{"id":2837,"date":"2015-06-17T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nchstats.com\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2015-06-17T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:46:51","slug":"births-preliminary-data-for-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2015\/06\/17\/2837\/","title":{"rendered":"Births: Preliminary Data for 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvsr\/nvsr64\/nvsr64_06.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/birthdefects\/states\/images\/ky-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>NCHS has just released a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvsr\/nvsr64\/nvsr64_06.pdf\">report<\/a> that presents preliminary data on births and birth rates and selected maternal and infant health characteristics for the United States in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Findings from the Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2014 preliminary number of U.S. births was 3,985,924, an increase of 1% from 2013.<\/li>\n<li>The number of births increased for women in all race and Hispanic origin groups in 2014 except for American Indian or Alaska Native women, for whom births decreased.<\/li>\n<li>The general fertility rate was 62.9 births per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344, up 1% from 2013, and the first increase in the fertility rate since 2007.<\/li>\n<li>The birth rate for teenagers aged 15\u201319 decreased 9% in 2014 to 24.2 births per 1,000 women, yet another historic low for the nation; rates decreased for both younger and older teenagers to record lows. The birth rate for women in their early 20s declined to 79 births per 1,000 women, another record low.<\/li>\n<li>Birth rates for women in their 30s and early 40s increased in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The nonmarital birth rate declined 1% in 2014, to 44.0 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15\u201344, dropping for six consecutive years.<\/li>\n<li>The cesarean delivery rate was down 2%, and the low-risk cesarean delivery rate was down 3%, in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The preterm birth rate (based on a change in measure) was down in 2014 to 9.57%. The low birthweight rate was essentially unchanged in 2014 at 8%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCHS has just released a new\u00a0report that presents preliminary data on births and birth rates and selected maternal and infant health characteristics for the United States in 2014. Key Findings from the Report: The 2014 preliminary number of U.S. births was 3,985,924, an increase of 1% from 2013. The number of births increased for women<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47309],"tags":[63883,47310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}