Category: out-of-wedlock births

Births: Final Data for 2018

Questions for Joyce Martin, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Births: Final Data for 2018” Q: What is new in this report from the 2018 provisional birth report? JM: In addition to providing final numbers and rates for numerous birth characteristics such as fertility rates, teen childbearing, cesarean delivery and preterm and low birthweight, this Read More >

November 27, 2019 by NCHS

home birth, multiple births, out-of-wedlock births, race/ethnicity, Reproductive Health, single mothers, Teen Births, unmarried childbearing

birth certificate, births, children, Home Births, Mothers, National Vital Statistics System, Preterm Births, Vital Statistics System

Federal report on America’s children released

Federal interagency report shows declines in preterm birth and low birthweight. Children more likely to live in poverty, less likely to have parent employed full time. These and other statistics have been compiled in America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009. It is compiled by a number of federal agencies and provides a comprehensive Read More >

July 10, 2009 by NCHS

antidepressants, Diet & Nutrition, Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Health, juvenile, out-of-wedlock births

America's Children, American children, births, children, children's health, Mothers, teenagers

Teen births increase in over one-half of states

The teen birth rate increased in more than half of all 50 states in 2006, according to an NCHS report released today. Click here for the report. The data show teen birth rates were highest in the South and Southwest, with the highest rate recorded in Mississippi (68.4), followed by New Mexico (64.1) and Texas Read More >

January 7, 2009 by NCHS

1, multiple births, out-of-wedlock births, race/ethnicity, single mothers

birth certificate, births, Mothers, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics System

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

Last Friday we released the 10th anniversary edition of America’s Children, a product of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) is a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum was founded Read More >

July 19, 2007 by NCHS1 Comment

asthma, diabetes, Drug use (illegal), extreme obesity, Forum on Child and Family Statistics, health insurance, out-of-wedlock births, sexual behavior, unmarried childbearing

America's Children, children, HIV, infant mortality, National Center for Health Statistics, obesity, Overweight, Vital Statistics System

Unmarried Childbearing

The National Center for Health Statistics tracks the number and percentage of births to unmarried women because it is a key social indicator. According to the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics: Children of unmarried mothers are at higher risk of having adverse birth outcomes, such as low birthweight and infant mortality, and Read More >

June 26, 2007 by NCHS

out-of-wedlock births, single mothers, unmarried childbearing

births, children, Mothers, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics System