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Out-<strong>of</strong>-Wedlock Births<br />

FIGURE 21B — IOWA, OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS AS A PERCENT<br />

OF TOTAL RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS RATES<br />

1980 TO 2001<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

19.4 21.0 22.2 23.5 24.6 24.8 25.2 26.3 26.2 27.2 27.5 28.0<br />

28.8<br />

10.2 10.7 11.3 11.9 12.5 13.6 15.0 16.2 17.7<br />

5<br />

0<br />

1980<br />

1981<br />

1982<br />

1983<br />

1984<br />

Percent<br />

1985<br />

1986<br />

1987<br />

1988<br />

1989<br />

1990<br />

1991<br />

1992<br />

1993<br />

1994<br />

1995<br />

1996<br />

1997<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2000<br />

2001<br />

Year<br />

Source: <strong>Iowa</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> 2001.<br />

• Out-<strong>of</strong>-wedlock births increased to 28.8 percent in 2001 continuing the upward<br />

trend since 1974.<br />

• The out-<strong>of</strong>-wedlock birth rate is 27.1 percent for whites and 74.6 percent for<br />

African Americans.<br />

• Nationally the out-<strong>of</strong>-wedlock birth rate increased to 33.5 percent in 2001 up<br />

from 33.2 percent in 2000.<br />

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