted by the Guttmacher Institute. The Guttmacher Institute reallocates abortions to the woman’s state of residence
for survey years. Abortion rates are computed per 1,000 women 15 to 44 years of age on July 1 of specified year]
Residence, Residence,
Occurrence Occurrence
2005 2005
State State
Number (1,000) Rate 1 Number (1,000) Rate 1
2000 2005 2000 2005 Number Rate 1 2000 2005 2000 2005 Number Rate 1
U.S. . . . 1,312,990 1,206,200 21.3 19.4 1,198,960 19.3 MO. . . . . 7,920 8,400 6.6 7.0 14,900 12.5
AL . . . . . 13,830 11,340 14.2 12.1 10,840 11.5 MT. . . . . 2,510 2,150 13.5 11.9 2,020 11.2
AK. . . . . 1,660 1,880 11.7 13.2 2,130 14.9 NE. . . . . 4,250 3,220 11.6 9.1 2,990 8.4
AZ . . . . . 17,940 19,480 16.5 16.1 19,710 16.3 NV. . . . . 13,740 13,530 32.4 27.7 12,990 26.6
AR. . . . . 5,540 4,710 9.8 8.4 5,200 9.3 NH. . . . . 3,010 3,170 11.2 11.8 3,060 11.4
CA. . . . . 236,060 208,430 31.2 26.9 206,260 26.6 NJ . . . . . 65,780 61,150 36.3 34.5 60,330 34.0
CO. . . . . 15,530 16,120 16.0 16.2 14,720 14.8 NM. . . . . 5,760 6,220 14.7 15.7 6,690 16.9
CT. . . . . 15,240 16,780 21.1 23.8 17,340 24.6 NY. . . . . 164,630 155,960 39.1 37.7 152,340 36.9
DE. . . . . 5,440 5,150 31.3 29.2 4,140 23.5 NC. . . . . 37,610 34,500 21.1 18.9 29,730 16.3
DC. . . . . 9,800 7,230 68.2 50.0 6,390 44.2 ND. . . . . 1,340 1,230 9.9 9.6 890 7.0
FL . . . . . 103,050 92,300 32.0 26.7 85,360 24.7 OH. . . . . 40,230 35,060 16.5 14.9 33,140 14.1
GA. . . . . 32,140 33,180 16.9 16.6 32,040 16.0 OK. . . . . 7,390 6,950 10.1 9.7 7,420 10.3
HI. . . . . . 5,630 5,350 22.2 21.3 5,330 21.2 OR. . . . . 17,010 13,200 23.6 18.1 11,900 16.3
ID. . . . . . 1,950 1,810 7.0 6.2 2,540 8.7 PA . . . . . 36,570 34,150 14.3 13.9 38,110 15.5
IL. . . . . . 63,690 50,970 23.2 18.9 48,420 18.0 RI. . . . . . 5,600 5,290 24.1 23.3 4,680 20.6
IN. . . . . . 12,490 11,150 9.4 8.6 13,180 10.2 SC. . . . . 8,210 7,080 9.3 8.0 13,320 15.0
IA. . . . . . 5,970 6,370 9.8 10.9 6,130 10.5 SD. . . . . 870 790 5.5 5.1 980 6.4
KS. . . . . 12,270 10,410 21.4 18.6 5,620 10.0 TN. . . . . 19,010 18,140 15.2 14.5 15,520 12.4
KY. . . . . 4,700 3,870 5.3 4.5 6,060 7.0 TX . . . . . 89,160 85,760 18.8 17.4 84,560 17.1
LA . . . . . 13,100 11,400 13.0 11.8 10,330 10.7 UT. . . . . 3,510 3,630 6.7 6.4 3,610 6.4
ME. . . . . 2,650 2,770 9.9 10.7 2,840 10.9 VT . . . . . 1,660 1,490 12.7 11.9 1,810 14.5
MD. . . . . 34,560 37,590 29.0 31.3 35,250 29.3 VA . . . . . 28,780 26,520 18.1 16.4 30,590 18.9
MA. . . . . 30,410 27,270 21.4 19.8 27,800 20.2 WA. . . . . 26,200 23,260 20.3 17.8 23,680 18.1
MI. . . . . . 46,470 40,600 21.6 19.5 39,930 19.2 WV. . . . . 2,540 2,360 6.8 6.7 2,700 7.7
MN. . . . . 14,610 13,910 13.5 13.1 13,370 12.6 WI . . . . . 11,130 9,800 9.6 8.6 10,920 9.6
MS. . . . . 3,780 3,090 6.0 5.0 7,930 12.9 WY. . . . . 100 70 1.0 0.7 1,220 12.2
Rate per 1,000 women, 15 to 44 years old.
1
Source: R. K. Jones, et al., Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to Services, 2005, Perspectives on Sexual and
Reproductive Health 40:6, 2008, and unpublished data. See also <http://www.guttmacher.org/>.

Table 102. Expectation of Life at Birth, 1970 to 2007, and Projections,
2010 to 2020
[In years. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. See Appendix III]
Total White Black
Year
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1970. . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 67.1 74.7 71.7 68.0 75.6 64.1 60.0 68.3
1980. . . . . . . . . . . 73.7 70.0 77.4 74.4 70.7 78.1 68.1 63.8 72.5
1981. . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 70.4 77.8 74.8 71.1 78.4 68.9 64.5 73.2
1982. . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 70.8 78.1 75.1 71.5 78.7 69.4 65.1 73.6
1983. . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 71.0 78.1 75.2 71.6 78.7 69.4 65.2 73.5
1984. . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 71.1 78.2 75.3 71.8 78.7 69.5 65.3 73.6
1985. . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 71.1 78.2 75.3 71.8 78.7 69.3 65.0 73.4
1986. . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 71.2 78.2 75.4 71.9 78.8 69.1 64.8 73.4
1987. . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 71.4 78.3 75.6 72.1 78.9 69.1 64.7 73.4
1988. . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 71.4 78.3 75.6 72.2 78.9 68.9 64.4 73.2
1989. . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 71.7 78.5 75.9 72.5 79.2 68.8 64.3 73.3
1990. . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 71.8 78.8 76.1 72.7 79.4 69.1 64.5 73.6
1991. . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 72.0 78.9 76.3 72.9 79.6 69.3 64.6 73.8
1992. . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 72.3 79.1 76.5 73.2 79.8 69.6 65.0 73.9
1993. . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 72.2 78.8 76.3 73.1 79.5 69.2 64.6 73.7
1994. . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 72.4 79.0 76.5 73.3 79.6 69.5 64.9 73.9
1995. . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 72.5 78.9 76.5 73.4 79.6 69.6 65.2 73.9
1996. . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 73.1 79.1 76.8 73.9 79.7 70.2 66.1 74.2
1997. . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 73.6 79.4 77.2 74.3 79.9 71.1 67.2 74.7
1998. . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 73.8 79.5 77.3 74.5 80.0 71.3 67.6 74.8
1999. . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 73.9 79.4 77.3 74.6 79.9 71.4 67.8 74.7
2000 1 . . . . . . . . . 76.8 74.1 79.3 77.3 74.7 79.9 71.8 68.2 75.1
2001 1 . . . . . . . . . 76.9 74.2 79.4 77.4 74.8 79.9 72.0 68.4 75.2
2002 1 . . . . . . . . . 76.9 74.3 79.5 77.4 74.9 79.9 72.1 68.6 75.4
2003 1, 2 . . . . . . . . 77.1 74.5 79.6 77.6 75.0 80.0 72.3 68.8 75.6
2004 1, 2 . . . . . . . . 77.5 74.9 79.9 77.9 75.4 80.4 72.8 69.3 76.0
2005 1, 2 . . . . . . . . 77.4 74.9 79.9 77.9 75.4 80.4 72.8 69.3 76.1
2006 1, 2 . . . . . . . . 77.7 75.1 80.2 78.2 75.7 80.6 73.2 69.7 76.5
2007 1, 2 . . . . . . . . 77.9 75.4 80.4 78.4 75.9 80.8 73.6 70.0 76.8
Projections: 3
2010. . . . . . . . . . 78.3 75.7 80.8 78.9 76.5 81.3 73.8 70.2 77.2
2015. . . . . . . . . . 78.9 76.4 81.4 79.5 77.1 81.8 75.0 71.4 78.2
2020. . . . . . . . . . 79.5 77.1 81.9 80.0 77.7 82.4 76.1 72.6 79.2
1
Life expectancies for 2000–2007 were calculated using a revised methodology and may differ from those previously
published. 2 Multiple-race data were reported by 25 states and the District of Columbia in 2006, by 21 states and the District of
Columbia in 2005, by 15 states in 2004, and by 7 states in 2003. The multiple-race data for these reporting areas were bridged to
the single-race categories of the 1977 OMB standards for comparability with other reporting areas. 3 Based on middle mortality
assumptions; for details, see source U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 National Population Projections (released August, 2008),
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html>.
Source: Except as noted, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Deaths: Final
Data for 2007, Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010.
Table 103. Life Expectancy by Sex, Age, and Race: 2007

[Average number of years of life remaining. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States]
Total 1 White Black
Age
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.9 75.4 80.4 78.4 75.9 80.8 73.6 70.0 76.8
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 74.9 79.9 77.8 75.4 80.2 73.6 70.1 76.8
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 71.0 76.0 73.9 71.4 76.3 69.7 66.2 72.9
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 66.1 71.0 68.9 66.5 71.3 64.7 61.3 67.9
15. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 61.1 66.1 64.0 61.6 66.3 59.8 56.3 63.0
20. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 56.4 61.2 59.2 56.8 61.5 55.1 51.7 58.1
25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 51.8 56.3 54.4 52.2 56.6 50.4 47.2 53.3
30. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 47.1 51.5 49.7 47.5 51.7 45.8 42.7 48.5
35. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 42.5 46.7 44.9 42.8 46.9 41.2 38.2 43.8
40. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 37.8 41.9 40.2 38.1 42.1 36.7 33.8 39.1
45. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 33.3 37.2 35.6 33.6 37.4 32.3 29.5 34.7
50. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 29.0 32.7 31.1 29.2 32.8 28.1 25.4 30.4
55. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7 24.9 28.2 26.8 25.1 28.4 24.2 21.7 26.3
60. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 20.9 23.9 22.6 21.0 24.0 20.6 18.3 22.4
65. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.6 17.2 19.9 18.7 17.3 19.9 17.2 15.2 18.7
70. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.0 13.7 16.0 15.0 13.8 16.0 14.1 12.4 15.2
75. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 10.6 12.5 11.7 10.6 12.4 11.2 9.9 12.1
80. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 7.9 9.4 8.8 7.9 9.3 8.7 7.7 9.4
85. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 5.8 6.8 6.4 5.7 6.8 6.7 6.0 7.1
90. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 4.1 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.8 5.1 4.6 5.3
95. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.9
100. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.8 2.6 2.8
Includes races other than White and Black.
1
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Deaths: Final Data for 2007,
Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010.

Table 104. Selected Life Table Values: 1959 to 2007
[Decennial life tables are based on population data from a decennial census and reported deaths of the 3-year period surrounding the census year; the census year is the middle year. The annual tables are based on
deaths in a single year, and except for census years, on postcensal population estimates. Beginning in 1970, data excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. See Appendix III]
All races White Black 1
Age and sex 1959– 1969– 1979– 1989– 1999– 1959– 1969– 1979– 1989– 1999– 1959– 1969– 1979– 1989– 1999–
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2007 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2007 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2007
EXPECTATION OF LIFE
IN YEARS
At birth: Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 67.0 70.1 71.8 74.1 75.4 67.6 67.9 70.8 72.7 74.7 75.9 61.5 60.0 64.1 64.5 68.1 70.0
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 74.6 77.6 78.8 79.5 80.4 74.2 75.5 78.2 79.5 80.0 80.8 66.5 68.3 72.9 73.7 75.1 76.8
Age 20: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.8 49.5 51.9 53.3 55.2 56.4 50.3 50.2 52.5 54.0 55.7 56.8 45.8 43.5 46.5 46.7 49.8 51.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 56.6 59.0 59.9 60.3 61.2 56.3 57.2 59.4 60.4 60.7 61.5 50.8 51.2 54.9 55.5 56.5 58.1
Age 40: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 31.5 33.6 35.1 36.6 37.8 31.7 31.9 34.0 35.6 37.0 38.1 28.7 27.6 29.5 30.1 32.1 33.8
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 37.6 39.8 40.7 41.0 41.9 37.1 38.1 40.2 41.0 41.3 42.1 32.2 33.3 36.3 37.0 37.7 39.1
Age 50: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 23.1 25.0 26.4 27.8 29.0 23.2 23.3 25.3 26.7 28.1 29.2 21.3 20.7 22.0 22.5 24.1 25.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 28.8 30.7 31.4 31.7 32.7 28.1 29.1 31.0 31.7 32.0 32.8 24.3 25.5 27.8 28.4 29.0 30.4
Age 65: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.0 13.0 14.2 15.1 16.1 17.2 13.0 13.0 14.3 15.2 16.2 17.3 12.8 12.5 13.3 13.3 14.1 15.2
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 16.8 18.4 19.0 19.1 19.9 15.9 16.9 18.6 19.1 19.2 19.9 15.1 15.7 17.1 17.4 17.7 18.7
NUMBER OF SURVIVORS
OUT OF 1,000 BORN ALIVE 2
At birth: Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Age 20: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955 961 973 979 984 985 959 965 975 981 986 987 931 941 961 963 973 975
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 973 982 986 989 990 971 976 984 988 990 991 947 957 972 976 981 983

Age 40: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 915 933 938 954 955 924 926 940 946 959 959 857 834 885 879 919 927
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 951 965 970 975 979 953 958 969 975 978 978 897 908 941 944 956 961
Age 65: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 643 706 740 781 810 658 663 724 760 795 809 514 475 551 568 646 682
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785 797 835 851 864 875 807 816 848 863 874 883 608 647 733 750 778 805
PERCENT SURVIVING
OUT OF 1,000 BORN ALIVE
At birth: Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age 20: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.5 96.1 97.3 97.9 98.4 98.5 95.9 96.5 97.5 98.1 98.6 98.7 93.1 94.1 96.1 96.3 97.3 97.5
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 97.3 98.2 98.6 98.9 99.0 97.1 97.6 98.4 98.8 99.0 99.1 94.7 95.7 97.2 97.6 98.1 98.3
Age 40: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.6 91.5 93.3 93.8 95.4 95.5 92.4 92.6 94.0 94.6 95.9 95.9 85.7 83.4 88.5 87.9 91.9 92.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 95.1 96.5 97.0 97.5 97.6 95.3 95.8 96.9 97.5 97.8 97.8 89.7 90.8 94.1 94.4 95.6 96.1
Age 65: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 64.3 70.6 74.0 78.1 79.7 65.8 66.3 72.4 76.0 79.5 80.9 51.4 47.5 55.1 56.8 64.6 68.2
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.5 79.7 83.5 85.1 86.4 87.5 80.7 81.6 84.8 86.3 87.4 88.3 60.8 64.7 73.3 75.0 77.8 80.5
1
Prior to 1970, data for the Black population are not available. Data shown for 1959–1970 are for the Non-White population. 2 The number of persons from the original synthetic cohort of 1,000 live births, who
survive the beginning of each age interval.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), “U.S. Decennial Life Tables for 1999–2001,” United States Life Tables, Vol. 57, No. 1, August 2008; United States Life
Tables, 2006, Vol. 58, No.21, June 2010; and Deaths: Final Data for 2007, Vol. 58, No.19, May 2010.

Table 105. Expectation of Life and Expected Deaths by Race, Sex, and Age:
2007
[Life expectancies were calculated using a revised methodology and may differ from those previously published. The methodology
uses vital statistics death rates for ages under 66 and modeled probabilities of death for ages 66 to 100 based on blended vital
statistics and Medicare probabilities of dying]
Expectation of life in years Expected deaths per 1,000 alive at specified age 2
Age
White Black White Black
(years)
Total 1 Male Female Male Female Total 1 Male Female Male Female
At birth. . . 77.9 75.9 80.8 70.0 76.8 6.76 6.18 5.09 14.43 11.89
1. . . . . . . . 77.5 75.4 80.2 70.1 76.8 0.46 0.44 0.40 0.69 0.62
2. . . . . . . . 76.5 74.4 79.2 69.1 75.8 0.28 0.28 0.22 0.46 0.40
3. . . . . . . . 75.5 73.4 78.2 68.1 74.8 0.22 0.22 0.17 0.35 0.58
4. . . . . . . . 74.5 72.4 77.2 67.2 73.9 0.17 0.18 0.12 0.28 0.24
5. . . . . . . . 73.6 71.4 76.3 66.2 72.9 0.16 0.17 0.13 0.25 0.20
6. . . . . . . . 72.6 70.5 75.3 65.2 71.9 0.15 0.16 0.13 0.23 0.17
7. . . . . . . . 71.6 69.5 74.3 54.2 70.9 0.14 0.15 0.12 0.21 0.14
8. . . . . . . . 70.6 68.5 73.3 63.2 69.9 0.12 0.13 0.11 0.18 0.13
9. . . . . . . . 69.6 67.5 72.3 62.2 68.9 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.14 0.13
10. . . . . . . 68.6 66.5 71.3 61.3 67.9 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.13
11. . . . . . . 67.6 65.5 70.3 60.3 66.9 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.15
12. . . . . . . 66.6 64.5 69.3 59.3 66.0 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.20 0.17
13. . . . . . . 65.6 63.5 68.3 58.3 65.0 0.21 0.23 0.15 0.37 0.20
14. . . . . . . 64.6 62.5 67.3 57.3 64.0 0.31 0.37 0.21 0.60 0.24
15. . . . . . . 63.7 61.6 66.3 56.3 63.0 0.42 0.52 0.27 0.85 0.28
16. . . . . . . 62.7 60.6 65.4 55.4 62.0 0.52 0.66 0.33 1.07 0.33
17. . . . . . . 61.7 59.6 64.4 54.4 61.0 0.62 0.79 0.37 1.27 0.37
18. . . . . . . 60.8 58.7 63.4 53.5 60.1 0.71 0.93 0.40 1.46 0.41
19. . . . . . . 59.8 57.7 62.4 52.6 59.1 0.79 1.06 0.42 1.63 0.45
20. . . . . . . 58.8 56.8 61.5 51.7 58.1 0.87 1.19 0.43 1.81 0.50
21. . . . . . . 57.9 55.9 60.5 50.8 57.1 0.95 1.32 0.45 2.00 0.56
22. . . . . . . 56.9 54.9 59.5 49.9 56.2 1.00 1.40 0.46 2.13 0.61
23. . . . . . . 56.0 54.0 58.5 49.0 55.2 1.02 1.41 0.48 2.19 0.66
24 . . . . . . 55.1 53.1 57.6 48.1 54.2 1.01 1.38 0.49 2.19 0.70
25. . . . . . . 54.1 52.2 56.6 47.2 53.3 0.99 1.33 0.50 2.17 0.75
26. . . . . . . 53.2 51.2 55.6 46.3 52.3 0.97 1.29 0.51 2.16 0.80
27. . . . . . . 52.2 50.3 54.6 45.4 51.4 0.96 1.26 0.52 2.16 0.85
28. . . . . . . 51.3 49.4 53.7 44.5 50.4 0.97 1.25 0.53 2.18 0.89
29. . . . . . . 50.3 48.4 52.7 43.6 49.4 0.98 1.26 0.55 2.23 0.94
30. . . . . . . 49.4 47.5 51.7 42.7 48.5 1.01 1.28 0.58 2.29 1.00
31. . . . . . . 48.4 46.5 50.8 41.8 47.5 1.04 1.30 0.61 2.35 1.06
32. . . . . . . 47.5 45.6 49.8 40.9 46.6 1.07 1.33 0.65 2.46 1.15
33. . . . . . . 46.5 44.7 48.8 40.0 45.7 1.12 1.37 0.70 2.50 1.25
34. . . . . . . 45.6 43.7 47.9 39.1 44.7 1.17 1.42 0.75 2.57 1.36
35. . . . . . . 44.6 42.8 46.9 38.2 43.8 1.23 1.47 0.80 2.66 1.48
36. . . . . . . 43.7 41.9 45.9 37.3 42.8 1.30 1.55 0.86 2.77 1.61
37. . . . . . . 42.8 40.9 45.0 36.4 41.9 1.39 1.64 0.93 2.90 1.74
38. . . . . . . 41.8 40.0 44.0 35.6 41.0 1.50 1.76 1.02 3.06 1.88
39. . . . . . . 40.9 39.1 43.1 34.7 40.1 1.63 1.91 1.12 3.26 2.03
40. . . . . . . 39.9 38.1 42.1 33.8 39.1 1.77 2.08 1.23 3.49 2.19
41. . . . . . . 39.0 37.2 41.2 32.9 38.2 1.93 2.26 1.35 3.73 2.36
42. . . . . . . 38.1 36.3 40.2 32.1 37.3 2.10 2.46 1.48 4.02 2.58
43. . . . . . . 37.2 35.4 39.3 31.2 36.4 2.30 2.69 1.63 4.35 2.84
44. . . . . . . 36.3 34.5 38.3 30.3 35.5 2.52 2.94 1.78 4.72 3.15
45. . . . . . . 35.4 33.6 37.4 29.5 34.7 2.73 3.19 1.95 5.09 3.46
46. . . . . . . 34.5 32.7 36.5 28.7 33.8 2.96 3.44 2.11 5.49 3.76
47. . . . . . . 33.6 31.8 35.6 27.8 32.9 3.20 3.72 2.28 5.97 4.09
48. . . . . . . 32.7 31.0 34.7 27.0 32.0 3.46 4.04 2.46 6.56 4.43
49. . . . . . . 31.8 30.1 33.7 26.2 31.2 3.75 4.39 2.64 7.26 4.80
50. . . . . . . 30.9 29.2 32.8 25.4 30.4 4.07 4.76 2.85 8.02 5.20
51. . . . . . . 30.1 28.4 31.9 24.7 29.5 4.40 5.16 3.07 8.79 5.60
52. . . . . . . 29.2 27.5 31.0 23.9 28.7 4.74 5.55 3.31 9.56 6.00
53. . . . . . . 28.3 26.7 30.1 23.2 27.9 5.07 5.94 3.54 10.27 6.36
54. . . . . . . 27.5 25.9 29.2 22.4 27.1 5.40 6.32 3.79 10.93 6.70
55. . . . . . . 26.7 25.1 28.4 21.7 26.3 5.74 6.71 4.06 11.60 7.05
56. . . . . . . 25.8 24.2 27.5 21.0 25.5 6.12 7.14 4.35 12.31 7.43
57. . . . . . . 25.0 23.4 26.6 20.3 24.7 6.52 7.60 4.69 12.98 7.82
58. . . . . . . 24.2 22.6 25.7 19.7 23.9 6.97 8.11 5.10 13.61 8.26
59. . . . . . . 23.4 21.8 24.9 19.0 23.1 7.46 8.67 5.56 14.24 8.76
60. . . . . . . 22.5 21.0 24.0 18.3 22.4 8.01 9.29 6.08 14.93 9.33
61. . . . . . . 21.7 20.3 23.2 17.7 21.6 8.60 9.94 6.63 15.70 9.97
62. . . . . . . 21.0 19.5 22.3 17.1 20.9 9.22 10.63 7.21 16.49 10.67
63. . . . . . . 20.2 18.7 21.5 16.5 20.1 9.88 11.35 7.80 17.23 11.37
64. . . . . . . 19.4 18.0 20.7 15.8 19.4 10.57 12.14 8.43 17.90 12.06
65. . . . . . . 18.6 17.3 19.9 15.2 18.7 11.37 13.04 9.17 18.53 12.76
70. . . . . . . 15.0 13.8 16.0 12.4 15.2 15.74 18.00 13.37 21.82 16.61
75. . . . . . . 11.7 10.6 12.4 9.9 12.1 22.84 25.46 20.70 25.61 22.53
80. . . . . . . 8.8 7.9 9.3 7.7 9.4 30.49 32.34 29.91 26.44 28.09
85. . . . . . . 6.5 5.7 6.8 6.0 7.1 34.84 34.14 37.36 23.26 30.71
90. . . . . . . 4.6 4.1 4.8 4.6 5.3 30.92 26.79 36.48 16.31 27.45
95. . . . . . . 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.9 18.42 13.23 23.72 8.34 18.14
100. . . . . . 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 18.46 8.98 24.93 9.63 29.19
1
Includes other races, not shown separately. 2 Based on the proportion of the cohort who are alive at the beginning of the
indicated age who will die before reaching the age shown plus 1. For example, out of every 1,000 people alive and exactly
50 years old at the beginning of the period, 4.07 people will die before reaching their 51st birthdays.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, unpublished data.

Table 106. Life Expectancy by Sex, Race, and State: 1979 to 1991
[Average number of years of life remaining. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Decennial life tables are
based on population data from a decennial census and reported deaths of the 3-year period surrounding the census year;
the census year is the middle year. The annual tables are based on deaths in a single year, and except for census years,
on postcensal population estimates]
1989–1991
State Total, Male Female
1979–1981 Total Total White Black Total White Black
United States. . . . . . . 73.88 75.37 71.83 72.72 64.47 78.81 79.45 73.73
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.53 73.64 69.59 71.12 64.37 77.61 78.85 73.76

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.24 74.83 71.60 72.82 (B) 78.60 79.40 (B)
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.30 76.10 72.66 73.04 67.20 79.58 79.84 74.90
Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.72 74.33 70.54 71.54 64.03 78.13 78.89 73.58
California. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.57 75.86 72.53 72.61 65.43 79.19 79.26 74.07
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.30 76.96 73.79 73.88 68.96 80.01 80.13 75.89
Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . 75.12 76.91 73.62 74.25 66.04 79.97 80.37 75.44
Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.21 74.76 71.63 72.75 65.51 77.74 78.62 72.91
District of Columbia. . . . . 69.20 67.99 61.97 71.36 57.53 74.23 81.06 71.61
Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.00 75.84 72.10 73.19 64.26 79.60 80.46 73.28
Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.22 73.61 69.65 71.46 63.98 77.46 78.94 73.34
Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.02 78.21 75.37 75.12 (B) 81.26 81.09 (B)
Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.19 76.88 73.88 73.90 (B) 79.93 79.93 (B)
Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.37 74.90 71.34 72.83 62.41 78.31 79.33 72.39
Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.84 75.39 71.99 72.44 65.87 78.62 79.03 73.56
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.81 77.29 73.89 73.98 (B) 80.54 80.62 (B)
Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.31 76.76 73.40 73.72 67.48 79.99 80.25 75.04
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.06 74.37 70.72 71.01 66.06 77.97 78.24 74.13
Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.74 73.05 69.10 71.15 63.84 76.93 78.54 73.16
Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.59 76.35 72.98 72.98 (B) 79.61 79.61 (B)
Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.32 74.79 71.31 73.20 64.99 78.13 79.23 74.31
Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . 75.01 76.72 73.32 73.54 68.17 79.80 79.95 76.50
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.67 75.04 71.71 73.06 63.68 78.24 79.14 73.18
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.15 77.76 74.53 74.78 (B) 80.85 81.02 (B)
Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.98 73.03 68.90 70.74 64.66 77.10 78.82 73.82
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.84 75.25 71.54 72.43 63.87 78.82 79.48 73.52
Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.93 76.23 73.05 73.59 (B) 79.49 79.92 (B)
Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.49 76.92 73.57 73.87 (B) 80.17 80.44 (B)
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.64 74.18 70.96 71.26 (B) 77.76 77.99 (B)
New Hampshire. . . . . . . . 74.98 76.72 73.52 73.48 (B) 79.77 79.74 (B)
New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . 74.00 75.42 72.16 73.37 63.87 78.49 79.34 72.88
New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . 74.01 75.74 72.20 72.66 (B) 79.33 79.53 (B)
New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.70 74.68 70.86 72.01 63.86 78.32 79.03 74.35
North Carolina. . . . . . . . . 72.96 74.48 70.58 72.21 64.38 78.27 79.44 74.24
North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 75.71 77.62 74.35 74.74 (B) 80.99 81.32 (B)
Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.49 75.32 71.99 72.70 65.80 78.45 78.95 74.29
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.67 75.10 71.63 71.76 67.10 78.49 78.59 74.48
Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.99 76.44 73.21 73.28 (B) 79.67 79.73 (B)
Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . 73.58 75.38 71.91 72.81 63.33 78.66 79.28 73.02
Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . 74.76 76.54 73.00 73.31 (B) 79.77 79.97 (B)
South Carolina. . . . . . . . . 71.85 73.51 69.59 71.62 64.07 77.34 78.97 73.35
South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . 74.97 76.91 73.17 74.30 (B) 80.77 81.59 (B)
Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . 73.30 74.32 70.38 71.38 64.41 78.18 79.10 73.24
Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.64 75.14 71.41 72.08 65.36 78.87 79.42 74.23
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.76 77.70 74.93 75.00 (B) 80.38 80.44 (B)
Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.79 76.54 73.29 73.25 (B) 79.68 79.65 (B)
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.43 75.22 71.77 73.04 65.75 78.56 79.48 74.37
Washington. . . . . . . . . . . 75.13 76.82 73.84 73.97 67.91 79.74 79.81 75.58
West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . 72.84 74.26 70.53 70.66 65.00 77.93 78.02 74.36
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.35 76.87 73.61 73.99 66.42 80.03 80.27 75.27
Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.85 76.21 73.16 73.27 (B) 79.29 79.46 (B)
B Base figure too small to meet statistical standards for reliability.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), U.S. Decennial Life Tables for
1989–91, Vol. 1, No. 3., and Trends and Comparisons of United States Life Table Data: 1900–1991. See also <http://cdc.gov/nchs
/products/life_tables.htm#life>.

Table 107. Deaths and Death Rates by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:
1970 to 2007
[1,921 represents 1,921,000. Rates are per 1,000 population for specified groups. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United
States and fetal deaths. For explanation of age adjustment, see text, this section. The standard population for age adjustment is the
projected year 2000 population of the United States. See Appendix III. Data for Hispanic origin and specified races other than White
and Black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin and race on death
certificates and censuses and surveys]
Sex and race 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Deaths 1 (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921 1,990 2,148 2,403 2,416 2,443 2,448 2,398 2,448 2,426 2,424
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
1,078 1,075 1,113 1,178 1,183 1,199 1,202 1,182 1,208 1,202 1,204
Female 1 (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 915 1,035 1,226 1,233 1,244 1,246 1,216 1,240 1,224 1,220
White (1,000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,682 1,739 1,853 2,071 2,080 2,103 2,104 2,057 2,098 2,078 2,074
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 934 951 1,007 1,011 1,025 1,026 1,007 1,028 1,022 1,024
Female (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 805 902 1,064 1,068 1,077 1,078 1,049 1,070 1,055 1,050
Black (1,000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 233 265 286 288 290 291 287 293 290 290
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 130 145 145 146 147 148 146 149 149 148
Female (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 103 120 141 142 143 143 141 144 141 141
Asian or Pacific Islander (1,000). . . . . . . . (NA) 11 21 35 37 38 40 41 43 45 46
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 7 12 19 20 20 21 21 23 23 24
Female (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 4 9 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut (1,000) . . 6 7 8 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
Female (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Hispanic origin 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 107 113 117 122 122 131 133 136
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 60 63 66 68 69 74 74 76
Female (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 47 50 51 54 54 57 59 60
Non-Hispanic, White (1,000). . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,960 1,963 1,982 1,979 1,933 1,967 1,945 1,940
Male (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 945 946 958 956 938 954 948 949
Female (1,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,015 1,017 1,024 1,023 995 1,013 997 991
Death rates 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.0
Male 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 9.8 9.2 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.1
Female 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.5
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 9.8 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.5
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.1 8.5 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.5
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 8.8 8.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.2
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 10.3 10.1 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.8
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 7.3 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.8
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . . . . . . . (NA) 4.9 4.0 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 6.0 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.9
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 3.8 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0
Hispanic origin 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7
Non-Hispanic, White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.6
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.6
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 9.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.7 9.7
Age-adjusted death rates 1, 3. . . . . . . . . 12.2 10.4 9.4 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.6
Male 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 13.5 12.0 10.5 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.6 9.5 9.2 9.1
Female 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 8.2 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.4
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 10.1 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.6 7.5
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 13.2 11.7 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.1 8.9
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 8.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.7 8.5 6.5 6.3
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 13.1 12.5 11.2 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.3 10.2 9.8 9.6
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 17.0 16.4 14.0 13.8 13.4 13.2 12.7 12.5 12.2 11.8
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 10.3 9.8 9.3 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.1 7.9
Asian or Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 7.9 7.2 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.0
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut. . . . . . . . . (NA) 8.7 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.3
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 11.1 9.2 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.6 7.8 7.4 7.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 6.6 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.3
Hispanic origin 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.5
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 8.9 8.2 8.0 7.7 7.5 7.1 7.2 6.8 6.5
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.5
Non-Hispanic, White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.6
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 11.7 10.4 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.5 9.5 9.2 9.1
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.5
NA Not available. 1 Includes other races not shown separately. 2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race. 3 See text,
this section.
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Table 108. Death Rates by Age, Sex, and Race: 1950 to 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population]
85
1 to 5 to 15 to 25 to 35 to 45 to 55 to 65 to 75 to years
Characteristic
All Under 4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84 and
ages 1 1 year years years years years years years years years years over
MALE
1950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106 3,728 152 71 168 217 429 1,067 2,395 4,931 10,426 21,636
1960. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105 3,059 120 56 152 188 373 992 2,310 4,914 10,178 21,186
1970. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090 2,410 93 51 189 215 403 959 2,283 4,874 10,010 17,822
1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 1,429 73 37 172 196 299 767 1,815 4,105 8,817 18,801
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918 1,083 52 29 147 204 310 610 1,553 3,492 7,889 18,057
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 807 36 21 115 139 255 543 1,231 2,980 6,973 17,501
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 754 32 19 115 140 244 544 1,129 2,645 6,394 15,031
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 762 33 19 118 143 243 548 1,131 2,612 6,350 14,889
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 756 31 18 119 147 239 541 1,110 2,516 6,178 14,309
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 748 31 17 116 144 232 530 1,101 2,457 6,038 14,006
White:
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 896 46 26 131 176 268 549 1,467 3,398 7,845 18,268
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 668 33 20 106 124 234 497 1,163 2,906 6,933 17,716
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 632 29 18 108 127 229 504 1,066 2,584 6,385 15,251
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 640 31 17 110 131 229 509 1,068 2,553 6,343 15,157
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 633 28 16 112 135 224 505 1,051 2,456 6,182 14,577
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848 628 28 16 108 134 218 498 1,043 2,397 6,049 14,286
Black:
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008 2,112 86 41 252 431 700 1,261 2,618 4,946 9,130 16,955
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834 1,568 55 28 181 261 453 1,018 2,080 4,254 8,486 16,791
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793 1,414 49 26 164 252 397 955 1,961 3,818 7,710 14,453
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 1,437 47 27 172 254 396 949 1,954 3,747 7,667 13,810
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 1,407 47 25 171 254 392 922 1,892 3,669 7,393 13,206
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 1,363 45 25 168 240 379 877 1,871 3,605 7,169 12,965
Asian or
Pacific Islander: 2
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 605 45 21 76 80 131 287 789 2,041 5,009 12,446
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 529 23 13 55 55 105 250 642 1,661 4,328 12,125
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 443 21 15 54 51 91 242 545 1,363 3,766 10,118
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 465 21 14 57 56 94 242 545 1,404 3,759 9,839
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 470 18 11 62 54 89 233 551 1,329 3,606 9,525
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 484 25 12 61 50 89 229 523 1,305 3,538 8,918
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut: 2
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 1,057 77 33 220 256 365 620 1,211 2,462 5,389 11,244
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 700 45 20 136 179 295 520 1,090 2,478 5,351 10,726
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 1,076 55 24 137 189 321 544 1,067 2,197 4,584 7,924
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 882 72 23 145 206 337 589 1,124 2,254 4,373 8,419
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 1,058 58 17 156 194 339 592 1,030 2,147 4,198 7,540
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 1,010 64 23 144 198 333 573 1,037 2,132 4,193 7,639
FEMALE
1950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 2,855 127 49 89 143 290 642 1,405 3,333 8,400 19,195
1960. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 2,321 98 37 61 107 229 527 1,196 2,872 7,633 19,008
1970. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 1,864 75 32 68 102 231 517 1,099 2,580 6,678 15,518
1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785 1,142 55 24 58 76 159 413 934 2,145 5,440 14,747
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 856 41 19 49 74 138 343 879 1,991 4,883 14,274
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 663 29 15 43 64 143 313 772 1,921 4,815 14,719
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 613 27 14 44 64 144 314 707 1,761 4,522 13,280
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 619 25 14 43 64 144 320 699 1,736 4,520 13,298
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 622 26 13 43 64 142 318 687 1,678 4,388 12,759
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797 618 26 13 42 64 137 315 670 1,633 4,304 12,442
White:
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 690 36 18 46 62 117 309 823 1,924 4,839 14,401
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 551 26 14 41 55 126 281 731 1,868 4,785 14,891
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 514 24 13 42 57 130 285 672 1,724 4,514 13,451
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 515 23 13 42 58 130 291 664 1,700 4,519 13,498
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 517 24 12 42 59 129 292 655 1,646 4,395 12,966
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 517 23 12 41 60 126 291 638 1,600 4,318 12,647
Black:
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748 1,736 68 28 69 160 299 639 1,453 2,866 5,688 13,310
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 1,280 45 20 58 122 272 588 1,227 2,690 5,697 13,941
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 1,150 41 21 54 112 256 564 1,129 2,386 5,300 12,897
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 1,180 37 19 51 110 250 568 1,104 2,342 5,264 12,790
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 1,195 39 17 51 107 245 548 1,076 2,240 5,029 12,197
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 1,132 39 17 49 102 229 537 1,047 2,210 4,903 11,997
Asian or
Pacific Islander: 2
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 518 32 13 29 38 70 183 483 1,089 3,128 10,254

2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 434 20 12 22 28 66 156 391 996 2,882 9,052
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 392 22 10 24 27 54 146 340 933 2,558 8,126
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 395 18 12 26 29 58 143 353 906 2,530 7,793
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 357 21 10 25 29 57 145 333 898 2,526 7,560
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 398 18 10 24 28 55 136 329 833 2,471 7,334
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut: 2
1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 689 38 26 69 102 156 381 806 1,679 3,073 8,201
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 492 40 18 59 85 172 285 772 1,900 3,850 9,118
2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 715 53 20 65 103 192 340 704 1,701 3,533 7,094
2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 753 46 17 68 91 194 366 699 1,781 3,603 7,065
2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 690 51 17 64 92 205 342 687 1,657 3,746 6,634
2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 830 46 13 61 91 196 346 694 1,612 3,437 6,248
1
Figures for age not stated are included in “All ages” but not distributed among age groups. 2 The death rates for specified
races other than White and Black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death
certificates and censuses and surveys.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2009. See also <http://cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm>.

Table 109. Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:
1970 to 2007
[Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population; see headnote, Table 107. Populations enumerated as of April 1 for census years and
estimated as of July 1 for all other years. Beginning 1970, excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Data for Hispanic
origin and specified races other than White and Black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies reporting race
on death certificates and on censuses and surveys. See Appendix III]
Sex, race,
and Hispanic origin 1970 1980 1990 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
ALL RACES 1
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223 1,039 939 869 845 833 801 799 777 760
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,542 1,348 1,203 1,054 1,014 994 956 951 925 906
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971 818 751 731 715 706 679 678 658 643
WHITE
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193 1,013 910 850 829 817 786 785 764 749
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 1,318 1,166 1,029 993 974 937 933 908 891
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 796 729 715 701 693 667 667 648 635
BLACK
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,518 1,315 1,250 1,121 1,083 1,066 1,027 1,017 982 958
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,874 1,698 1,645 1,404 1,341 1,319 1,269 1,253 1,216 1,184
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229 1,033 975 928 902 886 855 846 813 794
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 590 582 506 474 466 444 440 429 415
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 787 716 624 578 563 535 534 516 499
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 426 469 417 396 393 376 369 363 351
AMERICAN INDIAN, ESKIMO, ALEUT
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 867 716 709 677 685 650 663 642 627
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 1,112 916 842 794 797 758 775 740 737
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 662 562 605 581 592 558 568 556 533
HISPANIC ORIGIN 2
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 666 629 621 587 591 564 546
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 886 818 767 748 707 717 676 655
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 537 546 518 516 486 485 469 453
NON-HISPANIC, WHITE
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) (NA) 856 838 826 797 797 777 763
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 1,171 1,035 1,002 984 949 945 923 907
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 735 722 710 702 678 678 660 648
NA Not available. 1 For 1970 to 1990 includes deaths among races, not shown separately. 2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be
any race.
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Table 110. Death Rates by Hispanic-Origin Status, Sex, and Age: 2000 to 2007
[Rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Rates are based on populations enumerated as of April 1 for census years and
estimated as of July 1 for all other years. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Data for Hispanic-origin should be
interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin and race on death certificates and censuses
and surveys]
Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic
Hispanic male Hispanic female
Age White male White female
2000 2005 2007 2000 2005 2007 2000 2005 2007 2000 2005 2007
Age adjusted 1. . . . . . 818 717 655 546 485 453 1,035 945 907 722 678 648
Crude 2. . . . . . . . . . . . 331 334 322 275 278 272 979 971 960 1,007 993 968
Under 1 year. . . . . . . 637 670 633 554 555 540 659 626 617 531 497 500
1 to 4 years. . . . . . . . 32 33 28 28 25 24 32 30 28 24 22 23
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . 18 15 16 13 12 12 20 17 16 14 13 12
15 to 24 years. . . . . . 108 120 115 32 37 34 104 106 105 43 42 43
25 to 34 years. . . . . . 120 116 110 43 41 43 123 134 141 57 62 63
35 to 44 years. . . . . . 211 182 166 101 91 83 234 236 228 128 137 134
45 to 54 years. . . . . . 439 417 399 224 216 204 498 517 509 285 299 301
55 to 64 years. . . . . . 966 876 831 548 494 477 1,171 1,080 1,058 742 677 651
65 to 74 years. . . . . . 2,288 2,029 1,863 1,423 1,292 1,162 2,931 2,585 2,433 1,891 1,730 1,635
75 to 84 years. . . . . . 5,395 4,857 4,365 3,625 3,366 3,196 6,978 6,420 6,153 4,819 4,580 4,385
85 years and over . . . 13,086 10,141 8,954 11,203 9,068 8,319 17,853 15,401 14,588 14,972 13,683 12,857
1
See headnote, Table 107. 2 The total number of deaths in a given time period divided by the total resident population as of
July 1.
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Table 111. Deaths and Death Rates by State and Island Areas: 1990 to 2007
[2,148 represents 2,148,000. By state of residence. Except as noted, excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Caution
should be used in comparing death rates by state; rates are affected by the population composition of the area. See also
Appendix III]
Number of deaths (1,000) Death rate per 1,000 population 1 Age-
adjusted
State
rate
1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2007 2
United States. . . . . 2,148 2,312 2,403 2,448 2,426 2,424 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.1 8.0 7.6
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . 39 42 45 47 47 47 9.7 10.0 10.1 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.3
Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 3 3 3 3 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.1 7.6
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 35 41 46 46 46 7.9 8.4 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.2 6.8
Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . 25 27 28 28 28 28 10.5 10.8 10.6 10.1 9.9 9.9 8.8
California. . . . . . . . . . . 214 224 230 237 237 234 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.7
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . 22 25 27 30 30 30 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.2 7.0
Connecticut. . . . . . . . . 28 29 30 29 29 29 8.4 9.0 8.8 8.4 8.3 8.2 6.9
Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 7 7 7 7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.5 7.7
District of Columbia. . . 7 7 6 5 5 5 12.0 12.4 10.5 10.0 9.2 8.8 8.7
Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 153 164 171 170 168 10.4 10.8 10.3 9.6 9.4 9.2 6.9
Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 58 64 67 68 68 8.0 8.1 7.8 7.4 7.2 7.2 8.4
Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 8 9 9 9 6.1 6.4 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.4 6.1
Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 10 11 11 11 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.3
Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 108 107 104 102 101 9.0 9.2 8.6 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6
Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 53 55 56 56 54 8.9 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.1
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 28 28 28 27 27 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.1 7.2
Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 24 25 25 25 24 9.0 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.8 7.8
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 35 37 40 40 40 40 9.5 9.6 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.0
Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . 38 40 41 44 40 40 8.9 9.1 9.2 9.8 9.3 9.3 9.3
Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 12 13 12 12 9.0 9.5 9.7 9.7 9.3 9.5 7.7
Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . 38 42 44 44 44 44 8.0 8.3 8.3 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8
Massachusetts. . . . . . . 53 55 57 54 53 53 8.8 9.1 8.9 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 79 84 87 87 86 87 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.1
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . 35 38 38 38 37 37 7.9 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.6
Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . 25 27 29 29 29 28 9.8 10.0 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.4
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . 50 54 55 55 55 54 9.8 10.2 9.8 9.4 9.4 9.2 8.3
Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 8 9 8 9 8.6 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.0 9.0 7.7
Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 15 15 15 15 9.4 9.3 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.6 7.4
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 13 15 19 19 19 7.8 8.2 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.3 8.0
New Hampshire. . . . . . 8 9 10 10 10 10 7.7 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.3
New Jersey. . . . . . . . . 70 74 75 72 70 70 9.1 9.3 8.9 8.3 8.1 8.0 7.2
New Mexico. . . . . . . . . 11 13 13 15 15 15 7.0 7.4 7.4 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.6
New York. . . . . . . . . . . 169 168 158 152 149 148 9.4 9.3 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.7 6.9
North Carolina. . . . . . . 57 65 72 75 75 76 8.6 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.3
North Dakota. . . . . . . . 6 6 6 6 6 6 8.9 9.3 9.1 9.0 9.2 8.7 6.8
Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 106 108 109 107 107 9.1 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.3 8.3
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . 30 33 35 36 35 36 9.7 10.0 10.2 10.2 9.9 10.0 9.2
Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 28 30 31 31 31 8.8 9.0 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.4 7.5
Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . 122 128 131 130 126 125 10.3 10.6 10.7 10.4 10.1 10.1 7.9
Rhode Island. . . . . . . . 10 10 10 10 10 10 9.5 9.8 9.6 9.3 9.1 9.2 7.5
South Carolina. . . . . . . 30 34 37 39 39 39 8.5 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.5
South Dakota. . . . . . . . 6 7 7 7 7 7 9.1 9.5 9.3 9.1 9.1 8.6 6.9
Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . 46 51 55 57 57 57 9.5 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.3 8.9
Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 138 150 156 157 161 7.4 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.7 7.8
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 12 13 14 14 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 6.9
Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 5 5 5 5 8.2 8.5 8.4 8.1 8.1 8.3 7.3
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 53 56 58 58 58 7.8 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.7
Washington. . . . . . . . . 37 41 44 46 46 47 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.2
West Virginia. . . . . . . . 19 20 21 21 21 21 10.8 11.1 11.7 11.4 11.4 11.6 9.5
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . 43 45 46 47 46 46 8.7 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.3 7.3
Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 4 4 4 4 7.1 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.2 8.0
Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . 26 30 28 30 28 28 7.3 8.1 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . (Z) 1 1 1 1 1 4.6 5.8 5.3 6.1 5.7 6.4 7.0
Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.5 6.9
American Samoa. . . . (NA) (NA) (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) (NA) (NA) 3.3 4.4 4.6 3.9 10.5
Northern Marianas . . (NA) (NA) (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) (NA) (NA) 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.6 9.1
NA Not available. Z Less than 500. 1 Rates based on enumerated resident population as of April 1 for 1990 and 2000;
estimated resident population as of July 1 for all other years. 2 See text, this section.
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Table 112. Fetal and Infant Deaths: 1990 to 2005
[The term “fetal death” defined on an all inclusive basis to end confusion arising from the use of such terms as stillbirth,
spontaneous abortion, and miscarriage have been adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as the nationally
recommended standard. Fetal deaths do not include induced terminations of pregnancy. See also Appendix III]
Fetal deaths 1 Infant deaths Fetal mortality rate 2 Perinatal mortality rate
Year 20 to 27 28 weeks Less than Less than 20–27 28 weeks Defi- Defi-
Total 1
weeks 3
or more 3
7 days 28 days Total 1
weeks 3
or more 3
nition I 4 nition II 5
1990. . . . . . 31,386 13,427 17,959 19,439 23,591 7.49 3.22 4.30 8.95 13.12
1995. . . . . . 27,294 13,043 14,251 15,483 19,186 6.95 3.33 3.64 7.60 11.84
1996. . . . . . 27,069 12,990 14,079 14,947 18,556 6.91 3.33 3.60 7.43 11.64
1997. . . . . . 26,486 12,800 13,686 14,827 18,507 6.78 3.29 3.51 7.32 11.51
1998. . . . . . 26,702 13,229 13,473 15,061 18,915 6.73 3.35 3.41 7.21 11.50
1999. . . . . . 26,884 13,457 13,427 14,874 18,700 6.74 3.39 3.38 7.12 11.44
2000. . . . . . 27,003 13,497 13,506 14,893 18,733 6.61 3.31 3.32 6.97 11.19
2001. . . . . . 26,373 13,122 13,251 14,622 18,275 6.51 3.25 3.28 6.90 11.02
2002. . . . . . 25,943 13,072 12,871 15,020 18,791 6.41 3.24 3.19 6.91 11.05
2003. . . . . . 25,653 13,168 12,485 15,152 18,935 6.23 3.21 3.04 6.74 10.83
2004. . . . . . 25,655 12,894 12,761 14,836 18,602 6.20 3.13 3.09 6.69 10.70
2005. . . . . . 25,894 13,327 12,567 15,013 18,782 6.22 3.21 3.03 6.64 10.73
1
Fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more. 2 Rate per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths in specified
group. 3 Not stated gestational age proportionally distributed. 4 Infant deaths of less than 7 days and fetal deaths with stated or
presumed period of gestation of 28 weeks or more, per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths. 5 Infant deaths of less than 28 days and
fetal deaths with stated or presumed period of gestation of 20 weeks or more per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Fetal and Perinatal Mortality, U.S.,
2005, Vol. 57. No. 8, January 2009.
Table 113. Infant, Neonatal, and Maternal Mortality Rates by Race:

1980 to 2006
[Deaths per 1,000 live births, except as noted. Data based on death certificates, fetal death records, and birth certificates. Excludes
deaths of nonresidents of the United States. See also Appendix III]
Neonatal 1 Fetal Late fetal Perinatal Maternal
Race and year Under 28 Under Post- mortality mortality mortality mortality
Infant 1
days 7 days neonatal 1 rate 2 rate 3 rate 4 rate 5
ALL RACES
1980. . . . . . . . . . 12.6 8.5 7.1 4.1 9.1 6.2 13.2 9.2
1990. . . . . . . . . . 9.2 5.8 4.8 3.4 7.5 4.3 9.1 8.2
1995. . . . . . . . . . 7.6 4.9 4.0 2.7 7.0 3.6 7.6 7.1
2000. . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.6 3.7 2.3 6.6 3.3 7.0 9.8
2001. . . . . . . . . . 6.8 4.5 3.6 2.3 6.5 3.3 6.9 9.9
2002. . . . . . . . . . 7.0 4.7 3.7 2.3 6.4 3.2 6.9 8.9
2003. . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.6 3.7 2.2 6.2 3.0 6.7 6
12.1
2004. . . . . . . . . . 6.8 4.5 3.6 2.3 6.2 3.1 6.7 6
13.1
2005. . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.5 3.6 2.3 6.2 3.0 6.6 6
15.1
2006. . . . . . . . . . 6.7 4.5 (NA) 2.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 13.3
WHITE 7
1980. . . . . . . . . . 10.9 7.4 6.1 3.5 8.1 5.7 11.8 6.7
1990. . . . . . . . . . 7.6 4.8 3.9 2.8 6.4 3.8 7.7 5.4
1995. . . . . . . . . . 6.3 4.1 3.3 2.2 5.9 3.3 6.5 4.2
2000. . . . . . . . . . 5.7 3.8 3.0 1.9 5.6 2.9 5.9 7.5
2001. . . . . . . . . . 5.7 3.8 3.0 1.9 5.5 2.9 5.9 7.2
2002. . . . . . . . . . 5.8 3.9 3.1 1.9 5.5 2.8 5.9 6.0
2003. . . . . . . . . . 5.7 3.9 3.1 1.8 5.2 2.7 5.8 6
8.7
2004. . . . . . . . . . 5.7 3.8 3.0 1.9 5.3 (NA) (NA) 6
9.3
2005. . . . . . . . . . 5.7 3.8 3.0 1.9 5.3 (NA) (NA) 6
11.1
2006. . . . . . . . . . 5.6 3.7 (NA) 1.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 9.5
BLACK 7
1980. . . . . . . . . . 22.2 14.6 12.3 7.6 14.7 9.1 21.3 21.5
1990. . . . . . . . . . 18.0 11.6 9.7 6.4 13.3 6.7 16.4 22.4
1995. . . . . . . . . . 15.1 9.8 8.2 5.3 12.7 5.7 13.8 22.1
2000. . . . . . . . . . 14.1 9.4 7.6 4.7 12.4 5.4 13.0 22.0
2001. . . . . . . . . . 14.0 9.2 7.6 4.8 12.1 5.3 12.8 24.7
2002. . . . . . . . . . 14.4 9.5 7.8 4.8 11.9 5.2 12.8 24.9
2003. . . . . . . . . . 14.0 9.4 7.5 4.6 12.0 5.1 12.4 6
30.5
2004. . . . . . . . . . 13.8 9.1 7.3 4.7 11.5 (NA) (NA) 6
34.7
2005. . . . . . . . . . 13.7 9.1 7.3 4.7 11.4 (NA) (NA) 6
36.5
2006. . . . . . . . . . 13.3 8.8 (NA) 4.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 32.7
NA Not available. 1 Infant (under 1 year of age), neonatal (under 28 days), early neonatal (under 7 days), and postneonatal
(28 days–11 months). 2 Number of fetal deaths of 20 weeks or more gestation per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths. 3 Number
of fetal deaths of 28 weeks or more gestation (late fetal deaths) per 1,000 live births plus late fetal deaths. 4 Number of late fetal
deaths plus infant deaths within 7 days of birth per 1,000 live births plus late fetal deaths. 5 Per 100,000 live births from deliveries
and complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium. Beginning 2000, deaths are classified according to the tenth
revision of the International Classification of Diseases; earlier years classified according to the revision in use at the time; see text,
this section. 6 Increase partially reflects the use of a separate item on the death certificate on pregnancy status by an increasing
number of states. 7 Infant deaths are tabulated by race of decedent; fetal deaths and live births are tabulated by race of mother.

Table 114. Infant Mortality Rates by Race, States, and Island Areas:
1980 to 2007
[Deaths per 1,000 live births, by place of residence. Represents deaths of infants under 1 year old, exclusive of fetal deaths.
Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. See headnote 112 and Appendix III]
Total 1 White Black
State
1980 1990 2000 2007 1980 1990 2000 2007 1980 1990 2000 2007
United States. . . . . . . 12.6 9.2 6.9 6.8 10.9 7.6 5.7 5.6 22.2 18.0 14.1 13.2
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 10.8 9.4 9.9 11.6 8.1 6.6 8.0 21.6 16.0 15.4 14.4
Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 10.5 6.8 6.5 9.4 7.6 5.8 5.2 19.5 (B) (B) (B)
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 8.8 6.7 6.8 11.8 7.8 6.2 6.5 18.4 20.6 17.6 15.0
Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 9.2 8.4 7.7 10.3 8.4 7.0 6.5 20.0 13.9 13.7 13.2
California. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 7.9 5.4 5.2 10.6 7.0 5.1 4.9 18.0 16.8 12.9 12.4
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 8.8 6.2 6.1 9.8 7.8 5.6 5.9 19.1 19.4 19.5 13.2
Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . 11.2 7.9 6.6 6.6 10.2 6.3 5.6 5.9 19.1 17.6 14.4 12.1
Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 10.1 9.2 7.5 9.8 9.7 7.9 6.1 27.9 20.1 14.8 11.8
District of Columbia. . . . 25.0 20.7 12.0 13.1 17.8 (B) (B) 8.5 26.7 24.6 16.1 16.6
Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 9.6 7.0 7.1 11.8 6.7 5.4 5.5 22.8 16.8 12.6 12.2
Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 12.4 8.5 8.0 10.8 7.4 5.9 5.6 21.0 18.3 13.9 12.8
Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 6.7 8.1 6.5 11.6 6.1 6.5 6.1 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 8.7 7.5 6.8 10.7 8.6 7.5 6.6 (NA) (B) (B) (B)
Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 10.7 8.5 6.7 11.7 7.9 6.6 5.2 26.3 22.4 17.1 14.2
Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 9.6 7.8 7.6 10.5 7.9 6.9 6.6 23.4 17.4 15.8 16.0
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 8.1 6.5 5.5 11.5 7.9 6.0 5.3 27.2 21.9 21.1 11.6
Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 8.4 6.8 7.9 9.5 8.0 6.4 7.0 20.6 17.7 12.2 19.0
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 8.5 7.2 6.7 12.0 8.2 6.7 6.0 22.0 14.3 12.7 12.7
Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.3 11.1 9.0 9.2 10.5 8.1 5.9 6.1 20.6 16.7 13.3 14.1
Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 6.2 4.9 6.3 9.4 6.7 4.8 6.3 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 9.5 7.6 8.0 11.6 6.8 4.8 4.8 20.4 17.1 13.2 13.6
Massachusetts. . . . . . . . 10.5 7.0 4.6 4.9 10.1 6.1 4.0 4.5 16.8 11.9 9.9 8.8
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 10.7 8.2 7.9 10.6 7.4 6.0 6.1 24.2 21.6 18.2 16.4
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 7.3 5.6 5.6 9.6 6.7 4.8 4.7 20.0 23.7 14.6 11.7
Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 12.1 10.7 10.0 11.1 7.4 6.8 6.7 23.7 16.2 15.3 13.9
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 9.4 7.2 7.5 11.1 7.9 5.9 5.9 20.7 18.2 14.7 16.5
Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 9.0 6.1 6.4 11.8 6.0 5.5 5.9 (NA) (B) (B) (B)
Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 8.3 7.3 6.8 10.7 6.9 6.4 6.1 25.2 18.9 20.3 14.0
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 8.4 6.5 6.4 10.0 8.2 6.0 6.0 20.6 14.2 12.7 12.4
New Hampshire. . . . . . . 9.9 7.1 5.7 5.4 9.9 6.0 5.5 5.3 22.5 (B) (B) (B)
New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . 12.5 9.0 6.3 5.2 10.3 6.4 5.0 4.1 21.9 18.4 13.6 11.0
New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . 11.5 9.0 6.6 6.3 11.3 7.6 6.3 6.0 23.1 (B) (B) (B)
New York. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 9.6 6.4 5.6 10.8 7.4 5.4 5.0 20.0 18.1 10.9 8.8
North Carolina. . . . . . . . 14.5 10.6 8.6 8.5 12.1 8.0 6.3 6.4 20.0 16.5 15.7 15.1
North Dakota. . . . . . . . . 12.1 8.0 8.1 7.5 11.7 7.2 7.5 6.8 27.5 (B) (B) (B)
Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 9.8 7.6 7.7 11.2 7.8 6.3 6.3 23.0 19.5 15.4 14.8
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 9.2 8.5 8.5 12.1 9.1 7.9 7.3 21.8 14.3 16.9 18.0
Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 8.3 5.6 5.8 12.2 7.0 5.5 5.7 15.9 (B) (B) (B)
Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . 13.2 9.6 7.1 7.6 11.9 7.4 5.8 6.1 23.1 20.5 15.7 15.1
Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . 11.0 8.1 6.3 7.4 10.9 7.0 5.9 6.5 (B) (B) (B) 16.0
South Carolina. . . . . . . . 15.6 11.7 8.7 8.6 10.8 8.1 5.4 6.0 22.9 17.3 14.8 13.7
South Dakota. . . . . . . . . 10.9 10.1 5.5 6.4 9.0 8.0 4.3 5.6 (NA) (B) (B) (B)
Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 10.3 9.1 8.3 11.9 7.3 6.8 6.4 19.3 17.9 18.0 15.7
Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 8.1 5.7 6.3 11.2 6.7 5.1 5.7 18.8 14.7 11.4 11.5
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 7.5 5.2 5.1 10.5 6.0 5.1 5.0 27.3 (B) (B) (B)
Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 6.4 6.0 5.1 10.7 5.9 6.1 4.8 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 10.2 6.9 7.8 11.9 7.4 5.4 5.8 19.8 19.5 12.4 15.4
Washington. . . . . . . . . . 11.8 7.8 5.2 4.8 11.5 7.3 4.9 4.3 16.4 20.6 9.4 10.3
West Virginia. . . . . . . . . 11.8 9.9 7.6 7.5 11.4 8.1 7.4 7.0 21.5 (B) (B) (B)
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 8.2 6.6 6.5 9.7 7.7 5.5 5.4 18.5 19.0 17.2 15.2
Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 8.6 6.7 7.4 9.3 7.5 6.5 6.7 25.9 (B) (B) (B)
Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 9.7 8.5 (NA) (NA) 10.2 9.1 (NA) (NA) (B) (B)
Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 13.4 (B) (NA) (NA) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Guam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 5.8 10.3 (NA) (NA) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
American Samoa. . . . . (NA) (NA) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Northern Marianas . . . (NA) (NA) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
B Base figure too small to meet statistical standards for reliability. NA Not available. 1 Includes other races, not shown
separately.
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Table 115. Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Major Causes: 1960 to 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population; see headnote, Table 107. Beginning 1999, deaths classified according to tenth revision of
International Classification of Diseases (ICD); for earlier years, causes of death were classified according to the revisions then in
use. Changes in classification of causes of death due to these revisions may result in discontinuities in cause-of-death trends.
See Appendix III]
Chronic Nephritis,
Dis- Malignant lower Influenza nephrotic Inten-
Year eases neo- Cerebro- res- Alz- Dia- and syndrome tional
of the plasms vascular piratory Acci- heimer’s betes pneu- and self-harm
heart (cancer) diseases diseases dents 1 disease mellitus monia nephrosis (suicide)
1960. . . . . 559.0 193.9 177.9 12.5 63.1 (NA) 22.5 53.7 10.6 12.5
1961. . . . . 545.3 193.4 173.1 12.6 60.6 (NA) 22.1 43.4 10.0 12.2
1962. . . . . 556.9 193.3 174.0 14.2 62.9 (NA) 22.6 47.1 9.6 12.8
1963. . . . . 563.4 194.7 173.9 16.5 64.0 (NA) 23.1 55.6 9.2 13.0
1964. . . . . 543.3 193.6 167.0 16.3 64.1 (NA) 22.5 45.4 8.9 12.7
1965. . . . . 542.5 195.6 166.4 18.3 65.8 (NA) 22.9 46.8 8.3 13.0
1966. . . . . 541.2 196.5 165.8 19.2 67.6 (NA) 23.6 47.9 7.9 12.7
1967. . . . . 524.7 197.3 159.3 19.2 66.2 (NA) 23.4 42.2 7.3 12.5
1968. . . . . 531.0 198.8 162.5 20.7 65.5 (NA) 25.3 52.8 6.1 12.4
1969. . . . . 516.8 198.5 155.4 20.9 64.9 (NA) 25.1 47.9 6.0 12.7
1970. . . . . 492.7 198.6 147.7 21.3 62.2 (NA) 24.3 41.7 5.5 13.1
1971. . . . . 492.9 199.3 147.6 21.8 60.3 (NA) 23.9 38.4 5.2 13.1
1972. . . . . 490.2 200.3 147.3 22.8 60.2 (NA) 23.7 41.3 5.2 13.3
1973. . . . . 482.0 200.0 145.2 23.6 59.3 (NA) 23.0 41.2 5.0 13.1
1974. . . . . 458.8 201.5 136.8 23.2 52.7 (NA) 22.1 35.5 4.7 13.2
1975. . . . . 431.2 200.1 123.5 23.7 50.8 (NA) 20.3 34.9 4.7 13.6
1976. . . . . 426.9 202.5 117.4 24.9 48.7 (NA) 19.5 38.8 4.9 13.2
1977. . . . . 413.7 203.5 110.4 24.7 48.8 (NA) 18.2 31.0 4.8 13.7
1978. . . . . 409.9 204.9 103.7 26.3 48.9 (NA) 18.3 34.5 4.8 12.9
1979. . . . . 401.6 204.0 97.1 25.5 46.5 (NA) 17.5 26.1 8.6 12.6
1980. . . . . 412.1 207.9 96.4 28.3 46.4 (NA) 18.1 31.4 9.1 12.2
1981. . . . . 397.0 206.4 89.5 29.0 43.4 0.9 17.6 30.0 9.1 12.3
1982. . . . . 389.0 208.3 84.2 29.1 40.1 1.3 17.2 26.5 9.4 12.5
1983. . . . . 388.9 209.1 81.2 31.6 39.1 2.2 17.6 29.8 9.6 12.4
1984. . . . . 378.8 210.8 78.7 32.4 38.8 3.1 17.2 30.6 10.0 12.6
1985. . . . . 375.0 211.3 76.6 34.5 38.5 4.1 17.4 34.5 10.4 12.5
1986. . . . . 365.1 211.5 73.1 34.8 38.6 4.6 17.2 34.8 10.4 13.0
1987. . . . . 355.9 211.7 71.6 35.0 38.2 5.5 17.4 33.8 10.4 12.8
1988. . . . . 352.5 212.5 70.6 36.5 38.9 5.8 18.0 37.3 10.4 12.5
1989. . . . . 332.0 214.2 66.9 36.6 37.7 6.1 20.5 35.9 9.6 12.3
1990. . . . . 321.8 216.0 65.3 37.2 36.3 6.3 20.7 36.8 9.3 12.5
1991. . . . . 312.5 215.2 62.9 37.9 34.7 6.3 20.7 34.7 9.3 12.3
1992. . . . . 304.0 213.5 61.5 37.7 33.2 6.3 20.7 32.8 9.4 12.0
1993. . . . . 308.1 213.5 62.7 40.7 34.2 7.1 21.9 35.0 9.7 12.1
1994. . . . . 297.5 211.7 62.6 40.3 34.2 7.7 22.6 33.6 9.4 11.9
1995. . . . . 293.4 209.9 63.1 40.1 34.4 8.4 23.2 33.4 9.5 11.8
1996. . . . . 285.7 206.7 62.5 40.6 34.5 8.5 23.8 32.9 9.6 11.5
1997. . . . . 277.7 203.4 61.1 41.1 34.2 8.7 23.7 33.3 9.8 11.2
1998. . . . . 267.4 202.1 62.8 43.8 35.6 8.6 24.2 24.2 9.8 11.1
1999. . . . . 266.5 200.8 61.6 45.4 35.3 16.5 25.0 23.5 13.0 10.5
2000. . . . . 257.6 199.6 60.9 44.2 34.9 18.1 25.0 23.7 13.5 10.4
2001. . . . . 247.8 196.0 57.9 43.7 35.7 19.1 25.3 22.0 14.0 10.7
2002. . . . . 240.8 193.5 56.2 43.5 36.9 20.2 25.4 22.6 14.2 10.9
2003. . . . . 232.3 190.1 53.5 43.3 37.3 21.4 25.3 22.0 14.4 10.8
2004. . . . . 217.0 185.8 50.0 41.1 37.7 21.8 24.5 19.8 14.2 10.9
2005. . . . . 211.1 183.8 46.6 43.2 39.1 22.9 24.6 20.3 14.3 10.9
2006. . . . . 200.2 180.7 43.6 40.5 39.8 22.6 23.3 17.8 14.5 10.9
2007. . . . . 190.9 178.4 42.2 40.8 40.0 22.7 22.5 16.2 14.5 11.3
NA Not available. 1 Unintentional injuries.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2009. See also <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm>
and National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Deaths: Final Data for 2007, Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010; and unpublished data.

Table 116. Leading Causes of Deaths by Race: 2006
[Cause of death based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD), tenth edition)]
American Indian/ Asian/
White Black
Alaskan Native Pacific Islander
Cause of death Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent-
age of age of age of age of
total total total total
Deaths deaths Deaths deaths Deaths deaths Deaths deaths
All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,077,549 100.0 289,971 100.0 14,037 100.0 44,707 100.0
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545,974 26.3 72,253 24.9 2,736 19.5 10,673 23.9
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . 482,575 23.2 63,082 21.8 2,447 17.4 11,784 26.4
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . 115,864 5.6 17,045 5.9 548 3.9 3,662 8.2
Chronic lower respiratory
diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,993 5.5 7,730 2.7 508 3.6 1,352 3.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . 103,853 5.0 13,917 4.8 1,704 12.1 2,125 4.8
Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,088 3.2 4,455 1.5 169 1.2 720 1.6
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,204 2.8 12,813 4.4 811 5.8 1,621 3.6
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . 49,401 2.4 5,311 1.8 267 1.9 1,347 3.0
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and
nephrosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,793 1.7 8,397 2.9 288 2.1 866 1.9
Intentional self harm (suicide). . . . . 30,138 1.5 1,954 0.7 395 2.8 813 1.8
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,373 1.3 6,108 2.1 207 1.5 546 1.2
Chronic liver disease and
cirrhosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,191 1.2 2,349 0.8 596 4.2 419 0.9
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,860 0.4 9,032 3.1 254 1.8 427 1.0
Human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,103 0.2 6,854 2.4 69 0.5 87 0.2
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Deaths: Leading Causes for 2006,
Vol. 58, No.14, March 2010.
Table 117. Leading Causes of Deaths by Hispanic Origin: 2006

[Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race. Cause of death
based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD), tenth edition]
Hispanic Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black
Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent-
Cause of death age of age of age of age of
total total total total
Deaths deaths Deaths deaths Deaths deaths Deaths deaths
All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,004 100.0 2,288,424 100.0 1,944,617 100.0 286,581 100.0
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,921 21.7 601,431 26.3 516,883 26.6 71,461 24.9
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,633 20.0 532,404 23.3 455,978 23.4 62,475 21.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . 12,052 9.1 109,172 4.8 91,830 4.7 13,684 4.8
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . 7,005 5.3 129,892 5.7 108,886 5.6 16,882 5.9
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,287 4.7 66,008 2.9 50,950 2.6 12,671 4.4
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . 3,592 2.7 23,892 1.0 20,605 1.1 2,310 0.8
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,524 2.6 14,959 0.7 5,408 0.3 8,902 3.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . 3,310 2.5 121,035 5.3 111,559 5.7 7,657 2.7
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . 2,966 2.2 53,249 2.3 46,419 2.4 5,242 1.8
Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,804 2.1 11,494 0.5 6,042 0.3 4,906 1.7
nephrosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,592 1.9 42,668 1.9 33,208 1.7 8,334 2.9
Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,399 1.8 69,948 3.1 64,660 3.3 4,422 1.5
Intentional self harm (suicide). . . . . . . 2,177 1.6 31,035 1.4 27,952 1.4 1,909 0.7
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,829 1.4 32,331 1.4 25,556 1.3 6,045 2.1
Human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 1.2 10,427 0.5 3,519 0.2 6,767 2.4
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Deaths: Leading Causes for 2006,
Vol. 58, Number 14, March 2010.

Table 118. Deaths and Death Rates by Selected Causes: 2006 and 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population. Figures are weighted data rounded to the nearest individual, so categories may not add to total
or subtotal. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Deaths classified according to tenth revision of International
Classification of Diseases (ICD). See also Appendix III]
2006 2007
Cause of death Age- Age-
adjusted adjusted
Number Rate rate 1 Number Rate rate 1
All causes 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,426,264 810.4 776.5 2,423,712 803.6 760.2
Major cardiovascular diseases 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823,746 275.1 261.2 806,156 267.3 249.9

Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631,636 211.0 200.2 616,067 204.3 190.9
Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic
heart disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,257 1.1 1.1 3,201 1.1 1.0
Hypertensive heart disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,788 9.9 9.4 30,780 10.2 9.5
Hypertensive heart and renal disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,918 1.0 0.9 2,987 1.0 0.9
Ischemic heart disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425,425 142.1 134.9 406,351 134.7 126.0
Acute myocardial infarction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,462 47.2 45.0 132,968 44.1 41.4
Other heart diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,248 56.9 53.9 172,748 57.3 53.4
Heart failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,337 20.2 18.9 56,565 18.8 17.3
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive
renal disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,855 8.0 7.5 23,965 7.9 7.4
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,119 45.8 43.6 135,952 45.1 42.2
Atherosclerosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,652 2.9 2.7 8,232 2.7 2.5
Malignant neoplasms 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,888 187.0 180.7 562,875 186.6 178.4
Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx . . . . . . 7,720 2.6 2.5 8,067 2.7 2.5
Malignant neoplasms of esophagus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,686 4.6 4.4 13,592 4.5 4.3
Malignant neoplasms of stomach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,345 3.8 3.7 11,388 3.8 36.0
Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus . . . . . . . . . 53,549 17.9 17.2 53,586 17.8 16.9
Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts . . . 16,525 5.5 5.3 17,146 5.7 5.4
Malignant neoplasms of pancreas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,454 11.2 10.8 34,117 11.3 10.8
Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung . . . . . . 158,664 53.0 51.5 158,760 52.6 50.6
Malignant melanoma of skin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,441 2.8 2.7 8,461 2.8 2.7
Malignant neoplasm of breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,210 13.8 13.2 40,970 13.6 12.9
Malignant neoplasm of ovary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,857 5.0 4.8 14,621 4.8 4.6
Malignant neoplasm of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,372 9.5 9.2 29,093 9.6 9.2
Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis. . . . . . . . . . 12,379 4.1 4.0 12,703 4.2 4.0
Malignant neoplasms of bladder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,474 4.5 4.3 13,843 4.6 4.4
Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts
of central nervous system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,886 4.3 4.2 13,234 4.4 4.2
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and
related tissue 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,045 18.4 17.9 54,991 18.2 17.6
Non-Hodgkins’ lymphoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,594 6.9 6.7 20,528 6.8 6.5
Leukemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,944 7.3 7.1 21,825 7.2 7.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,599 40.6 39.8 123,706 41.0 40.0
Transport accidents 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,412 16.2 16.0 46,844 15.5 15.3
Motor vehicle accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,316 15.1 15.0 43,945 14.6 14.4
Nontransport accidents 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,187 24.4 23.8 76,862 25.5 24.6
Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,823 7.0 6.6 22,631 7.5 7.0
Accidental drowning and submersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,579 1.2 1.2 3,443 1.1 1.1
Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames. . . . . . . . . . 3,109 1.0 1.0 3,286 1.1 1.1
Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious
substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,531 9.2 9.1 29,846 9.9 9.8
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,583 41.6 40.5 127,924 42.4 40.8
Emphysema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,551 4.2 4.1 12,790 4.2 4.1
Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,613 1.2 1.2 3,447 1.1 1.1
Influenza and pneumonia 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,326 18.8 17.8 52,717 17.5 16.2
Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,477 18.5 17.5 52,306 17.3 16.1
Septicemia (blood poisoning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,234 11.4 11.0 34,828 11.5 11.0
Viral hepatitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,250 2.4 2.3 7,407 2.5 2.3
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,113 4.0 4.0 11,295 3.7 3.7
Anemias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,996 1.3 1.3 4,829 1.6 1.5
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,449 24.2 23.3 71,382 23.7 22.5
Nutritional deficiencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,556 0.9 0.8 2,852 0.9 0.9
Malnutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,377 0.8 0.7 2,644 0.9 0.8
Parkinson’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,566 6.5 6.3 20,058 6.7 6.4
Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,432 24.2 22.6 74,632 24.7 22.7
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,555 9.2 8.8 29,165 9.7 9.1
Alcoholic liver disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,050 4.4 4.1 14,406 4.8 4.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 45,344 15.1 14.5 46,448 15.4 14.5
Renal failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,344 14.5 13.9 43,263 14.3 13.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,300 11.1 10.9 34,598 11.5 11.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms. . . . 16,883 5.6 5.5 17,352 5.8 5.6
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,573 6.2 6.2 18,361 6.1 6.1
Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,791 4.3 4.3 12,632 4.2 4.2
Events of undetermined intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,131 1.7 1.7 5,381 1.8 1.8
Drug-induced deaths 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,396 12.8 12.7 38,371 12.7 12.6

Alcohol-induced deaths 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,073 7.4 7.0 23,199 7.7 7.3
See text, this section. 2 Includes other causes, not shown separately. 3 Included in selected categories.
1
Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010.

Table 119. Deaths by Age and Selected Causes: 2007
[Deaths are classified according to the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases. See Appendix III]
All Under 1 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 to 84 85 years
Cause of death
ages 1 year years years years years years years years years years and over
All causes 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,423,712 29,138 4,703 6,147 33,982 42,572 79,606 184,686 287,110 389,238 652,682 713,647
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,828 283 78 74 160 297 910 2,431 4,231 6,345 10,403 9,614
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,295 5 4 10 160 1,091 3,572 4,156 1,721 448 109 16
Malignant neoplasms 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,875 72 364 959 1,653 3,463 13,288 50,167 103,171 138,466 163,608 87,656
Malignant neoplasm of esophagus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,592 – – – 5 28 246 1,452 3,379 3,726 3,376 1,380
Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum, and anus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,586 – – 1 35 275 1,302 4,793 9,058 11,634 15,417 11,069
Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,146 6 19 25 38 90 368 2,503 4,181 3,884 4,266 1,766
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,117 – – 2 5 52 538 2,808 6,507 8,671 10,317 5,217
Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus, and lung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,760 1 1 4 25 135 1,852 12,480 31,216 48,157 48,358 16,528
Malignant neoplasm of breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,970 – – – 15 344 2,184 5,990 8,756 8,179 9,075 6,426
Malignant neoplasm of ovary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,621 – – – 28 79 352 1,532 2,997 3,616 3,946 2,071
Malignant neoplasm of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,093 – 1 – 1 1 21 428 2,271 5,716 11,257 9,397
Malignant neoplasm of bladder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,843 1 – – – 7 93 570 1,564 2,817 5,009 3,782
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue 2 . . . . 54,991 26 111 352 630 771 1,464 3,606 7,694 12,223 17,884 10,228
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,528 2 5 33 133 206 516 1,392 2,922 4,476 6,868 3,975
Leukemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,825 21 106 314 428 438 657 1,362 2,801 4,611 6,858 4,228
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,382 7 5 21 168 610 1,984 5,753 11,304 15,112 21,189 15,227
Parkinson’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,058 – – – 2 2 12 60 396 2,310 9,363 7,911
Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,632 – – – – 1 8 95 728 3,984 23,009 46,804
Major cardiovascular diseases 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806,156 571 230 338 1,369 3,950 14,867 46,280 80,797 115,623 229,050 313,044
Diseases of heart 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616,067 424 173 241 1,084 3,223 11,839 37,434 65,527 89,589 171,257 235,249
Hypertensive heart disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,780 1 1 – 44 338 1,372 3,604 4,487 4,009 6,324 10,598
Ischemic heart diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406,351 24 8 21 151 1,048 6,219 24,390 46,164 63,027 116,152 149,126

Acute myocardial infarction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,968 10 4 11 54 400 2,402 9,467 17,835 23,441 37,629 41,711
Heart failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,565 21 11 12 43 87 317 1,073 2,758 5,749 15,935 30,558
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . . . . 23,965 1 1 – 23 85 384 1,235 2,124 3,133 6,442 10,536
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,952 132 52 83 195 505 2,133 6,385 10,500 18,007 41,979 55,975
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,717 222 109 103 163 331 784 1,909 3,152 5,547 14,859 25,535
Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,306 209 90 68 153 322 771 1,890 3,115 5,509 14,780 25,396
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,924 43 57 118 149 263 796 4,153 12,777 28,664 48,041 32,857
Emphysema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,790 3 – 1 1 10 60 486 1,590 3,294 4,835 2,509
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,988 10 8 16 47 70 154 436 884 1,724 5,187 8,451
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,165 4 4 – 30 384 2,570 8,212 8,004 5,167 3,694 1,093
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,448 144 22 24 86 261 754 2,233 4,440 7,752 14,711 16,021
Renal failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,263 138 16 18 77 237 696 2,091 4,205 7,330 13,718 14,737
Accidents (unintentional injuries) 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,706 1,285 1,588 2,194 15,897 14,977 16,931 20,315 12,193 8,753 13,736 15,803
Transport accidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,844 127 581 1,374 10,928 7,452 6,829 7,199 4,838 3,194 2,983 1,326
Motor vehicle accidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,945 124 551 1,285 10,568 7,087 6,370 6,530 4,359 2,940 2,845 1,277
Nontransport accidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,862 1,158 1,007 820 4,969 7,525 10,102 13,116 7,355 5,559 10,753 14,477
Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,631 24 36 32 233 334 593 1,304 1,739 2,594 6,552 9,188
Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,846 19 34 81 3,159 5,700 7,575 9,006 3,120 602 355 192
Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,598 (NA) (NA) 184 4,140 5,278 6,722 7,778 5,069 2,444 2,119 858
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,361 352 398 346 5,551 4,758 3,052 2,140 980 411 268 80
Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,632 15 48 201 4,669 3,751 2,038 1,159 446 185 88 23
Enterocolitis due to clostridium difficile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,372 4 1 1 4 14 31 107 313 876 2,338 2,647
– Represents zero. NA Not available. 1 Includes persons with age not stated, not shown separately. 2 Includes other causes, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports, Deaths: Final Data for 2007, Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010.

Table 120. Deaths and Death Rates by Leading Causes of Death and Age: 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data are based on the tenth revision of the International Classification of
Diseases (ICD). See Appendix III]
Age and cause of death Number Rate Age and cause of death Number Rate
ALL AGES 1 Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,931 39.2
All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,423,712 803.6 Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,288 30.8
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616,067 204.3 Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,839 27.4
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,875 186.6 Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . 6,722 15.6
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,952 45.1 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 127,924 42.4 disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,572 8.3
Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . . . . 123,706 41.0 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,052 7.1
Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,632 24.7 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . 2,570 6.0
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,382 23.7 Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,133 4.9
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,717 17.5 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,984 4.6
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 2.1
nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,448 15.4
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,828 11.5 45 TO 54 YEARS
All causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,686 420.9
1 TO 4 YEARS Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,167 114.3
All causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,703 28.6 Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,434 85.3
Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . . . . 1,588 9.6 Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,315 46.3
Congenital malformations, deformations Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . . . . 8,212 18.7
and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . . 546 3.3 Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . 7,778 17.7
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 2.2 Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,385 14.6
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 2.4 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,753 13.1
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 1.1 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 0.7 disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,156 9.5
Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 0.5 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 4,153 9.5
Certain conditions originating in the Viral hepatitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,815 6.4
perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 0.4 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,140 4.9
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 5.5
and neoplasms of uncertain or 55 TO 64 YEARS
unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 0.4 All causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,110 877.7
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 0.3 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,171 315.4
5 TO 14 YEARS Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,527 200.3
All causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,147 15.3 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 12,777 39.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . . . . 2,194 5.5 Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . . . . 12,193 37.3
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959 2.4 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,304 34.6
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 0.9 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,500 32.1
Congenital malformations, deformations Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . 8,004 24.5
and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . . 374 0.9 Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . 5,069 15.5
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 0.6 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and
Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . 184 0.5 nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,440 13.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 118 0.3 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,231 12.9
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms 65 TO 74 YEARS
and neoplasms of uncertain or All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,238 2,011.3
unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 0.2 Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,466 715.5
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 0.2 Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,589 462.9
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 0.2 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 28,664 148.1
15 TO 24 YEARS Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,007 93.0
All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,982 79.9 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,112 78.1
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,551 13.1 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and
Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . 4,140 9.7 nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,752 40.1
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,653 3.9 Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,345 32.8
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084 2.6 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,547 28.7
Congenital malformations, deformations Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . . . . 5,167 26.7
and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . . 402 0.9 75 TO 84 YEARS
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 0.5 All causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652,682 5,011.6
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,257 1,315.0
disease (B20-B24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 0.4 Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,608 1,256.3
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 0.4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 48,041 368.9
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . 160 0.4 Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,979 322.3
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 0.4 Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,009 176.7
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 0.4 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,189 162.7
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,859 114.1
25 TO 34 YEARS Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and
All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,572 104.9 nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,711 113.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide). . . . . . . . . . 5,278 13.0 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,403 79.9
Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,758 11.7
Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,463 8.5 85 YEARS AND OVER
Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,223 7.9 All causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713,647 12,946.5
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,249 4,267.7
disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 2.7 Malignant neoplasms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,656 1,590.2
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 1.5 Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,975 1,015.5
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 1.2 Alzheimer’s disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,804 849.1
Congenital malformations, deformations Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . 32,857 596.1
1.0 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,535 463.2
and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . . 417
Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 0.8
Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 0.7 nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,021 290.6
Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,227 276.2
35 TO 44 YEARS Accidents (unintentional injuries). . . . . . . . 15,803 286.7
All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,606 184.4 Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,614 174.4
1
Includes deaths under 1 year of age.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR) Deaths: Final Data for 2007,
Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010.

Table 121. Age Adjusted Death Rates for Major Causes of Death—States and
Island Areas: 2007
[Age adjusted rates per 100,000 resident population estimated as of July 1. By place of residence. Excludes nonresidents of the
United States. Causes of death classified according to tenth revisions of International Classification of Diseases. See text,
this section and Appendix III]
Chronic Accidents Influ- Inten-

State and Malig- lower Motor enza tional
Island Areas All nant Cerebro- respira- vehicle Alz- and self-
causes Diseases neo- vascular tory acci- heimer’s Diabetes pneu- harm
of death of heart plasms diseases disease Total dents disease mellitus monia (suicide)
U.S. . . . . . . 760.2 190.9 178.4 42.2 40.8 40.0 14.4 22.7 22.5 16.2 11.3
AL . . . . . . . . 930.7 235.5 197.3 54.5 50.2 53.9 25.9 30.1 26.0 17.8 12.5
AK. . . . . . . . 755.1 147.9 179.9 44.3 44.4 55.3 15.2 20.8 23.4 12.9 22.1
AZ . . . . . . . . 682.1 152.5 152.8 32.7 40.2 49.4 17.6 29.6 17.4 13.5 16.1
AR. . . . . . . . 882.8 221.8 200.4 57.4 51.7 47.6 23.7 24.6 26.5 22.3 14.3
CA. . . . . . . . 674.2 177.9 161.7 42.2 37.4 31.9 11.7 24.3 21.8 18.9 9.8
CO. . . . . . . . 700.8 145.3 153.7 39.0 49.1 44.2 12.3 27.8 16.7 14.3 16.4
CT. . . . . . . . 694.1 171.0 170.7 34.2 33.1 35.8 8.7 16.9 15.8 17.6 7.4
DE. . . . . . . . 773.6 200.2 193.9 39.4 40.1 34.8 13.6 20.9 23.4 12.2 10.7
DC. . . . . . . . 866.9 239.4 199.1 36.9 22.4 32.4 8.9 21.8 25.2 13.2 5.8
FL . . . . . . . . 685.9 162.4 166.6 33.6 36.7 46.5 18.1 16.2 21.1 8.6 13.3
GA. . . . . . . . 839.8 203.0 181.8 49.7 43.8 44.2 18.5 25.3 19.5 18.3 10.7
HI. . . . . . . . . 607.4 140.2 146.2 39.6 19.3 33.3 10.3 14.1 18.5 11.6 9.7
ID. . . . . . . . . 734.6 164.1 165.6 43.2 46.6 43.1 18.5 28.2 22.7 15.1 15.1
IL. . . . . . . . . 759.8 192.8 185.9 43.9 36.7 33.4 10.6 19.9 21.8 18.8 8.5
IN. . . . . . . . . 809.9 203.0 193.2 45.7 49.2 38.7 14.8 24.2 23.4 16.1 12.4
IA. . . . . . . . . 718.6 174.8 177.7 42.1 44.7 37.3 15.0 27.9 20.5 18.0 10.6
KS. . . . . . . . 783.0 178.7 180.0 46.0 48.8 41.2 15.9 25.2 22.8 19.9 13.7
KY. . . . . . . . 896.9 220.9 213.5 48.1 59.0 55.1 20.0 27.1 24.1 20.1 15.1
LA . . . . . . . . 926.4 230.0 200.3 50.1 39.7 57.6 24.0 31.3 33.3 20.3 12.2
ME. . . . . . . . 773.6 172.9 191.9 40.3 44.8 41.5 14.7 27.9 21.9 14.1 13.7
MD. . . . . . . . 782.7 202.4 180.7 42.7 35.1 26.2 12.0 16.0 23.4 17.9 9.0
MA. . . . . . . . 707.5 165.5 179.8 36.5 31.6 30.8 6.7 20.9 16.6 19.5 7.6
MI. . . . . . . . . 806.1 221.5 187.3 44.3 43.6 36.1 12.0 22.1 26.3 15.0 11.0
MN. . . . . . . . 661.5 129.8 169.7 38.1 32.8 37.4 11.7 19.6 19.6 10.2 10.8
MS. . . . . . . . 943.0 266.5 200.4 53.0 47.5 61.9 31.6 26.5 21.8 18.3 13.8
MO. . . . . . . . 826.7 214.4 191.6 48.2 47.4 48.4 17.6 24.3 22.3 18.9 13.5
MT. . . . . . . . 772.7 163.1 172.1 38.5 55.0 60.2 27.6 22.1 23.1 15.8 19.4
NE. . . . . . . . 743.7 165.3 177.3 43.1 45.8 35.7 15.7 22.9 23.3 15.1 10.2
NV. . . . . . . . 803.5 200.0 180.2 38.3 47.5 48.4 16.0 12.3 12.9 18.4 18.3
NH. . . . . . . . 727.0 174.9 184.5 34.3 44.0 38.5 10.3 28.9 20.1 14.5 11.1
NJ . . . . . . . . 724.2 191.9 180.4 35.8 31.3 26.8 8.2 18.0 24.4 13.7 6.7
NM. . . . . . . . 755.9 159.2 157.3 39.2 43.6 66.7 19.2 15.5 32.7 14.6 20.4
NY. . . . . . . . 686.4 225.1 168.0 28.2 30.8 25.3 7.4 8.8 17.5 20.0 7.0
NC. . . . . . . . 834.4 191.0 189.0 50.3 47.1 48.3 20.0 27.7 23.4 18.4 11.7
ND. . . . . . . . 679.5 164.1 165.3 37.3 32.9 39.3 17.5 40.4 28.3 14.6 14.4
OH. . . . . . . . 830.8 204.8 197.9 45.3 50.7 41.1 12.1 27.4 29.1 13.3 11.0
OK. . . . . . . . 920.4 241.6 198.2 53.8 61.2 58.4 20.4 23.0 29.3 20.1 14.7
OR. . . . . . . . 753.9 156.9 179.3 43.6 46.3 41.5 13.0 27.6 27.0 11.1 15.2
PA . . . . . . . . 790.1 199.4 188.2 42.9 38.1 40.9 12.5 19.8 22.0 15.2 11.2
RI. . . . . . . . . 750.0 203.6 179.6 33.5 32.7 34.6 7.6 22.2 19.2 16.1 8.7
SC. . . . . . . . 849.7 192.9 186.7 53.4 44.0 53.0 24.2 30.9 26.2 15.8 11.7
SD. . . . . . . . 693.5 159.1 171.3 38.7 47.0 41.8 18.3 30.2 25.6 17.9 12.5
TN. . . . . . . . 885.2 220.6 200.3 53.9 49.2 52.1 21.0 35.9 26.2 22.5 13.3
TX . . . . . . . . 777.7 191.9 170.3 49.0 41.2 41.4 16.2 24.7 24.9 16.1 10.4
UT. . . . . . . . 694.2 152.1 128.8 38.9 31.9 34.4 12.4 20.5 27.6 16.0 15.4
VT . . . . . . . . 729.3 161.2 188.5 37.6 44.9 44.7 10.9 28.4 24.4 9.8 13.8
VA . . . . . . . . 770.6 182.7 182.7 44.5 37.7 38.1 13.9 23.4 19.7 16.6 11.2
WA. . . . . . . . 722.2 167.3 177.7 41.4 42.4 39.8 9.9 40.7 23.2 11.1 13.0
WV. . . . . . . . 951.7 229.4 207.6 48.9 58.6 65.9 23.6 23.1 35.5 17.8 15.9
WI . . . . . . . . 732.3 171.9 177.9 42.3 38.7 43.8 14.2 24.3 18.3 15.5 12.7
WY. . . . . . . . 802.0 178.3 174.4 39.5 56.5 57.0 25.3 21.0 26.2 20.9 19.7
PR 1. . . . . . 726.7 138.4 121.3 41.3 27.9 29.9 11.0 40.7 66.5 25.6 6.9
VI 1. . . . . . . 700.2 234.7 109.2 36.8 (S) 30.7 (S) (S) 45.4 (S) (S)
GU 1. . . . . . 694.9 228.4 122.3 50.1 23.2 26.2 16.0 (S) 44.0 (S) 16.0
AS 1. . . . . . 1,054.4 278.0 150.1 94.2 (S) (S) (S) (S) 126.1 (S) (S)
MP 1. . . . . . 913.0 167.0 239.5 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)
S Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. 1 Age-adjusted death rates for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, and Northern Marianas are calculated using different age groups in the weighting procedure. See source
“Technical Notes.”
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports, (NVSR), Deaths: Final Data for 2007,
Vol. 58, No. 19, May 2010.

Table 122. Death Rates From Heart Disease by Selected Characteristics:
1980 to 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population. See headnote Tables 107 and 115. See Appendix III]
Characteristics 1980 1990 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All ages, age adjusted 1. . . . . . . 412.1 321.8 257.6 240.8 232.3 217.0 211.1 200.2 190.9
All ages, crude rate 2. . . . . . . . . 336.0 289.5 252.6 241.7 235.6 222.2 220.0 211.0 204.3
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 20.1 13.0 12.4 11.0 10.3 8.7 8.4 10.0
1 to 4 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
15 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.6
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 7.6 7.4 7.9 8.2 7.9 8.1 8.2 7.9
35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 31.4 29.2 30.5 30.7 29.3 28.9 28.3 27.4
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.2 120.5 94.2 93.7 92.5 90.2 89.7 88.0 85.3
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.1 367.3 261.2 241.5 233.2 218.8 214.8 207.3 200.3
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218.6 894.3 665.6 615.9 585.0 541.6 518.9 490.3 462.9
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,993.1 2,295.7 1,780.3 1,677.2 1,611.1 1,506.3 1,460.8 1,383.1 1,315.0
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,777.1 6,739.9 5,926.1 5,446.8 5,278.4 4,895.9 4,778.4 4,480.8 4,267.7
Male, age adjusted 1. . . . . . . . . . 538.9 412.4 320.0 297.4 286.6 267.9 260.9 248.5 237.7
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.6 409.2 316.7 294.1 282.9 264.6 258.0 245.2 234.8
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.4 485.4 392.5 371.0 364.3 342.1 329.8 320.6 305.9
American Indian, Alaska Native. . . 320.5 264.1 222.2 201.2 203.2 182.7 173.2 170.2 159.8
Asian, Pacific Islander. . . . . . . . . . 286.9 220.7 185.5 169.8 158.3 146.5 141.1 136.3 126.0
Hispanic origin 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 270.0 238.2 219.8 206.8 193.9 192.4 175.2 165.0
Non-Hispanic, White 3 . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 413.6 319.9 297.7 286.9 268.7 262.2 250.0 239.8
Male, crude rate . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
368.6 297.6 249.8 240.7 235.0 222.8 221.1 214.0 208.4
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 21.9 13.3 12.9 12.1 10.9 9.4 8.8 10.9
1 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 1.9 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6
15 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.2
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 10.3 9.6 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.8 11.2 10.5
35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 48.1 41.4 43.1 42.8 40.9 40.7 39.5 38.6
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.6 183.0 140.2 138.4 136.2 132.3 131.5 128.9 124.6
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.8 537.3 371.7 343.4 331.7 312.8 306.9 296.8 288.8
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728.0 1,250.0 898.3 827.1 785.3 723.8 692.3 660.5 624.9
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,834.3 2,968.2 2,248.1 2,110.1 2,030.3 1,893.6 1,829.4 1,743.5 1,656.5
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,752.7 7,418.4 6,430.0 5,823.5 5,621.5 5,239.3 5,143.4 4,819.9 4,621.8
Female, age adjusted 1 . . . . . . . 320.8 257.0 210.9 197.2 190.3 177.3 172.3 162.2 154.0
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.9 250.9 205.6 192.1 185.4 172.9 168.2 158.6 150.5
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.6 327.5 277.6 263.2 253.8 236.5 228.3 212.5 204.5
American Indian, Alaska Native. . . 175.4 153.1 143.6 123.6 127.5 119.9 115.9 113.2 99.8
Asian, Pacific Islander. . . . . . . . . . 132.3 149.2 115.7 108.1 104.2 96.1 91.9 87.3 82.0
Hispanic origin 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 177.2 163.7 149.7 145.8 130.0 129.1 118.9 111.8
Non-Hispanic, White 3 . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 252.6 206.8 193.7 187.1 175.1 170.3 160.9 153.0
Female, crude rate 2. . . . . . . . . . 305.1 281.8 255.3 242.7 236.2 221.6 218.9 208.0 200.2
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0 18.3 12.5 11.8 9.8 9.7 8.0 7.9 9.0
1 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 1.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
15 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.3
35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 15.1 17.2 18.0 18.6 17.7 17.1 17.0 16.2
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.5 61.0 49.8 50.6 50.2 49.6 49.2 48.5 47.2
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.1 215.7 159.3 147.2 141.9 131.5 129.1 124.1 117.9
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.6 616.8 474.0 440.1 417.5 388.6 372.7 346.3 325.4
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,497.0 1,893.8 1,475.1 1,389.7 1,331.1 1,245.6 1,210.5 1,136.7 1,079.7
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,350.5 6,478.1 5,720.9 5,283.3 5,126.7 4,741.5 4,610.8 4,322.1 4,099.3
NA Not available. 1 Age-adjusted death rates were prepared using the direct method, in which age-specific death rates for
a population of interest are applied to a standard population distributed by age. Age adjustment eliminates the differences in
observed rates between points in time or among compared population groups that result from age differences in population
composition. 2 The total number of deaths in a given time period divided by the total resident population as of July 1. 3 Persons of
Hispanic origin may be any race. Prior to 1997 excludes data from states lacking an Hispanic-origin item on their death certificates.
See text, this section.
Table 123. Death Rates From Cerebrovascular Diseases by Sex and Age:
1990 to 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population. See headnote, Tables 107 and 115. See Appendix III]
Total Male Female
Characteristics
1990 2000 2005 2007 1990 2000 2005 2007 1990 2000 2005 2007
All ages, age adjusted 1. . 65.3 60.9 46.6 42.2 68.5 62.4 46.9 42.5 62.6 59.1 45.6 41.3
All ages, crude rate . . . .
2
57.8 59.6 48.4 45.1 46.7 46.9 38.8 36.4 68.4 71.8 57.8 53.5
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 3.3 3.1 3.1 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6
1 to 4 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 (B) 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.2 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.2 2.2 1.5 1.2 1.3
35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 5.8 5.2 4.9 6.8 5.8 5.2 5.3 6.1 5.7 5.1 4.6
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 16.0 15.0 14.6 20.5 17.5 16.5 16.2 17.0 14.5 13.6 12.9
55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 41.0 33.0 32.1 54.3 47.2 38.5 38.0 42.2 35.3 27.9 26.6
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . 144.2 128.6 101.1 93.0 166.6 145.0 113.6 105.2 126.7 115.1 90.5 82.7
75 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . 498.0 461.3 359.0 322.3 551.1 490.8 372.9 333.2 466.2 442.1 349.5 314.9
85 years and over . . . . . . . . 1,628.9 1,589.2 1,141.8 1,015.5 1,528.5 1,484.3 1,023.3 895.7 1,667.6 1,632.0 1,196.1 1,072.4
B Figure too small to meet statistical standards for reliability. 1 See footnote 1, Table 122. 2 The total number of deaths in a
given time period divided by the total resident population as of July 1.

Table 124. Death Rates From Malignant Neoplasms by Selected
Characteristics: 1990 to 2007
[Rates per 100,000 population. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Beginning 1999, deaths classified according
to tenth revision of International Classification of Diseases (ICD); for earlier years, causes of death were classified according to the
revisions then in use. Changes in classification of causes of death due to these revisions may result in discontinuities in
cause-of-death trends. For explanation of age adjustment, see text, this section. See Appendix III]
Characteristic 1990 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All ages, age adjusted 1. . . . . . . . . 216.0 199.6 190.1 185.8 183.8 180.7 178.4
All ages, crude 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.2 196.5 191.5 188.6 188.7 187.0 186.6
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
1 to 4 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2
5 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.4
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9
25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 9.8 9.4 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.5
35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 36.6 35.0 33.4 33.2 31.9 30.8
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 127.5 122.2 119.0 118.6 116.3 114.3
55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.6 366.7 343.0 333.4 326.9 321.1 315.4
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.3 816.3 770.3 755.1 742.7 727.2 715.5
75 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348.5 1,335.6 1,302.5 1,280.4 1,274.8 1,263.8 1,256.3
85 years old and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,752.9 1,819.4 1,698.2 1,653.3 1,637.7 1,606.1 1,590.2
AGE-ADJUSTED RATES
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.4 248.9 233.3 227.7 225.1 220.1 217.5

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.7 167.6 160.9 157.4 155.6 153.6 151.3
White male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.2 243.9 230.1 224.4 222.3 217.9 215.1

Black male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.9 340.3 308.8 301.2 293.7 284.9 282.3
American Indian, Alaska Native
male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.8 155.8 139.9 147.1 147.6 135.5 139.4
Asian, Pacific Islander male . . . . . . . 172.5 150.8 137.2 136.3 133.0 126.7 130.2
Hispanic male 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.7 171.7 156.5 151.2 152.7 143.4 141.4
Non-Hispanic, White male 3. . . . . . . . 276.7 247.7 234.6 229.2 227.3 223.4 (NA)
White female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.0 166.9 160.2 157.0 155.2 153.6 151.2

Black female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.9 193.8 187.7 182.5 179.6 176.1 174.9
American Indian, Alaska Native
female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 108.3 105.6 108.6 105.9 108.3 102.1
Asian, Pacific Islander female . . . . . . 103.0 100.7 96.7 92.0 94.5 92.2 90.0
Hispanic female 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.9 110.8 105.9 101.4 101.9 100.4 98.6
Non-Hispanic, White female 3 . . . . . . 177.5 170.0 163.8 160.9 159.1 157.6 (NA)
DEATH RATES FOR

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM
OF BREASTS FOR FEMALES
All ages, age adjusted 1. . . . . . . . . . 33.3 29.4 26.6 24.4 24.1 23.5 22.9
All ages, crude 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 31.3 28.9 27.5 27.3 26.9 26.5
Under 25 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.8 14.1 12.0 11.3 11.3 10.8 10.1
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.4 38.3 32.9 29.3 28.7 27.6 26.7
55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 66.8 59.2 55.8 54.5 53.7 51.3
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.7 98.3 88.9 81.6 79.2 76.9 77.3
75 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.3 137.6 128.9 119.5 119.2 119.2 116.3
85 years old and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.8 201.7 200.8 178.6 177.9 169.9 170.4
DEATH RATES FOR

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF
TRACHEA, BRONCHUS,
AND LUNG
All ages, age adjusted 1 . . . . . . . . . 37.1 41.3 41.3 40.9 40.5 40.0 50.6
All ages, crude 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 45.4 46.1 45.9 45.9 45.7 52.6
Under 25 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) 0.1
25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.5 4.3
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 25.0 24.4 24.2 24.5 24.6 28.4
55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.0 93.3 87.1 83.9 80.7 78.2 95.4
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.6 206.9 204.8 205.0 199.6 197.0 248.8
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.1 265.6 279.4 277.0 280.9 280.3 371.3
85 years old and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.1 212.8 221.0 221.3 226.2 226.9 299.8
B Base figure too small to meet statistical standards for reliability of a derived figure. NA Not available. Z Less than 0.05. 1 See
footnote 1, Table 122. 2 The total number of deaths in a given time period divided by the total population as of July 1. 3 Excludes
data from states lacking an Hispanic-origin item on their death certificates. See text, this section.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2009. See also <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm>.

Table 125. Death Rates From Suicide by Selected Characteristics:
1990 to 2007
to tenth revision of International Classification of Diseases. See Appendix III]
Characteristic 1990 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All ages, age adjusted 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 10.4 10.8 10.9 10.9 10.9 11.3
All ages, crude rate 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 10.4 10.8 11.0 11.0 11.1 11.5
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
1 to 4 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 10.2 9.7 10.3 10.0 9.9 9.7
25 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 13.4 13.8 13.9 13.7 13.8 14.3
45 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 13.5 15.0 15.4 15.4 16.0 16.8
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 12.5 12.7 12.3 12.6 12.6 12.6
75 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 17.6 16.4 16.3 16.9 15.9 16.3
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 19.6 16.9 16.4 16.9 15.9 15.6
AGE-ADJUSTED RATES
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 17.7 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.7
White male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 19.1 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.6 20.2
Black male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 10.0 9.2 9.6 9.2 9.4 8.8
American Indian, Alaska Native male. . . . . 20.1 16.0 16.6 18.7 18.9 18.3 18.1
Asian, Pacific Islander male. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 8.6 8.5 8.4 7.3 7.9 9.0
Hispanic male 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 10.3 9.7 9.8 9.4 8.8 10.1
Non-Hispanic, White male 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 20.2 21.0 21.0 21.2 21.4 21.9
White female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 4.3 4.6 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2
Black female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.4 1.7
American Indian, Alaska Native female. . . . 3.6 3.8 3.5 5.9 4.6 5.1 4.9
Asian, Pacific Islander female. . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5
Hispanic female 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.9
Non-Hispanic, White female 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.7
X Not applicable. Age-adjusted death rates were prepared using the direct method, in which age-specific death rates for
1
a population of interest are applied to a standard population distributed by age. Age adjustment eliminates the differences in
observed rates between points in time or among compared population groups that result from age differences in population
composition. 2 The total number of deaths in a given time period divided by the total resident population as of July 1.
3
Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race. Excludes data from states lacking an Hispanic-origin item on their death certificates.
Table 126. Death Rates From Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease
by Selected Characteristics
to tenth revision of International Classification of Diseases. See Appendix III]
Characteristic 1990 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All ages, age adjusted 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.7
All ages, crude 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.7
Under 1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
1 to 4 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 (B) (B) (B)
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 6.1 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.7
35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 13.1 12.0 10.9 9.9 9.2 8.3
45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 11.0 10.9 10.6 10.6 10.1 9.5
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.3
65 to 74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3
75 to 84 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
AGE-ADJUSTED RATES
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 7.9 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1
White male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.7 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.1
Black male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.3 35.1 31.3 29.2 28.2 26.3 24.5
American Indian, Alaska Native male. . . . 3.3 3.5 3.5 4.3 4.0 3.3 3.6
Asian, Pacific Islander male. . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.8
Hispanic male 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 10.6 9.2 8.2 7.5 7.0 6.3
Non-Hispanic, White male 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 3.8 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.5
White female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7
Black female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 13.2 12.8 13.0 12.0 12.2 11.3
American Indian, Alaska Native female. . . (B) 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7
Asian, Pacific Islander female . . . . . . . . . . (B) 0.2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Hispanic female 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 2.9 2.7 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.8
Non-Hispanic, White female 3 . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
B Base figure too small to meet statistical standards. 1 Age-adjusted death rates were prepared using the direct method, in
which age-specific death rates for a population of interest are applied to a standard population distributed by age. Age adjustment
eliminates the differences in observed rates between points in time or among compared population groups that result from age
differences in population composition. 2 The total number of deaths in a given time period divided by the total resident population
as of July 1. 3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race. Excludes data from states lacking an Hispanic-origin item on their death
certificates.

Table 127. Deaths—Life Years Lost and Mortality Costs by Age, Sex, and
Cause: 2007
[2,424 represents 2,424,000. Life years lost: Number of years person would have lived in absence of death. Mortality cost: value of
lifetime earnings lost by persons who die prematurely]
Number of Life years lost 1 Mortality cost 2

Characteristics
deaths (1,000) Total (1,000) Per death Total (mil. dol.) Per death (dol.)
2007, total 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,424 40,818 16.8 583,618 240,815
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2,624 77.5 38,535 1,138,699
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 432 70.3 8,496 1,382,118
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2,021 59.5 57,179 1,682,634
25 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 5,437 44.5 169,893 1,390,540
45 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 12,842 31.4 260,417 636,449
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,818 17,462 9.6 49,098 27,004
Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 8,163 13.3 92,451 150,073
Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 10,573 18.8 146,054 259,482
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . 136 1,598 11.8 14,866 109,352
Accidents and adverse effects. . . 124 4,112 33.3 104,100 841,739
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 16,372 16.6 226,147 229,594
Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204 21,809 18.1 414,563 344,375
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1,426 75.3 23,427 1,237,768
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 244 68.2 5,370 1,497,810
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1,473 58.2 44,863 1,772,114
25 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 3,461 43.3 122,768 1,536,573
45 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 7,480 26.0 183,288 636,255
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 7,725 9.8 34,847 44,221
Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 4,500 14.5 71,307 230,172
Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 5,709 19.5 100,577 343,440
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . 54 629 11.6 9,374 173,243
Accidents and adverse effects. . . 80 2,780 34.8 80,665 1,010,899
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 8,191 17.5 152,640 326,672
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220 19,009 15.6 169,055 138,604
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1,198 80.3 15,107 1,012,972
5 to 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 188 73.3 3,126 1,220,231
15 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 549 63.3 12,316 1,421,237
25 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 1,976 46.7 47,126 1,114,587
45 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 5,362 44.3 77,129 636,911
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030 9,737 9.5 14,251 13,833
Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 3,663 12.0 21,144 69,044
Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 4,864 18.0 45,477 168,423
Cerebrovascular diseases. . . . . . 82 969 11.8 5,492 67,111
Accidents and adverse effects. . . 44 1,332 30.4 23,435 534,105
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 8,181 15.8 73,507 141,980
1
Based on life expectancy at year of death. 2 Cost estimates based on the person’s age, sex, life expectancy at the time of
death, labor force participation rates, annual earnings, value of homemaking services, and a 3 percent discount rate by which to
convert to present worth the potential aggregate earnings lost over the years. 3 Total excludes 201 deaths for which age is unknown.
Source: Wendy Max and Yanling Shi, Institute for Health & Aging, University of California San Francisco, CA., unpublished
data.
Table 128. Percent Reaching Stated Anniversary, by Sex and Year of Marriage,
for First and Second Marriages: 2004
[In percent except number of marriages. Data are for first marriages only]
Number of Anniversary 1
Sex and year of marriage marriages
(1,000) 5th 10th 15th 20th 25th 30th 35th 40th
FIRST MARRIAGES
Men
1955 to 1959. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,884 96.4 88.3 80.3 73.8 70.4 67.3 64.7 61.4
1960 to 1964 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,602 95.1 85.0 75.2 69.7 65.0 62.4 59.7 52.5
1965 to 1969 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,161 90.5 76.9 67.4 62.3 58.6 55.5 48.2 (X)
1970 to 1974 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,075 88.5 74.4 64.6 58.1 53.8 46.2 (X) (X)
1975 to 1979 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,001 88.1 73.0 65.2 59.6 49.5 (X) (X) (X)
1980 to 1984 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,625 88.7 73.7 65.3 53.8 (X) (X) (X) (X)
1985 to 1989 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,838 89.3 76.4 60.6 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
1990 to 1994 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,070 89.4 70.0 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Women
1955 to 1959. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,890 94.0 86.8 79.4 72.4 67.2 63.5 58.9 54.7
1960 to 1964 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,548 92.8 82.3 72.7 66.5 60.4 56.1 52.7 44.9
1965 to 1969 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,023 89.5 74.9 65.7 60.0 55.1 51.3 43.8 (X)
1970 to 1974 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,139 87.1 71.6 61.4 55.4 50.6 42.1 (X) (X)
1975 to 1979 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,714 85.3 70.0 61.4 55.7 46.4 (X) (X) (X)
1980 to 1984 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,058 86.5 70.7 63.1 52.4 (X) (X) (X) (X)
1985 to 1989 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,064 85.7 73.0 56.9 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
1990 to 1994 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,546 87.2 69.2 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
X Not applicable. 1 People reaching stated anniversary for specified marital order. 2 Approximately 10 percent of the cohort has
not reached the stated age by the end of the latest specified time period. Because of this, estimates for this group for the highest
anniversary are low.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Reports, “Number, Timing and Duration of
Marriages and Divorces: 2004,” <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/marr-div/2004detailed_tables.html>.

Table 129. Marriages and Divorces—Number and Rate by State: 1990 to 2008
[2,443.5 represets 2,443,500. By place of occurrence. See Appendix III]
Marriages 1 Divorces 3
Number Rate per Number Rate per
State
(1,000) 1,000 population 2 (1,000) 1,000 population 2
1990 2000 2008 1990 2000 2008 1990 2000 2008 1990 2000 2008
United States 4. . . . . 2,443.5 2,329.0 2,157.0 9.8 8.3 5.4 1,182 (NA) (NA) 4.7 4.1 (NA)
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 45.0 40.6 10.6 10.3 (NA) 25.3 23.5 20.3 6.1 5.4 (NA)
Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 5.6 5.8 10.2 8.9 (NA) 2.9 2.7 3.0 5.5 4.4 (NA)
Arizona 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 36.8 38.7 37.8 10.0 7.9 (NA) 25.1 21.6 24.0 6.9 4.4 (NA)
Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . 36.0 41.1 30.5 15.3 16.0 (NA) 16.8 17.9 15.8 6.9 6.9 (NA)
California. . . . . . . . . . . 237.1 196.9 247.0 7.9 5.9 (NA) 128.0 (NA) (NA) 4.3 (NA) (NA)
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . 32.4 35.6 36.0 9.8 8.6 (NA) 18.4 (NA) 21.0 5.5 (NA) (NA)
Connecticut. . . . . . . . . 26.0 19.4 19.1 7.9 5.9 (NA) 10.3 6.5 12.0 3.2 2.0 (NA)
Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 5.1 4.8 8.4 6.7 (NA) 3.0 3.2 3.1 4.4 4.2 (NA)
District of Columbia. . . 5.0 2.8 2.4 8.2 5.4 (NA) 2.7 1.5 1.6 4.5 3.0 (NA)
Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.8 141.9 147.9 10.9 9.3 (NA) 81.7 81.9 79.9 6.3 5.3 (NA)
Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 56.0 57.4 10.3 7.1 (NA) 35.7 30.7 (NA) 5.5 3.9 (NA)
Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 25.0 25.5 16.4 21.2 (NA) 5.2 4.6 (NA) 4.6 3.9 (NA)
Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 14.0 14.6 13.9 11.0 (NA) 6.6 6.9 7.4 6.5 5.4 (NA)
Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 85.5 74.9 8.8 7.0 (NA) 44.3 39.1 32.5 3.8 3.2 (NA)
Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 34.5 51.7 9.6 5.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 20.3 19.6 9.0 7.0 (NA) 11.1 9.4 7.8 3.9 3.3 (NA)
Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.7 22.2 18.8 9.2 8.3 (NA) 12.6 10.6 10.0 5.0 4.0 (NA)
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 49.8 39.7 33.9 13.5 10.0 (NA) 21.8 21.6 19.7 5.8 5.4 (NA)
Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 40.5 30.0 9.6 9.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 10.5 9.8 9.7 8.3 (NA) 5.3 5.8 5.6 4.3 4.6 (NA)
Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . 46.3 40.0 33.6 9.7 7.7 (NA) 16.1 17.0 16.2 3.4 3.3 (NA)
Massachusetts. . . . . . . 47.7 37.0 36.9 7.9 6.0 (NA) 16.8 18.6 12.9 2.8 3.0 (NA)
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 37.0 55.5 8.2 6.7 (NA) 40.2 39.4 33.5 4.3 4.0 (NA)
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 66.4 28.6 7.7 6.9 (NA) 15.4 14.8 (NA) 3.5 3.1 (NA)
Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . 24.3 33.4 15.2 9.4 7.1 (NA) 14.4 14.4 12.7 5.5 5.2 (NA)
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 19.7 40.1 9.6 7.9 (NA) 26.4 26.5 22.1 5.1 4.8 (NA)
Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 43.7 7.5 8.6 7.4 (NA) 4.1 2.1 4.0 5.1 2.4 (NA)
Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 6.6 12.4 8.0 7.8 (NA) 6.5 6.4 5.9 4.0 3.8 (NA)
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 13.0 112.2 99.0 76.7 (NA) 13.3 18.1 16.9 11.4 9.6 (NA)
New Hampshire. . . . . . 10.5 144.3 9.0 9.5 9.5 (NA) 5.3 7.1 5.1 4.7 5.8 (NA)
New Jersey. . . . . . . . . 58.7 11.6 46.7 7.6 6.1 (NA) 23.6 25.6 25.8 3.0 3.1 (NA)
New Mexico 5. . . . . . . . 13.3 50.4 8.0 8.8 8.3 (NA) 7.7 9.2 8.1 4.9 5.3 (NA)
New York 5. . . . . . . . . . 154.8 14.5 126.9 8.6 8.9 (NA) 57.9 62.8 53.2 3.2 3.4 (NA)
North Carolina. . . . . . . 51.9 162.0 64.3 7.8 8.5 (NA) 34.0 36.9 35.6 5.1 4.8 (NA)
North Dakota. . . . . . . . 4.8 65.6 4.3 7.5 7.3 (NA) 2.3 2.0 1.9 3.6 3.2 (NA)
Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 4.6 68.9 9.0 7.9 (NA) 51.0 49.3 38.1 4.7 4.4 (NA) C
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 88.5 26.0 10.6 4.6 (NA) 24.9 12.4 19.4 7.7 3.7 (NA) T
Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 15.6 26.1 8.9 7.8 (NA) 15.9 16.7 14.8 5.5 5.0 (NA) T
1
Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . 84.9 26.0 70.0 7.1 6.1 (NA) 40.1 37.9 34.4 3.3 3.2 (NA) T
T
Rhode Island . . . . . . . 8.1 73.2 6.5 8.1 8.0 (NA) 3.8 3.1 2.8 3.7 3.1 (NA) T
T
South Carolina. . . . . . . 55.8 8.0 33.3 15.9 10.9 (NA) 16.1 14.4 12.8 4.5 3.7 (NA) A
South Dakota. . . . . . . . 7.7 7.1 6.2 11.1 9.6 (NA) 2.6 2.7 2.4 3.7 3.6 (NA)
T
Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . 68.0 88.2 58.5 13.9 15.9 (NA) 32.3 33.8 25.5 6.5 6.1 (NA)
1
Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.6 196.4 177.0 10.5 9.6 (NA) 94.0 85.2 79.8 5.5 4.2 (NA) T
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 24.1 23.9 11.2 11.1 (NA) 8.8 9.7 10.0 5.1 4.5 (NA) T
R
Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 6.1 4.9 10.9 10.2 (NA) 2.6 5.1 2.3 4.5 8.6 (NA) T
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 62.4 56.3 11.4 9.0 (NA) 27.3 30.2 29.5 4.4 4.3 (NA) T
Washington. . . . . . . . . 46.6 40.9 41.6 9.5 7.0 (NA) 28.8 27.2 25.7 5.9 4.7 (NA) T
West Virginia. . . . . . . . 13.0 15.7 13.0 7.2 8.7 (NA) 9.7 9.3 8.9 5.3 5.2 (NA) T
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 36.1 31.4 7.9 6.8 (NA) 17.8 17.6 16.9 3.6 3.3 (NA) T
Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 4.9 4.7 10.7 10.3 (NA) 3.1 2.8 2.7 6.6 5.9 (NA) T
T
2
NA Not available. 1 Data are counts of marriages performed, except as noted. 2 Based on total population residing in area; T
population enumerated as of April 1 for 1990 and 2000; estimated as of July 1 for all other years. 3 Includes annulments. Includes T
divorce petitions filed or legal separations for some counties or states. 4 U.S. total for the number of divorces is an estimate which T
includes states not reporting. Beginning 2000, divorce rates based solely on the combined counts and populations for reporting T
T
states and the District of Columbia. 5 Some figures for marriages are marriage licenses issued. 1
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR), Births, Marriages, Divorces, and 1
Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009, Vol. 58, No. 25, August 2010, and prior reports. T
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64 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

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66 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,804 38,508 19,734 942 189 5,406 14.0 68.7

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,809 41,843 3,121 2,511 758 22,249 14.6 69.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,137 68,659 49,620 5,941 410 24,763 15.8 73.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,886 34,516 1,802 1,047 319 3,356 13.7 70.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,095 36,177 26,156 5,025 152 10,606 13.9 65.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,930 62,222 12,598 1,972 433 4,668 13.9 68.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,879 115,272 24,174 3,680 325 6,628 13.2 65.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,513 6,178 95 91 14 80 10.5 53.2

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 67

Table 85. Births to Unmarried Women by Race, Hispanic Origin, and

68 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Hispanic origin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 17.9 16.2 14.3 14.1 14.3 14.2

Hispanic origin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 40.8 42.7 46.4 48.0 49.9 51.3

Hispanic origin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.9

Table 87. Births by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Method of Delivery:

for specified category.

Table 88. Induction of Labor by Gestational Age: 1990 to 2007

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 69

70 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 71

72 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Table 97. Current Contraceptive Use by Women by Age, Race, Hispanic

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 73

Table 99. Abortions—Number and Rate by Race: 1990 to 2006

74 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 75

Table 103. Life Expectancy by Sex, Age, and Race: 2007

76 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 77

78 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.53 73.64 69.59 71.12 64.37 77.61 78.85 73.76

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 79

80 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 518 32 13 29 38 70 183 483 1,089 3,128 10,254

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 81

82 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . 26 30 28 30 28 28 7.3 8.1 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.3

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 83

Table 113. Infant, Neonatal, and Maternal Mortality Rates by Race:

84 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces 85

86 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Table 117. Leading Causes of Deaths by Hispanic Origin: 2006

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Major cardiovascular diseases 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823,746 275.1 261.2 806,156 267.3 249.9

Drug-induced deaths 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,396 12.8 12.7 38,371 12.7 12.6

88 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011

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Chronic Accidents Influ- Inten-

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