Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for January 2009

National Vital Statistics Report, Volume 58, 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). The 12-month ending marriage rate shown in Table A for 2007, which is computed based on marriages that occurred in 2006, excludes Louisiana data; the population for this rate also excludes 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. All population estimates used for a single data year are based on population estimates of the same vintage (that is, the same reference year). Changes in rates between years in part reflect differences between vintages of the population estimates. Monthly population estimates may fluctuate from month to month even among estimates of the same vintage. This is especially true for population subgroups (e.g., females 15-44). This monthly variability in population estimates will be reflected in population based rates. 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 2008 and 2009, and cumulative figures, 2007-2009
2. Provisional number of marriages and divorces: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2008 and 2009, and cumulative figures, 2007-2009

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, Chrissy Jarman, Susan McBroom, Senora Roberson, 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 Demarius V. Miller and Laura Drescher, CDC/Division of Creative Services, Writer-Editor Services Branch, and typeset by Jacqueline M. Davis, CDC/Division of Creative Services, Graphic Services Branch.

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Suggested citation

Tejada-Vera B, Sutton PD. Births, marriages, divorces, and deaths: Provisional data for January 2009. National vital statistics reports; vol 58, no 3. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009.

Tables

Table A

Table A1. Provisional vital statistics for the United States, January 2009

[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 2009 (Number)	January 2008 (Number)	January 2009 (Rate)	January 2008 (Rate)
Live births	341,000	356,000	13.1	13.9
Fertility rate	...	...	64.9	67.8
Deaths	221,000	224,000	8.5	8.7
Infant deaths	2,300	2,500	6.5	6.9
Natural increase	120,000	132,000	4.6	5.2
Marriages1	124,000	132,000	4.8	5.1
Divorces2	---	---	---	---
Population base (in millions)	...	...	305.5	303.1

See footnotes at end of Table A2

Table A2. Provisional vital statistics for the United States, January 2009

[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 2009 (Number)	12 months ending with January 2008 (Number)	12 months ending with January 2009 (Rate)	12 months ending with January 2008 (Rate)	12 months ending with January 2007 (Rate)
Live births	4,231,000	4,316,000	13.9	14.3	14.3
Fertility rate	...	...	68.1	69.2	69.0
Deaths	2,450,000	2,417,000	8.0	8.0	8.1
Infant deaths	27,400	28,600	6.5	6.6	6.6
Natural increase	1,781,000	1,899,000	5.9	6.3	6.2
Marriages1	2,154,000	2,214,000	7.1	7.3	7.4
Divorces2	---	---	3.4	3.6	3.7
Population base (in millions)	...	...	304.7	302.5	299.4

... Category not applicable.

--- Data not available.

¹ The 12-month ending marriage figures for 2007 excludes data for Louisiana. The population for this marriage rate also excludes 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 2008-2009

[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 2008	356,000	13.9	67.8	71.2
February 2008	338,000	14.1	68.7	70.2
March 2008	350,000	13.6	66.6	67.1
April 2008	346,000	13.9	67.9	69.2
May 2008	355,000	13.8	67.5	68.5
June 2008	349,000	14.0	68.5	67.1
July 2008	376,000	14.6	71.4	70.0
August 2008	373,000	14.5	70.9	68.0
September 2008	369,000	14.8	72.4	68.4
October 2008	359,000	13.9	68.2	68.1
November 2008	325,000	13.0	63.8	64.7
December 2008	351,000	13.5	66.6	68.1
January 2009	341,000	13.1	64.9	68.1

See footnotes at end of Table B2

Table B2. Provisional number and rate of marriages, deaths, and infant deaths, by month: United States, January 2008-2009

[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 2008	132,000	5.1	224,000	8.7	2,500	6.9
February 2008	136,000	5.6	222,000	9.3	2,300	6.8
March 2008	141,000	5.5	231,000	9.0	2,400	6.9
April 2008	159,000	6.4	206,000	8.3	2,200	6.4
May 2008	176,000	6.9	201,000	7.8	2,400	6.6
June 2008	218,000	8.7	190,000	7.6	2,200	6.4
July 2008	233,000	9.0	191,000	7.4	2,300	6.2
August 2008	225,000	8.7	191,000	7.4	2,400	6.5
September 2008	213,000	8.5	186,000	7.5	2,100	5.9
October 2008	206,000	8.0	198,000	7.7	2,300	6.4
November 2008	161,000	6.4	200,000	8.0	2,200	6.5
December 2008	161,000	6.2	213,000	8.2	2,200	6.3
January 2009	124,000	4.8	221,000	8.5	2,300	6.5

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 2007-2009

[Data are estimates by state of residence]

Area	January 2009	January 2008	January 2007
Alabama	5,090	5,580	5,371
Alaska	881	874	864
Arizona	7,828	8,726	8,737
Arkansas	3,281	3,497	3,474
California	46,617	46,629	46,325
Colorado	5,421	5,746	5,802
Connecticut	3,134	3,377	3,419
Delaware	972	946	942
District of Columbia	690	664	622
Florida	18,320	20,471	20,427
Georgia	11,823	12,025	12,526
Hawaii	1,639	1,605	1,528
Idaho	1,834	2,181	2,008
Illinois	13,677	14,562	14,530
Indiana	7,005	7,336	7,347
Iowa	3,138	3,217	3,221
Kansas	3,288	3,503	3,492
Kentucky	4,527	4,874	5,003
Louisiana	5,370	5,768	5,634
Maine	1,050	1,057	1,192
Maryland	6,314	6,615	6,725
Massachusetts	5,932	6,318	6,214
Michigan	9,362	10,023	10,315
Minnesota	5,483	5,978	6,011
Mississippi	3,722	4,027	3,989
Missouri	6,172	6,720	6,552
Montana	987	1,030	974
Nebraska	2,136	2,202	2,130
Nevada	3,315	3,320	3,366
New Hampshire	1,074	1,178	1,181
New Jersey	9,033	9,440	9,471
New Mexico	2,298	2,490	2,545
New York	21,048	21,244	21,128
North Carolina	10,701	11,074	10,924
North Dakota	748	718	718
Ohio	11,552	12,150	12,358
Oklahoma	4,425	4,636	4,633
Oregon	3,707	3,869	3,862
Pennsylvania	11,868	12,092	12,264
Rhode Island	963	987	1,026
South Carolina	5,102	5,364	5,415
South Dakota	1,058	1,056	968
Tennessee	6,773	7,309	7,143
Texas	33,101	34,274	33,606
Utah	4,238	4,390	4,282
Vermont	508	497	503
Virginia	8,493	9,234	9,189
Washington	7,056	7,250	7,258
West Virginia	1,739	1,833	1,696
Wisconsin	5,783	5,803	5,868
Wyoming	614	657	626
Puerto Rico	3,710	3,917	4,080

See footnotes at end of Table 1b

Table 1b. Provisional number of deaths: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2007-2009

[Data are estimates by state of residence]

Area	January 2009	January 2008	January 2007
Alabama	4,208	4,356	4,315
Alaska	305	302	313
Arizona	4,047	4,212	4,313
Arkansas	2,598	2,580	2,568
California	22,325	22,321	22,617
Colorado	2,750	2,855	2,727
Connecticut	2,528	2,656	2,612
Delaware	723	662	652
District of Columbia	441	469	475
Florida	15,218	15,292	15,058
Georgia	6,048	6,050	5,880
Hawaii	847	873	826
Idaho	905	905	987
Illinois	9,286	9,182	9,151
Indiana	4,624	4,767	4,989
Iowa	2,552	2,589	2,553
Kansas	2,255	2,267	2,222
Kentucky	3,722	3,583	3,520
Louisiana	3,803	3,774	3,464
Maine	949	1,090	1,086
Maryland	4,108	3,872	4,026
Massachusetts	4,819	4,821	4,848
Michigan	7,914	7,921	7,958
Minnesota	3,469	3,466	3,359
Mississippi	2,524	2,694	2,609
Missouri	5,005	5,311	5,028
Montana	779	782	746
Nebraska	1,402	1,383	1,475
Nevada	1,718	1,815	1,799
New Hampshire	956	903	916
New Jersey	6,308	6,467	5,596
New Mexico	1,367	1,450	1,337
New York	13,737	13,443	13,701
North Carolina	7,083	6,918	6,762
North Dakota	548	487	483
Ohio	9,956	9,883	9,679
Oklahoma	3,273	3,446	3,350
Oregon	2,628	2,771	2,796
Pennsylvania	10,819	11,492	11,627
Rhode Island	803	881	934
South Carolina	3,012	3,400	3,446
South Dakota	650	618	649
Tennessee	5,306	5,278	5,141
Texas	14,760	15,563	15,289
Utah	1,229	1,280	1,317
Vermont	475	405	536
Virginia	5,436	5,256	5,252
Washington	4,110	4,424	4,229
West Virginia	1,943	1,862	1,840
Wisconsin	4,558	4,216	4,154
Wyoming	302	385	404
Puerto Rico	2,419	2,601	2,535

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 2007-2009

[By state of occurrence]

Area	January 20091	January 20081	January 2007
Alabama	1,384	1,251	2,275
Alaska	435	440	277
Arizona2	2,763	3,739	3,311
Arkansas	1,409	1,457	1,807
California	12,827	13,111	13,495
Colorado	2,533	2,832	1,711
Connecticut	741	673	757
Delaware	352	389	197
District of Columbia	79	115	90
Florida	11,000	12,017	9,399
Georgia	6,183	2,920	5,302
Hawaii	746	1,184	1,692
Idaho	1,042	974	726
Illinois	2,733	4,385	3,132
Indiana	2,911	2,816	1,940
Iowa	967	933	676
Kansas	1,229	1,201	255
Kentucky	3,415	3,307	1,609
Louisiana	2,337	2,337	1,830
Maine	183	183	291
Maryland	1,433	1,378	1,632
Massachusetts	1,542	2,048	1,429
Michigan	1,540	1,522	2,086
Minnesota	1,202	1,378	1,299
Mississippi	1,264	1,893	785
Missouri	4,052	3,047	1,588
Montana	291	213	296
Nebraska	589	434	464
Nevada	7,080	8,005	9,510
New Hampshire	390	412	332
New Jersey	2,579	3,534	1,993
New Mexico3	938	657	906
New York2	7,268	11,291	6,696
North Carolina	4,147	4,813	2,915
North Dakota	256	240	137
Ohio	1,872	3,980	2,760
Oklahoma	1,278	1,548	1,572
Oregon	276	1,636	1,095
Pennsylvania	2,463	3,025	3,627
Rhode Island	220	200	230
South Carolina	1,260	574	1,521
South Dakota	252	304	327
Tennessee	4,074	3,645	3,166
Texas	14,668	10,500	10,065
Utah	656	1,111	1,327
Vermont	268	261	172
Virginia	2,307	3,096	2,966
Washington	2,047	2,718	1,744
West Virginia	980	499	542
Wisconsin	1,494	1,614	1,068
Wyoming	212	227	216
Puerto Rico	1,434	1,969	2,027

See footnotes at end of Table 2b

Table 2b. Provisional number of divorces: Each state and Puerto Rico, January 2007-2009

[By state of occurrence. Divorces include reported annulments]

Area	January 20091	January 20081	January 2007
Alabama	1,095	987	1,845
Alaska	225	272	276
Arizona2	2,069	2,057	2,155
Arkansas	1,008	974	1,264
California	---	---	---
Colorado	1,849	1,922	2,026
Connecticut	1,601	1,149	1,122
Delaware	192	252	261
District of Columbia	96	80	39
Florida	6,030	7,482	7,126
Georgia	---	---	---
Hawaii	---	---	---
Idaho	574	476	565
Illinois	2,191	2,432	2,338
Indiana	---	---	---
Iowa	613	608	574
Kansas	937	875	228
Kentucky	1,939	1,918	1,402
Louisiana	---	---	---
Maine	23	23	512
Maryland	844	848	1,284
Massachusetts	1,434	1,436	1,402
Michigan	2,267	2,351	3,056
Minnesota	---	---	---
Mississippi	1,031	1,725	1,063
Missouri	1,564	1,939	1,677
Montana	182	261	294
Nebraska	521	516	483
Nevada	1,276	1,182	1,249
New Hampshire	473	413	500
New Jersey	2,105	2,586	2,462
New Mexico3	656	736	748
New York2	2,708	4,352	5,191
North Carolina	2,890	2,919	2,871
North Dakota	141	137	135
Ohio	3,685	3,807	3,288
Oklahoma	1,107	1,486	1,364
Oregon	435	1,260	1,108
Pennsylvania	2,182	2,786	2,753
Rhode Island	230	265	312
South Carolina	945	670	1,159
South Dakota	213	181	209
Tennessee	2,563	2,934	2,403
Texas	6,166	6,166	6,166
Utah	250	650	882
Vermont	296	292	197
Virginia	1,542	2,030	2,118
Washington	2,105	2,824	2,301
West Virginia	647	629	812
Wisconsin	1,481	1,628	1,582
Wyoming	293	263	211
Puerto Rico	1,375	1,070	883

--- 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 ."