Statistics
Pregnancy
Explore other publications and websites
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Birth Data — This website has key birth statistics from a national survey of birth certificates.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm
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FastStats: Births and Natality — This fact sheet gives a brief overview of the percentage of births in the United States. It also provides links for additional information on birth statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/births.htm
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National Survey of Family Growth — This website links to information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of birth control, men’s and women’s health, and much more.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm
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PeriStats (Copyright © March of Dimes) — This website has more than 60,000 graphs, maps, and tables presenting information about maternal and infant health in the United States.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/default.aspx
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Statistics (Copyright © American Pregnancy Association) — This fact sheet provides statistics on pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and pregnancy complications, as well as other pregnancy-related statistics.
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/main/statistics.html
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Tracking Fetal Alcohol Syndrome — This publication describes how common fetal alcohol syndrome is in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/research-tracking.html
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U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births, and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity (Copyright © Guttmacher Institute) — This report contains national and state-by-state data and trends on teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/USTPtrends.pdf
Connect with other organizations
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American Pregnancy Association
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/
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Guttmacher Institute
http://www.guttmacher.org/
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March of Dimes
http://www.marchofdimes.com
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National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
http://www.thenationalcampaign.org
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National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Content last updated June 17, 2009.
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