Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for January 2008

National Vital Statistics Report, Volume 57, Number 3

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Technical Notes

Data shown here are provisional and include only events occurring within the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia). Provisional birth, death, and infant death data in this report are based on a combination of counts of events provided by each reporting area and registered vital events processed into National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data files. Some of these may not have occurred in the specified month of this report. Monthly provisional birth, death, and infant death data may be updated during the course of a data year. Updates based on registered events will be included in the month the event occurred. However, updates based on counts received from the states may include the event in the month it was processed rather than the month in which it occurred. This may result in a low figure for a given month followed by a high figure for the month(s) in which the delayed records were processed. Once the provisional data year has ended, updates cease. Thus, provisional birth, death, and infant death data may not accurately track either the preliminary or the final number of events registered.

Marriage and divorce data in this report are counts of all events occurring in the state that were received in the registration offices during the 1-month period. Divorce figures include reported annulments. There is considerable variability among the states in the procedures that are used to submit the counts of marriages and divorces to NCHS and in the extent to which the states update their counts of marriages and divorces as new information is received. Therefore, counts vary in their completeness. Marriage and divorce counts, unlike other provisional data, may be updated after the end of a data year if final counts are provided by the state. Readers seeking further information on this should contact NCHS at births@cdc.gov.

Tables A and B provide monthly, year-to-date, and 12-month ending counts and rates for births, deaths (excluding fetal deaths), and marriages, and 12-month ending rates for divorces. These counts include events occurring in the United States to nonresidents of the United States and differ from the data in preliminary and final reports that are based on place of residence. Birth, death, and infant death figures (death and infant death figures exclude fetal deaths) in Table 1 for each state are estimates by state of residence. These estimates are derived by applying adjustment ratios to the number of events recorded as occurring in the state during a 1-month period. The adjustment ratios for each data year represent the observed relationship between final state occurrence figures and final state residence figures for the 3 most recent years for which final data were available and are expressed as a single ratio for each state for births and deaths. Monthly state marriage and divorce figures shown in Table 2 represent the actual count of all events occurring in the state (state of occurrence) and are not adjusted by state of residence.

Until 1998, provisional totals for births, marriages, and divorces for the entire United States included corrections for observed differences between provisional and final figures. These corrections compensated for delays in reporting. Beginning with data for January 1998, these monthly corrections for births, marriages, and divorces have been discontinued. Further information on these changes has been provided in the National Vital Statistics Reports presenting provisional data for January (vol. 48, no. 1), February (vol. 48, no. 2), and March (vol. 48, no. 4) 1999, available from the National Center for Health Statistics website.

NCHS has ceased publishing divorce counts and rates based on provisional data from the combined 50 states because it is no longer statistically feasible to calculate estimates of monthly divorce counts for nonreporting states (California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota). Instead, NCHS publishes only the 12-month divorce rates shown in Table A, based solely on the combined counts and populations for reporting states and the District of Columbia. Aggregate 1-month, cumulative counts and rates, and 12-month counts for divorces have been discontinued because of their very limited usefulness when based on less than the full complement of states. Monthly marriage and divorce counts as reported by each state will continue to be shown in Table 2 .

In 2006, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana temporarily suspended collection of marriage counts (Louisiana does not provide NCHS with divorce counts; see previous paragraph). National marriage counts and rates shown in Table A for 2006 exclude Louisiana data. Populations for these marriage rates also exclude Louisiana. Louisiana reinstated the collection of marriage counts in 2007.

Population estimates used for computing rates originate from the U.S. Census Bureau and are based on the 2000 census. Monthly rates are based on populations estimated for the specific month. Year-to-date rates are averages of monthly rates that have been weighted by the number of days in the corresponding months. Rates for 12-month periods are the sum of events for the period per population estimated at the midpoint of the period. Populations have been estimated by NCHS for the 12-month divorce rates based on the 44 reporting states and the District of Columbia. Monthly infant mortality rates are based on relatively few events and are highly variable. As a result, NCHS has discontinued publishing provisional monthly state specific infant mortality rates. National monthly infant mortality rates will continue to be available in Tables A and B .

List of Detailed Tables

1. Provisional number of live births and deaths: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2006-2008
2. Provisional number of marriages and divorces: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2006-2008

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by Betzaida Tejada-Vera of the Mortality Statistics Branch (MSB) and Paul D. Sutton of the Reproductive Statistics Branch (RSB) of the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS) under the general direction of Stephanie J. Ventura, Chief, RSB, and Charles J. Rothwell, Director, DVS. Connie Gentry, Kathy Holiday, Chrissy Jarman, Susan McBroom, and Pam Stephenson of the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch (DAEB) were responsible for acquisition of the provisional data. Brenda Green, Kryn Krautheim, David Justice, Jenny Justice, and Adrienne Rouse, also of DAEB, evaluated the quality of the provisional data. This report was edited by Megan M. Cox and Demarius V. Miller, CDC/CCHIS/NCHM/Division of Creative Services, Writer-Editor Services Branch, and typeset by Jacqueline M. Davis of CDC/CCHIS/NCHM/Division of Creative Services.

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Suggested citation

Tejada-Vera B, Sutton PD. Births, marriages, divorces, and deaths: Provisional data for January 2008. National vital statistics reports; vol 57 no 3. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008.

Tables

Table A

Table A1. Provisional vital statistics for the United States, January 2008

[Rates for infant deaths are deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births; fertility rates are live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years; all other rates are per 1,000 total population. National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are subject to monthly reporting variation. See "Technical Notes"]

Item	January 2008 (Number)	January 2007 (Number)	January 2008 (Rate)	January 2007 (Rate)
Live births	359,000	355,000	14.0	13.9
Fertility rate	…	…	68.2	67.2
Deaths	222,000	222,000	8.6	8.7
Infant deaths	2,400	2,400	6.7	6.8
Natural increase	137,000	133,000	5.4	5.2
Marriages1	135,000	132,000	5.2	5.2
Divorces2	—	—	—	—
Population base (in millions)	…	…	303.1	300.9

See footnotes at end of Table A2

Table A2. Provisional vital statistics for the United States, January 2008

[Rates for infant deaths are deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births; fertility rates are live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years; all other rates are per 1,000 total population. National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are subject to monthly reporting variation. See "Technical Notes"]

Item	12 months ending with January 2008 (Number)	12 months ending with January 2007 (Number)	12 months ending with January 2008 (Rate)	12 months ending with January 2007 (Rate)	12 months ending with January 2006 (Rate)
Live births	4,318,000	4,284,000	14.3	14.3	14.0
Fertility rate	…	…	69.2	69.0	66.8
Deaths	2,415,000	2,418,000	8.0	8.1	8.2
Infant deaths	28,600	28,300	6.6	6.6	6.7
Natural increase	1,903,000	1,866,000	6.3	6.2	5.8
Marriages1	2,208,000	2,208,000	7.3	7.4	7.6
Divorces2	—	—	3.6	3.7	3.6
Population base (in millions)	…	…	302.5	299.4	296.8

… Category not applicable.

— Data not available.

¹ All marriage figures for 2006 and 12-month ending marriage figures for 2007 exclude data for Louisiana. Populations for these marriage rates also exclude Louisiana.

² Divorce figures exclude data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota. Populations for divorce rates also exclude these states.

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see "Technical Notes".

Table B

Table B1. Provisional number and rate of live births, by month: United States, January 2007-January 2008

[National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are provisional and are subject to monthly reporting variation; see "Technical Notes"]

Period	Number	Rate per 1,000 population	Rate per 1,000 population (Unadjusted)	Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (Seasonally adjusted1)
January 2007	355,000	13.9	67.2	70.4
February 2007	327,000	14.2	68.5	69.9
March 2007	361,000	14.1	68.2	69.1
April 2007	338,000	13.6	65.9	66.9
May 2007	362,000	14.1	68.4	69.3
June 2007	356,000	14.3	69.4	69.1
July 2007	379,000	14.8	71.6	68.9
August 2007	390,000	15.2	73.6	71.1
September 2007	368,000	14.8	71.8	67.7
October 2007	371,000	14.4	69.9	69.5
November 2007	353,000	14.1	68.8	70.2
December 2007	356,000	13.8	67.2	68.3
January 2008	359,000	14.0	68.2	71.8

See footnotes at end of Table B2

Table B2. Provisional number and rate of marriages, deaths, and infant deaths, by month: United States, January 2007-January 2008

[National data are based on events occurring in the United States, regardless of place of residence. Data are provisional and are subject to monthly reporting variation; see "Technical Notes"]

Period	Number of marriages	Marriage rate per 1,000 population	Number of deaths	Death rate per 1,000 population	Number of infant deaths	Infant death rate per 1,000 live births
January 2007	132,000	5.2	222,000	8.7	2,400	6.8
February 2007	144,000	6.2	204,000	8.9	2,200	6.6
March 2007	156,000	6.1	216,000	8.5	2,600	7.1
April 2007	162,000	6.6	203,000	8.2	2,300	6.8
May 2007	189,000	7.4	199,000	7.8	2,500	7.0
June 2007	222,000	9.0	188,000	7.6	2,300	6.5
July 2007	245,000	9.5	194,000	7.6	2,300	6.3
August 2007	230,000	8.9	191,000	7.4	2,500	6.5
September 2007	201,000	8.1	187,000	7.5	2,400	6.5
October 2007	201,000	7.8	198,000	7.7	2,300	6.3
November 2007	174,000	7.0	199,000	8.0	2,400	6.8
December 2007	148,000	5.7	214,000	8.3	2,300	6.5
January 2008	135,000	5.2	222,000	8.6	2,400	6.7

¹ The method of seasonal adjustment, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, is described in The X-11 Variant of the Census Method II Seasonal Adjustment Program, Technical Paper No. 15 (1967 revision).

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see "Technical Notes".

Table 1

Table 1a. Provisional number of live births: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2006-2008

[Data are estimates by state of residence]

Area	January 2008	January 2007	January 2006
Alabama	5,576	5,371	5,055
Alaska	872	864	820
Arizona	10,979	8,737	8,150
Arkansas	2,296	3,474	3,275
California	46,540	46,325	44,672
Colorado	5,737	5,802	5,493
Connecticut	3,374	3,419	3,284
Delaware	945	942	922
District of Columbia	657	622	609
Florida	20,470	20,427	19,329
Georgia	13,349	12,526	11,936
Hawaii	1,604	1,528	1,635
Idaho	2,181	2,008	1,840
Illinois	13,739	14,530	14,129
Indiana	7,305	7,347	7,089
Iowa	3,213	3,221	3,127
Kansas	3,501	3,492	3,274
Kentucky	4,852	5,003	4,672
Louisiana	5,542	5,634	4,915
Maine	1,054	1,192	1,107
Maryland	6,615	6,725	6,351
Massachusetts	6,302	6,214	6,244
Michigan	11,130	10,315	10,157
Minnesota	5,965	6,011	5,764
Mississippi	4,011	3,989	3,691
Missouri	6,690	6,552	6,517
Montana	1,022	974	943
Nebraska	2,201	2,130	2,086
Nevada	3,059	3,366	3,193
New Hampshire	1,177	1,181	1,145
New Jersey	9,172	9,471	9,297
New Mexico	2,695	2,545	2,335
New York	21,035	21,128	20,377
North Carolina	11,069	10,924	10,311
North Dakota	717	718	680
Ohio	12,112	12,358	12,056
Oklahoma	4,626	4,633	4,320
Oregon	3,820	3,862	3,717
Pennsylvania	12,067	12,264	11,977
Rhode Island	978	1,026	971
South Carolina	5,340	5,415	4,660
South Dakota	1,055	968	906
Tennessee	7,145	7,143	6,708
Texas	34,231	33,606	32,927
Utah	4,382	4,282	4,066
Vermont	497	503	474
Virginia	9,228	9,189	8,676
Washington	7,218	7,258	6,687
West Virginia	1,830	1,696	1,658
Wisconsin	5,799	5,868	5,584
Wyoming	652	626	618
Puerto Rico	3,911	4,080	3,862

See footnotes at end of Table 1b

Table 1b. Provisional number of deaths: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2006-2008

[Data are estimates by state of residence]

Area	January 2008	January 2007	January 2006
Alabama	4,328	4,315	4,157
Alaska	298	313	278
Arizona	4,748	4,313	4,710
Arkansas	2,068	2,568	2,471
California	22,737	22,617	22,382
Colorado	2,824	2,727	2,624
Connecticut	2,606	2,612	2,670
Delaware	656	652	642
District of Columbia	459	475	454
Florida	14,294	15,058	15,836
Georgia	5,874	5,880	6,123
Hawaii	871	826	765
Idaho	905	987	928
Illinois	9,145	9,151	9,034
Indiana	4,994	4,989	4,818
Iowa	2,579	2,553	2,349
Kansas	2,255	2,222	2,381
Kentucky	3,311	3,520	3,621
Louisiana	4,022	3,464	3,628
Maine	1,085	1,086	1,077
Maryland	3,837	4,026	3,906
Massachusetts	4,843	4,848	4,813
Michigan	7,725	7,958	7,416
Minnesota	3,451	3,359	3,162
Mississippi	2,681	2,609	2,627
Missouri	5,264	5,028	5,032
Montana	781	746	722
Nebraska	1,380	1,475	1,326
Nevada	1,859	1,799	1,803
New Hampshire	902	916	835
New Jersey	5,949	5,596	7,320
New Mexico	1,289	1,337	1,319
New York	12,828	13,701	13,428
North Carolina	6,893	6,762	6,844
North Dakota	487	483	509
Ohio	9,828	9,679	9,142
Oklahoma	3,431	3,350	3,397
Oregon	2,682	2,796	2,613
Pennsylvania	11,629	11,627	11,083
Rhode Island	878	934	806
South Carolina	3,400	3,446	3,276
South Dakota	616	649	614
Tennessee	5,141	5,141	4,933
Texas	14,339	15,289	15,005
Utah	1,280	1,317	1,331
Vermont	451	536	475
Virginia	5,221	5,252	5,184
Washington	4,111	4,229	4,165
West Virginia	1,864	1,840	1,833
Wisconsin	4,215	4,154	4,038
Wyoming	385	404	399
Puerto Rico	2,557	2,535	2,367

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see "Technical Notes".

Table 2

Table 2a. Provisional number of marriages: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2006-2008

[By state of occurrence]

Area	January 2008 1	January 2007	January 2006
Alabama	1,251	2,474	2,310
Alaska	440	380	282
Arizona2	3,739	3,311	3,543
Arkansas	1,457	1,360	2,086
California	13,106	13,495	13,434
Colorado	2,832	1,308	1,669
Connecticut	216	628	760
Delaware	389	334	189
District of Columbia	107	87	82
Florida	12,017	10,023	9,573
Georgia	2,920	5,302	5,461
Hawaii	1,184	994	1,728
Idaho	974	1,193	690
Illinois	1,343	3,132	3,164
Indiana	4,816	2,882	3,508
Iowa	933	1,129	674
Kansas	1,201	1,222	795
Kentucky	3,307	1,799	1,728
Louisiana	2,337	1,830	—
Maine	183	156	291
Maryland	1,378	1,560	1,667
Massachusetts	2,048	2,375	1,510
Michigan	1,522	1,646	2,100
Minnesota	1,378	1,298	1,520
Mississippi	1,893	1,388	762
Missouri	3,047	2,111	1,544
Montana	213	250	313
Nebraska	434	623	465
Nevada	9,510	9,510	9,860
New Hampshire	412	490	341
New Jersey	3,534	1,903	2,094
New Mexico3	648	906	909
New York2	11,407	8,543	6,357
North Carolina	4,813	2,905	2,955
North Dakota	240	188	150
Ohio	3,980	4,251	2,721
Oklahoma	1,548	1,572	1,596
Oregon	1,636	3,526	1,134
Pennsylvania	2,211	3,627	3,065
Rhode Island	200	216	242
South Carolina	574	1,200	857
South Dakota	304	327	241
Tennessee	3,289	7,165	3,289
Texas	11,124	11,124	10,720
Utah	728	1,320	1,137
Vermont	261	318	172
Virginia	3,096	3,159	2,996
Washington	2,718	2,526	1,950
West Virginia	783	783	547
Wisconsin	1,614	1,659	1,125
Wyoming	227	216	202
Puerto Rico	1,969	2,027	1,780

See footnotes at end of Table 2b

Table 2b. Provisional number of divorces: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2006-2008

[By state of occurrence. Divorces include reported annulments]

Area	January 2008 1	January 2007	January 2006
Alabama	987	1,731	1,833
Alaska	272	161	228
Arizona2	2,057	2,155	2,074
Arkansas	974	893	1,315
California	—	—	—
Colorado	1,922	2,026	1,913
Connecticut	1,060	1,122	1,046
Delaware	252	447	222
District of Columbia	38	39	46
Florida	7,482	8,025	6,320
Georgia	—	—	—
Hawaii	—	—	—
Idaho	476	567	580
Illinois	2,338	2,338	2,004
Indiana	—	—	—
Iowa	608	778	645
Kansas	875	846	258
Kentucky	1,918	1,396	1,563
Louisiana	—	—	—
Maine	23	12	508
Maryland	848	1,153	1,278
Massachusetts	1,436	1,189	1,463
Michigan	2,351	2,582	3,072
Minnesota	—	—	—
Mississippi	1,725	1,084	1,163
Missouri	1,939	1,650	1,765
Montana	261	220	393
Nebraska	516	108	498
Nevada	1,329	1,249	1,360
New Hampshire	413	468	455
New Jersey	2,586	2,462	2,323
New Mexico3	736	748	761
New York2	4,352	5,781	4,531
North Carolina	2,919	2,858	2,717
North Dakota	137	89	156
Ohio	3,807	3,614	3,261
Oklahoma	1,486	1,364	1,413
Oregon	1,260	1,219	1,125
Pennsylvania	1,372	2,753	2,699
Rhode Island	265	282	245
South Carolina	670	800	876
South Dakota	181	199	201
Tennessee	2,488	3,595	2,488
Texas	6,099	6,099	6,099
Utah	650	400	880
Vermont	292	284	202
Virginia	2,030	2,116	2,170
Washington	2,824	2,384	2,245
West Virginia	629	785	815
Wisconsin	1,628	1,390	1,506
Wyoming	263	195	235
Puerto Rico	1,070	883	1,668

— Data not available.

¹ Figures based on monthly counts and may be underreported.

² Figures for marriages are licenses issued for some counties.

³ Figures for marriages are marriage licenses issued.

NOTE: Figures include all revisions received from the states and, therefore, may differ from those previously published; see "Technical Notes".