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Section 2. Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Section 2. Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

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Section 2. Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Report Number: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012 (131st Edition)

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This section presents vital statistics data on births, deaths, abortions, fetal deaths, fertility, life expectancy, marriages, and divorces.

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Births

78 - Live Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces [<1.0 MB]
79 - Live Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates by Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
80 - Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates by Race, Sex, and Age [<1.0 MB]
81 - Births and Multiple Births by Race and Hispanic-Origin of Mother [<1.0 MB]
82 - Live Births by State and Island Areas: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
83 - Total Fertility Rate by Race and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
84 - Teenagers--Births and Birth Rates by Age, Race and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
85 - Births to Unmarried Women by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age of Mother [<1.0 MB]
86 - Births to Teens, Unmarried Mothers, and Births With Low Birth Weight, by Race and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
87 - Births by Race, Hispanic Origin Status and Method of Delivery [<1.0 MB]
88 - Rates of Induction of Labor by Gestational Age [<1.0 MB]
89 - Births to Teenage Mothers and Unmarried Women and Births With Low Birth Weight--States and Island Areas [<1.0 MB]
90 - Women Who Had a Child in the Last Year by Living Arrangement, Age, and Educational Attainment: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
91 - Women Who Have Had a Child in the Last Year by Age [<1.0 MB]
92 - Women Who Have Had a Child in the Last Year by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
93 - Women Who Have Had a Child in the Last Year by Age and Labor Force Status [<1.0 MB]
94 - Women With Births in the Past 12 Months by Citizenship Status, Educational Attainment, and Poverty Status, by State: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
99 - Infants Who Were Ever Breastfed by Maternal Age and Race-Ethnicity [<1.0 MB]

Deaths

109 - Deaths and Death Rates by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
110 - Death Rates by Age, Sex, and Race [<1.0 MB]
111 - Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
112 - Death Rates by Hispanic Origin Status, Sex, and Age [<1.0 MB]
113 - Deaths and Death Rates by State and Island Areas [<1.0 MB]
114 - Fetal and Infant Deaths [<1.0 MB]
115 - Infant, Neonatal, and Maternal Mortality Rates by Race [<1.0 MB]
116 - Infant Mortality Rates by Race--States [<1.0 MB]
117 - Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Major Causes [<1.0 MB]
118 - Leading Causes of Deaths by Race: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
119 - Leading Causes of Deaths by Hispanic Origin: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
120 - Deaths and Death Rates by Selected Causes [<1.0 MB]
121 - Deaths by Age and Selected Causes: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
122 - Deaths and Death Rates by Leading Causes of Death and Age: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
123 - Death Rates for Major Causes of Death--States and Island Areas: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
124 - Death Rates from Heart Disease by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
125 - Death Rates from Cerebrovascular Diseases by Sex and Age [<1.0 MB]
126 - Death Rates from Malignant Neoplasms, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
127 - Suicide Deaths and Death Rates by Age and Method: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
128 - Death Rates from Suicide, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
129 - Death Rates from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
130 - Deaths--Life Years Lost and Mortality Costs by Age, Sex, and Cause [<1.0 MB]

Family Planning, Abortions

95 - Persons Who Have Ever Had Sexual Contact by Selected Characteristics: 2006 to 2008 [<1.0 MB]
96 - Number and Type of Sexual Partners in the Past 12 Months: 2006 to 2008 [<1.0 MB]
97 - Sexual Identity Among Men and Women: 2006 to 2008 [<1.0 MB]
98 - Current Contraceptive Use by Women, by Race and Marital Status: 2006 to 2008 [<1.0 MB]
100 - Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Procedures [<1.0 MB]
101 - Abortions--Number and Rate by Race [<1.0 MB]
102 - Abortions by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
103 - Abortions--Number and Rate by State [<1.0 MB]

Life Expectancy

104 - Expectation of Life at Birth, and Projections [<1.0 MB]
105 - Life Expectancy by Sex, Age, and Race: 2008 [<1.0 MB]
106 - Selected Life Table Values [<1.0 MB]
107 - Expectation of Life and Expected Deaths by Race, Sex, and Age: 2008 [<1.0 MB]
108 - Life Expectancy by Sex, Race, and State [<1.0 MB]

Marriages And Divorces

131 - Percentage of Marriages Reaching Stated Anniversary, by Sex and Years of Marriage: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
132 - People Who Got Married, Divorced, and Widowed in the Past 12 Months by State: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
133 - Marriages and Divorces--Number and Rate by State [<1.0 MB]

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