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<strong>2003</strong> LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT LIVE BIRTHS<br />

Fertility Rates<br />

Year<br />

Table 2.1: Number <strong>of</strong> Live Births, Crude Birth Rates, and Percent Changes,<br />

<strong>Louisiana</strong> and United States, 1984-<strong>2003</strong><br />

Number<br />

% change from<br />

previous year<br />

<strong>Louisiana</strong> United States<br />

Rate+ % change from<br />

previous year<br />

Number<br />

% change from<br />

previous year<br />

Rate+ % change from<br />

previous year<br />

1984 81,428 -1.2 18.3 -1.6 3,669,141 0.8 15.6 0.0<br />

1985 81,401 0.0 18.1 -1.1 3,760,561 0.8 15.8 1.3<br />

1986 77,944 -4.2 17.3 -4.4 3,756,547 -0.1 15.6 -1.3<br />

1987 73,952 -5.1 16.6 -4.0 3,809,394 1.4 15.7 0.6<br />

1988 73,887 -0.1 16.7 0.6 3,909,510 2.6 16.0 1.9<br />

1989 72,639 -1.7 16.6 -0.6 4,040,958 3.4 16.4 2.4<br />

1990 72,121 -0.7 17.1 3.0 4,158,212 2.9 16.7 1.8<br />

1991 72,080 -0.1 17.0 -0.6 4,110,907 -1.1 16.3 -2.5<br />

1992 70,502 -2.2 16.4 -3.5 4,065,014 -1.1 15.9 -2.5<br />

1993 69,328 -1.7 16.1 -1.8 4,000,240 -1.6 15.5 -2.6<br />

1994 67,802 -2.2 15.7 -2.5 3,952,767 -1.2 15.2 -2.0<br />

1995 65574 -3.3 14.7 -6.4 3,899,589 -1.3 14.8 -2.7<br />

1996 65,186 -0.6 15.0 2.0 3,891,494 -0.2 14.7 -0.7<br />

1997 65,947 1.2 15.2 1.3 3,880,894 -0.3 14.5 -1.4<br />

1998 66,773 1.3 15.3 0.7 3,941,553 1.6 14.6 0.7<br />

1999 67,034 0.4 15.3 0.0 3,959,417 0.5 14.5 -0.7<br />

2000 67,843 1.2 15.2 -0.7 4,058,814 2.5 14.4 -0.7<br />

2001 65,193 -3.9 14.6 -3.9 4,025,933 -0.8 14.1 -2.1<br />

2002 64,755 -0.7 14.4 -1.4 4,021,726 -0.1 13.9 -1.4<br />

<strong>2003</strong> 64,689 -0.1 14.4 0.0 4,089,950 1.7 14.1 1.4<br />

+ Rate per 1,000 population.<br />

Source: <strong>Louisiana</strong> State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>, National Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>.<br />

Fertility rates are based solely on women in their prime childbearing years, considered for calculation purposes to be 15-44<br />

years <strong>of</strong> age. They are more useful than crude birth rates in controlling for differences in age-distribution among women who<br />

give birth and are useful for comparisons <strong>of</strong> fertility among age, racial, and socioeconomic groups. In the last half-century,<br />

<strong>Louisiana</strong> and the United States have followed a similar fertility pattern, with a trend toward declining fertility rates. In <strong>2003</strong>, the<br />

<strong>Louisiana</strong> fertility rate was 65.8 and the United States rate was 66.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years. (3)<br />

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<strong>Louisiana</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Public Health, State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong> Page 17

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