Mean age of mother, 1970-2000

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• Personal Author:
  Mathews, T. J. ; Hamilton, Brady E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Vital Statistics.
• Description:
  Objectives: This report presents trends in the mean age of mothers giving birth for the United States for the last three decades. Data are presented by live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, and State of residence of the mother.
  
  Methods: Descriptive tabulations and graphs of the trends in the mean age of mother are discussed.
  
  Results: The mean age of mother has increased steadily in the United States over the last three decades. Mothers having their first and second live births had the largest increase in mean age. Among racial and Hispanic origin subgroups, Japanese women had the highest mean age in 2000. Puerto Rican women had the lowest mean age. Massachusetts had the highest mean age in 2000 and Mississippi had the lowest.
  
  Suggested citation: Mathews TJ, Hamilton BE. Mean age of mother, 1970–2000. National vital statistics reports; vol 51 no 1. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2002.
  
  nvsr51_01.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Birth Order Ethnicity Female Humans Incidence Maternal Age Middle Aged Parturition/ethnology Population Surveillance Pregnancy Pregnancy, High-Risk Pregnancy In Adolescence Pregnancy In Adolescence/ethnology Risk Assessment Vital Statistics

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• Source:
  National vital statistics reports ; v. 51, no. 1 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2003–1120
• Series:
  National Vital Statistics Reports
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  16 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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