1B. NATALITY: MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS ANDNEWBORN?SHEALTH
Figure1B-5
BirthRates byRace/Ethnicity, Arizona, 2013
Note:
a
Number of births per 1,000 population in specified group.
The crude birth rate, often
simply called the birth rate,
relates the number of births
to the total population in a
specified group. The birth
rate is expressed as the total
number of births per 1,000
persons, without regard to
the age or sex distribution of
the population.
The birth rate for Arizona
decreased from 13.2/1,000
in both 2011 and 2012 to
12.9/1,000 in 2013.
In 2013 the crude birth rates
by mother?s race/ethnicity
ranged from 9.9 births per
1,000White non-Hispanics to
17.7 per 1,000 American
Indians (
Figure1B-5
).
Figure1B-6
BirthRates
a
byMother?sAgeGroup andRace/Ethnicity, Arizona, 2013
Note:
a
Number of births per 1,000 population in specified group.
The age-specific birth rates
(the number of births to
mothers in a particular age
group per 1,000 women in
that age group) differed
substantially
by
race/ethnicity (
Figure 1B-
6
).
In 2013, Black, American
Indian, and Hispanic women
had the highest birth rates
for women in age groups up
to 29 years. The birth rates
for women aged 30 years or
older were the highest
among Asian women. In
general, Hispanic, Black, and
American Indian women
tend to give birth at younger
ages than Asian and non-
HispanicWhite women.
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
