Table with row headings in column A and column headings in rows 4 and 5. Columns B and D are rates Columns C and E are margin of error.,,,,,, "Table 5. Comparison of ACS and NCHS Fertility Rates by State, 4-Year Average, 2000-2003.",,,,,, "(Fertility rates are total births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years.) ",,,,,, Area,ACS Fertility Rate1,,NCHS Fertility Rate2,,, ,Rate,Margin of Error3,Rate,,, United States,69.6,0.24,65.5,,, Alabama,68.6,6.08,62.9,,, Alaska,72.0,9.96,72.1,,, Arizona,80.6,6.06,78.3,,, Arkansas,70.5,6.96,66.9,,, California,71.2,3.65,69.3,,, Colorado,67.0,5.99,68.6,,, Connecticut,69.5,6.57,59.4,,, Delaware,72.0,9.44,62.8,,, District of Columbia,67.4,9.95,53.3,,, Florida,63.8,4.39,63.1,,, Georgia,71.2,5.16,69.2 Hawaii,72.0,8.58,69.4 Idaho,85.8,8.62,74.2 Illinois,69.1,4.69,66.9 Indiana,72.5,5.69,65.8 Iowa,70.6,6.87,62.3 Kansas,69.8,6.92,68.8 Kentucky,67.2,6.17,62.0 Louisiana,69.8,6.06,66.2 Maine,54.0,7.94,50.9 Maryland,67.1,5.72,61.6 Massachusetts,63.9,5.45,57.1 Michigan,69.7,4.98,61.9 Minnesota,70.3,5.91,62.6 Mississippi,71.7,6.82,67.5 Missouri,69.1,5.75,63.0 Montana,66.3,9.13,60.4 Nebraska,75.3,7.90,69.1 Nevada,67.7,7.29,72.3 New Hampshire,60.9,8.12,53.2 New Jersey,70.3,5.21,63.9 New Mexico,81.3,7.92,70.4 New York,66.5,4.19,60.7 North Carolina,71.5,5.27,66.2 North Dakota,64.2,9.84,58.5 Ohio,70.3,4.85,62.9 Oklahoma,73.0,6.60,68.6 Oregon,69.7,6.54,62.6 Pennsylvania,62.3,4.68,56.5 Rhode Island,62.5,8.55,54.8 South Carolina,66.4,6.17,62.4 South Dakota,73.3,9.71,67.8 Tennessee,65.8,5.65,62.9,, Texas,77.7,4.18,77.1,, Utah,89.6,7.47,90.6,, Vermont,58.3,9.73,49.6,, Virginia,67.9,5.36,62.3,, Washington,65.1,5.55,61.3,, West Virginia,60.6,7.52,56.6,, Wisconsin,65.0,5.73,59.8,, Wyoming,72.3,10.73,62.1,, Footnote:,,,,, "1 ACS fertility rates are births in the last year to women aged 15 to 50 years per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years.",,,,, "2 NCHS fertility rates are births to women of all ages per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years.",,,,, 3 This figure when added to or subtracted from the estimate provide the 90-percent confidence interval.,,,,, "Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2002-2003, Census Supplementary Survey 2000-2001 and National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol. 52, No. 19 and Vol. 53, No.9 Hyattsville, Maryland: NCHS.2004. ",,,,,