stateFR {synthACS}

Birth rates, by age of mother: United States, each state and territory, 2014

Description

A dataset containing birth rate data by US state and age for all US states and territories in 2014.

Usage

stateFR

Format

A data.frame with 612 observations and 3 variables.

state

The state or territory for which data was was recorded.

age_group

The age group of the mother.

birth_rate

The birth rate. See Details.

Details

• The birth rate is defined as births per 1,000 women in the specified group.

• Birth rates for age_group 45_49 are computed by relating births to women aged 45 and over to women aged 45-49

• Data for the "United States" as a whole excludes data for the territories.

• Data is missing (eg. NA) when data does not meet standards of reliability or percision; birth rates based on fewer than 20 births.

Source

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/births.htm

References

Hamilton, Brady E., et al. "Births: final data for 2014." National Vital Statistics Reports 64.12 (2015): 1-64.