Table 2.  Comparison of Annual Births Between Vital Statistics and the
               June Current Population Survey: Selected Years, 1976 to 1994

     (Numbers in thousands)
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                   July to June Vital Statistics     July to June CPS 1/
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                             Proportion                           90
     Year         Estimated  to women    Adjusted   Estimated   percent
                  births 2/  18 to 44    births 3    births    confidence
                              years                             interval
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                     (1)        (2)         (3)         (4)       (5)
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     1994.........   3,906     0.996 5/    3,890       3,890      141
     1992.........   3,994     0.996 5/    3,978       3,688      137
     1990.........   4,007     0.997 4/    3,995       3,913      141
     1988.........   3,741     0.952       3,561       3,667      137
     1987.........   3,676     0.952       3,500       3,701      133
     1986.........   3,664     0.952       3,488       3,625      132
     1985.........   3,629     0.952       3,455       3,497      130
     1984.........   3,515     0.952       3,346       3,311      120
     1983.........   3,581     0.950       3,402       3,625      125
     1982.........   3,564     0.948       3,379       3,433      122
     1981.........   3,521     0.945       3,327       3,381      121
     1980.........   3,466     0.942       3,265       3,247      118
     1978.........   3,219     0.936       3,013       3,168      117
     1976.........   3,046     0.928       2,827       2,797      107
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     1/  Number of women who had a birth in the 12-month period ending in
         June of the specified year and who were 18 to 44 years old at the
         time of the survey for the years 1976 to 1988 and 15 to 44 years
         old for the 1990 and 1994 surveys.
     2/  Births for 12-month period ending in June of specified years for
         women of all ages.  Only two-thirds of births occurring in June
         were included in totals.
     3/  Adjusted by multiplying the estimated numbers by the proportion
         in specified age group.
     4/  Proportion of births to women 15 to 44 years old in 1990.
     5/  Proportion of births to women 15 to 44 years old in 1992.

     Source: Vital statistics are from various reports published by the
         National Center for Health Statistics and the CPS data are from
         the June Current Population Survey, 1976, 1978, 1980 to 1988,
         1990, 1992 and 1994.