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August 2001 National
Vital Statistics Report
 Trends in Pregnancy Rates
for the United
States, 197697: An Update
Objectives: This
report presents detailed pregnancy rates for 1996
and 1997 to update a recently published comprehensive report on
pregnancies and pregnancy rates for U.S. women.
Methods: Tabular
and graphic data on pregnancy rates by age, race,
and Hispanic origin, and by marital status are presented and
described.
Results: In
1997 an estimated 6.19 million pregnancies resulted in
3.88 million live births, 1.33 million induced abortions, and 0.98
million fetal losses. The 1997 pregnancy rate of 103.7 pregnancies
per 1,000 women aged 1544 years is the lowest recorded since
1976 (102.7), the first year for which a consistent series of
national pregnancy rates is available. The 1997 rate was 10
percent lower than the peak rate in 1990 (115.6).
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