DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 78-1908
Vital and health statistics. no. 30 Series 21 Data from the national vital statistics system

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

A presentation of characteristics of live births, including educational attainment of parents, birth weight, period of gestation, prenatal care, sex ratio, month of birth, attendant at birth and place of delivery, plurality, illegitimacy, and interval since last live birth and last pregnancy, and outcome of last pregnancy. Emphasis is on births occurring in 1973; however, data for 1974 and 1975 are included in the summary and in the discussion of trends.