Vital Statistics - Birth Database

Crude birth rate of population, number

Crude birth rate refers to the number of live births, of a given geographic area in a given year, per 1000 mid-year total population of the same geographic area in the same year.

Population refers to the total membership, based on specific characteristics, of a group of people, objects or events at a given time and within a particular geographic area.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Rate live births per 1,000 persons