| 1993 Annual Report of Vital Statistics | Department of Health, City of New Haven | |
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Age of Mother
Mothers aged 25-29 had the most births in 1993, with a total of 576 and 27.4% of the total. Mothers in the 25-29 year age category had a birth rate of 77.4 per 1,000, the highest birth rate of all the age categories. The overall birth rate, for women aged 15-44 decreased from 66.8 per 1,000 in 1992 to 58.4 in 1993.
The percentage of births to teen-age mothers remained the same from the previous year of 1992. In 1992, 16.9% of the resident births were to teen-age mothers, and again in 1993 the percentage was 16.9%. The actual number of teen-age births decreased in 1993 to 355 from the total of 376 teen-age births in 1992. White females continued to have lower teen-age birth rates than nonwhite females. In 1993, there were 36.2 births per 1,000 white teen-age females, and 40.9 births per 1,000 nonwhite teen-age females.
The number of births to women who are 30 years old and older increased sharply in 1993. In 1992, 37.8 births per 1,000 women aged 30-44 occurred, compared to 41.4 per 1,000 in 1993. White women aged 30-44 had a lower birth rate than nonwhite women in the same age group. There were 38.8 births per 1,000 white females between the ages of 30-44 and 44.3 births per 1,000 nonwhite females aged 30-44 in 1993.
TABLE 4
RESIDENT BIRTHS
BY
AGE & RACE OF MOTHER
NEW HAVEN: 1991 - 1993
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Total |
White |
Nonwhite |
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AGE |
1993 |
1992 |
1991 |
1993 |
1992 |
1991 |
1993 |
1992 |
1991 |
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10-14 |
16 |
13 |
17 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
10 |
13 |
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15-19 |
339 |
363 |
385 |
131 |
131 |
138 |
208 |
232 |
247 |
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20-24 |
550 |
649 |
646 |
216 |
276 |
250 |
334 |
373 |
396 |
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25-29 |
576 |
630 |
664 |
265 |
289 |
294 |
311 |
341 |
370 |
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30-34 |
422 |
380 |
433 |
210 |
216 |
227 |
212 |
164 |
206 |
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35 39 |
169 |
159 |
197 |
90 |
103 |
115 |
79 |
56 |
82 |
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40-44 |
29 |
27 |
36 |
17 |
12 |
24 |
12 |
15 |
12 |
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45-49 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Unknown |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Totals |
2102 |
2221 |
2379 |
934 |
1030 |
1052 |
1168 |
1191 |
1327 |
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Percentage Distribution by Age groups |
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10-14 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
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15-19 |
16.1 |
16.3 |
16.2 |
14.0 |
12.7 |
13.1 |
17.8 |
19.5 |
18.6 |
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20-24 |
26.1 |
29.2 |
27.2 |
23.1 |
26.8 |
23.8 |
28.5 |
31.3 |
29.8 |
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25-29 |
27.4 |
28.3 |
27.9 |
28.3 |
28.0 |
27.9 |
26.6 |
28.6 |
27.9 |
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30-34 |
20.1 |
17.2. |
18.2 |
22.4 |
20.9 |
21.6 |
18.1 |
13.8 |
15.5 |
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35-39 |
8.0 |
7.1 |
8.3 |
9.6 |
10.0 |
10.9 |
6.7 |
4.9 |
6.2 |
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40-44 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
.9 |
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45-49 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0 .0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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Unknown |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
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