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Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native births : United States, 1984
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June 19, 1987
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Description:In 1984, Indian births represented only 1 percent of all births in the United States. But the number of these births has grown rapidly in recent years, from 25,864 in 1970 to 41,451 in 1984 (table 1). Between 1970 and 1975, Indian birtha in- creased by 7 percent, between 1975 and 1980 by 34 percent, and between 1980 and 1984 by an additional 13 percent. These large increases are in sharp contrast to a 16 percent decline in births for all races combined in the 1970–75 period and an increase of only 2 percent in the 1980–84 period. A substantial increase in the Indian population also occurred in the 1970-80 period.l However, a preliminary evaluation of the 1970 and 1980 Censuses of Population su~ests that some of this increase may have been due to a greater frequency of in dividuals of mixed Indian and non-Indian descent reporting their race as Indian.l This may also account for some of the large increase in the number of Indian births.
Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics, S. Taffel: Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska native births, United States, 1984. . Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 36, No. 3, Suppl. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 87-1120. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md., June 19, 1987.
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