Annual Summary of Vital Statistics—1978

[摘要] Continued decrease in infant mortality and relative stability in the other major indices highlight 1978 vital data (Table 1)2. The provisional infant mortality rate of 13.6 deaths in the first year of life per 1,000 live births set a new record, 3.5% below the final rate of 14.1 in 1977. Births in 1978 were slightly higher in number but, with the natural increase in the population, the birth rate was slightly lower than in 1977. The crude death rate, marriage rate, and divorce rate were all up slightly.BIRTHS Estimated live births in 1978 totaled 3,329,000,2 fractionally higher than the final figure for 1977.

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