Vital Statistics

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VITAL STATISTICS Live Births by Mother's Race
Calendar Year	Total	White	African American	Native American	Total Asian¹	Other	Unknown	Hispanic Origin²
1986	69,572	61,743	2,593	1,461	3,035	10	730	--
1987	70,409	62,080	2,694	1,593	3,167	15	860	--
1988	72,660	63,787	2,768	1,693	3,482	12	918	3,435
1989	75,595	65,453	2,841	1,892	3,824	5	1,580	4,761
1990	79,468	69,462	2,856	1,689	3,833	4	1,624	5,726
1991	79,962	69,394	3,008	1,676	4,122	6	1,756	6,530
1992	79,897	68,490	3,050	1,660	4,426	37	2,234	7,161
1993	78,771	67,414	3,070	1,664	4,762	18	1,843	7,689
1994	77,368	65,743	2,963	1,622	4,848	17	2,175	8,107
1995	77,240	65,455	2,845	1,665	5,051	35	2,189	8,505
1996	77,874	65,385	2,946	1,806	5,131	27	2,579	8,907
1997	78,141	65,266	3,024	1,678	5,345	60	2,768	9,323
1998	79,640	66,579	2,968	1,778	5,409	27	2,879	10,064
1999	79,577	65,069	3,138	1,790	5,767	50	3,763	10,318
2000	81,004	65,988	3,335	1,914	6,598	32	3,137	11,359
2001	79,542	65,308	3,184	1,810	6,639	71	2,530	12,115
2002	79,003	64,159	3,245	1,853	6,899	96	2,751	12,393
2003	80,482	65,275	3,414	1,746	6,952	0	3,095	13,206
2004	81,715	67,823	3,543	1,849	7,470	0	1,030	14,250
2005	82,625	68,597	3,664	1,795	7,531	0	1,038	14,988
2006	86,845	71,558	4,215	1,925	8,206	0	941	15,793

Deaths by Race
Calendar Year	Total	White	African American	Native American	Total Asian¹	Other	Unknown	Hispanic Origin²
1986	34,176	32,610	742	309	497	2	16	--
1987	34,983	33,366	750	345	509	3	10	--
1988	36,341	34,473	818	407	600	1	42	371
1989	36,130	34,194	860	429	555	0	92	461
1990	37,047	35,123	870	410	606	2	36	528
1991	37,028	35,055	839	404	685	1	44	579
1992	38,095	35,939	892	436	768	1	59	575
1993	40,380	38,113	968	459	810	0	30	576
1994	39,906	37,597	1,026	413	845	0	25	596
1995	40,729	38,316	990	494	884	1	44	627
1996	42,248	39,793	1,061	479	879	2	34	653
1997	41,429	39,015	992	501	893	1	27	649
1998	42,585	40,000	1,034	529	994	2	26	718
1999	43,793	41,048	1,128	535	1,056	0	26	718
2000	43,904	41,208	1,086	516	1,064	1	29	761
2001	44,563	41,704	1,055	563	1,199	2	40	769
2002	45,244	42,188	1,126	572	1,322	5	31	867
2003	45,807	42,545	1,204	633	1,387	1	37	957
2004	44,703	41,653	1,070	579	1,360	0	40	890
2005	46,015	42,683	1,222	630	1,414	0	66	982

¹For 1980-1991, includes Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, and Other Asian/Pacific Islander. Beginning in 1992, includes Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Other Asian/Pacific Islander, Asian Indian, Korean, Samoan, Vietnamese, and Guamanian.
²Hispanic Origin is a heritage/ethnic classification and is collected as a separate item in addition to race starting in 1988. Persons of Hispanic Origin may be of any race.

Notes:
-From 1980 forward, the historical birth and death data series has been revised and may not match prior publications.
-The determination of race on birth and death certificates follows decision rules established by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These rules differ from those of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

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