Birth Rate
(Births per 1,000 population)
Wisconsin and the United States
Selected Years 1950-2010
| Year |
Wisconsin |
U.S. |
| 2010 | 12.0 | 12.9 |
| 2009 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 2008 | 12.7 | 13.9 |
| 2007 | 12.9 | 14.3 |
| 2006 | 12.9 | 14.3 |
| 2005 | 12.7 | 14.0 |
| 2000 | 12.9 | 14.4 |
| 1995 | 13.2 | 14.6 |
| 1990 | 14.8 | 16.7 |
| 1985 | 15.4 | 15.8 |
| 1980 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| 1970 | 17.5 | 18.4 |
| 1965 | 20.0 | 19.4 |
| 1960 | 25.4 | 23.7 |
| 1955 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| 1950 | 23.9 | 24.1 |
Source: Data for Wisconsin are from resident birth certificates, Office of Health Informatics,
Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The U.S. birth rates for 1950-2000 are from the National Center for Health Statistics, "Vital Statistics of the
United States, 2000, Volume I, Natality." The U.S. birth rates for 2001 and 2002 are from National Vital
Statistics Reports, "Births: Final Data for 2002," Volume 52, No. 10, December 17, 2003. The U.S. birth rate
for 2003 is from National Vital Statistics Reports, "Births: Preliminary Data for 2003," Volume 53, No. 9,
November 23, 2004. The U.S. birth rate for 2004 is from National Vital
Statistics Reports, "Births: Preliminary Data for 2004," Volume
54, No. 8, December 29, 2005. The U.S. birth rate for 2005 and 2006 is from
National Vital Statistics Reports, "Births, Marriages, Divorces, and
Deaths: Provisional Data for 2006," Volume 55, No. 20, August 28, 2007. The U.S. birth rate for 2007 is from National
Vital Statistics Reports, "Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2007," Volume 56, No. 21,
July 14, 2008.
The U.S. birth rates for 2008 and 2009 are from National
Vital Statistics Reports, "Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009," Volume 58, No. 25,
August 27, 2010.
The U.S. birth rate for 2010 is from the "Provisional monthly and 12-month ending number of live births, deaths, and infant
deaths and rates: United States, January 2009 - December 2010" report from the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
accessed January 24, 2012.
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