1B. NATALITY: MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS ANDNEWBORN?SHEALTH
Unmarried mothers have accounted
for an increasing annual proportion
of births throughout the 1980s and
1990s, with 45.1 percent in 2013
(
Table 1B-2
). In 2013, 38,352
infants were born to unmarried
mothers compared to 37,394 in
2003 (
Table1B-26
).
A decade ago, the proportion of
births among unmarried women
aged 20-24 years was 54.0 percent.
This proportion has continued to rise
from 2003 to 2013. In 2013, nearly
7 out of ten (66.0 percent) mothers
20-24 years old were unmarried
(
Figure1B-7
).
Births and birth ratios by mother?s
marital status, age group, and
race/ethnicity are given in
Table
1B-23
. County-level information is
provided in Table
5B-14
and
5B-
15
.
Figure1B-7
Percent Births toUnmarriedMothers byAgeGroup, Arizona, 2013
The number of multiple birth events
in Arizona declined from 2,868 in
2008, (the highest number ever
recorded) to 2,547 in 2013 (
Figure
1B-8
). The number of babies born
in twin deliveries decreased from
2,693 in 2008 to 2,445 in 2013
(
Figure 1B-8
). The number of
triplet and higher order multiple
birth events decreased by 41.7
percent from 175 in 2008 to 102 in
2013.
Figure1B-8
Number of Births in Twin andTriplet+Deliveries byYear,
Arizona, 2003-2013
Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
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