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Download full textVentura, Stephanie J. – Vital and Health Statistics, 1984
This report describes trends and differentials in births and birth rates for teenagers since 1970, and examines the demographic characteristics of the mothers and the health of their newborn children. A brief introduction and a review of highlights of the findings from National Vital Statistics System data is followed by discussions in several…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth, Birth Rate, Birth Weight
Ventura, Stephanie J. – NCHS Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1987
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia collected information on births of Hispanic parentage in 1983 and 1984. More than 92% of the total Hispanic population in the United States resided in those states at this time. This report summarizes the available demographic information and presents data on births of Hispanic parentage in the…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Birth Rate, Birth Weight, Demography
Ventura, Stephanie J. – Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1984
In 1981, information on births of Hispanic parentage was available for 22 States. The completeness of reporting of Hispanic origin continued to increase, with somewhat greater improvements measured for origin of the mother than of the father. The fertility rate of the Hispanic population continued to be very high: 97.5 births per 1,000 women, aged…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Birth Weight, Demography, Early Parenthood
Hamilton, Brady E.; Sutton, Paul D.; Ventura, Stephanie J. – National Vital Statistics Reports, 2003
This report presents revised birth and fertility rates for 1991-1999, plus previously published rates for 2000-2001, based on populations consistent with the April 1, 2000 census. Revised rates for Hispanic subgroups are also included. Rates are presented by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother; by age, race, Hispanic origin, and marital…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Rate, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Martin, Joyce A.; Hamilton, Brady E.; Ventura, Stephanie J.; Menacker, Fay; Park, Melissa M.; Sutton, Paul D. – National Vital Statistics Reports, 2002
This report presents 2001 data on U.S. births according to maternal demographics (age, live-birth order, marital status, race, Hispanic origin, and educational attainment); maternal characteristics (medical risk factors, weight gain, and tobacco and alcohol use); pregnant women's medical care utilization (prenatal care, obstetric procedures,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Rate, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Ventura, Stephanie J. – NCHS Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1988
A survey of births of Hispanic parentage in 1985 in 23 states and the District of Columbia, where approximately 92 percent of America's Hispanic population resides, yielded the following statistical information: (1) 372,814 babies were born to Hispanic mothers; (2) nearly two-thirds of the mothers were Mexican; (3) Puerto Rican, Central and South…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Birth Rate, Birth Weight, Cubans
