Vital Statistics, Health, and Nutrition

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Illness and disability.-Annual data on notifiable diseases, based on reports from State health departments, are compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics at its Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, and published as a supplement to its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The list of notifiable diseases is revised biennially and includes those which, by mutual agreement of the States and the Public Health Service, are communicable diseases of national importance.

General health statistics, including morbidity, disability, and the utilization of health services, are provided by the various surveys that make up the National Health Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics. They are published in Vital and Health Statistics, Series 10 and 11. Morbidity statistics for members of the Armed Forces are prepared and published by the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The Department of Labor compiles statistics of industrial injuries (see p. 247). Nutrition. Statistics on the annual per capita consumption of food and its nutrient value are estimated by the Department of Agriculture and published quarterly (nutrient value, annually) in the National Food Situation. Data beginning with 1909 are published in Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, Agricultural Economics Report No. 138, July 1968; they are updated in annual supplements. Data on Federal food distribution programs, quantity and cost of food commodities distributed, value of food stamps issued, and number of persons participating in the programs are published annually in Agricultural Statistics.

Historical statistics.-Tabular headnotes provide cross-references, where applicable, to Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1957. See preface.

No. 65. LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, AND DIVORCES: 1910 TO 1972

[Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series B 7-9, B 129, B 176, and B 178]

1 Through 1955, figures adjusted for underregistration.

Represents deaths of infants under 1 year old, exclusive of fetal deaths; rates per 1,000 registered live births. *Includes estimates and marriage licenses for some States for all years.

Includes reported annulments and some estimated State figures for all years.

Represents birth registration States only.

• Preliminary.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual.

[In thousands, except as indicated. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. For 1950 and 1955, births adjusted for underregistration; thereafter, registered births. For population bases used to derive these data, see text, p. 49. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series B 6 and B 19-21]

NA

Not available. 1 Based on registered births. For definition of urban, see text, p. 2; beginning 1965, cities and other urban places of 2,500 to 10,000 ceased to be classified as "urban" by source.

No. 67. ATTENDED LIVE BIRTHS AND BIRTH WEIGHT, BY RACE: 1940 To 1968 [Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Represents registered births. For number of births, see table 66]

NA

MEDIAN BIRTH WEIGHT 2

In

hospital 1

Not in hospital

By midwife,
other,
and not
specified

1,317

825

2, 156

403

3, 126

252

7 lb.-3 oz.

3,819

101

Not available. 1 Includes all births in hospitals or institutions and in clinics.

2 For definition of median, see preface.

No. 68. LIVE BIRTH RATES, BY RACE AND AGE OF MOTHER: 1940 TO 1968

[Births per 1,000 women in each specified group. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Data for 1940-1955 are adjusted for underregistration; thereafter, registered births only. For population bases used to derive these data, see text, p. 49. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series B 22-23]

1 Rates computed by relating total births, regardless of age of mother, to women aged 15-44 years. Through 1960, rates computed by relating births to mothers aged 45 years and over to women aged 45-49 years. 3 Live birth rates for 1969 and 1970 were 85.8 and 87.6, respectively. Detailed data not available. Source of tables 66-68: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual.

No. 69. LIVE BIRTHS-TOTAL AND RATE, 1960 To 1971, AND BY RACE, 1968: STATES [By place of residence, except as noted. Represents registered births]

Represents zero. By place of occurrence. Details by race not yet available.

Based on population (excluding Armed Forces abroad) enumerated as of Apr. 1 for 1960 and 1970, and estimated as of July 1 for other years. 3 U.S. total based on receipts corrected for observed differences between provisional and final data. State data not corrected in this manner and will not add to total.

U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual, and Monthly Vital Statistics Report.

No. 70. ILLEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE AND AGE OF MOTHER: 1940 to 1968

[In thousands, except as indicated. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Includes estimates for States in which legitimacy data were not reported. No estimates included for misstatements on birth records or failures to register births]

ΝΑ

Not available.

1 Through 1955, based on data adjusted for underregistration; thereafter, registered births. For total birth figures used to derive these data, see table 65. 2 Rate per 1,000 unmarried (never married, widowed, and divorced) women aged 15-44 years enumerated as of April 1 for 1940 and 1950 and estimated as of July 1 for all other years.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual.

No. 71.

PLURAL BIRTH RATIOS, BY RACE AND AGE OF MOTHER: 1968 [Ratios are all plural live births per 1,000 total live births in specified groups]

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual.

No. 72. CHILDREN EVER BORN TO WOMEN EVER MARRIED, BY AGE OF WOMEN: 1910 To 1972

[1910-1970 as of April; 1972 as of June. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. 1910-1970 based on sample of decennial census, see source; thereafter, based on Current Population Survey, see text, p. 1]

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population: 1940, Fertility for States and Large Cities; U.S. Census of Population: 1960, vol. I; 1970, United States Summary, Detailed Characteristics PC(1)-D1; and Current Population Reports, series P-20.

No. 73. CHILDREN EVER BORN TO WOMEN 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD, BY MARITAL STATUS AND SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS: 1960 AND 1972

[Refers to total population as of April 1960, based on 5-percent sample from 1960 census; and to civilian noninstitutional population as of June 1972, based on Current Population Survey. See text, p. 1]

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, 1960, Women by Number of Children Ever Born, PC (2)-3A and Current Population Reports, series P-20, forthcoming report.

No. 74. UNWANTED FERTILITY: 1970

[Based on data from the 1970 National Fertility Study for currently married women under 45 years of age]

Source: U.S. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, Population and the American Future, 1970.