Rate of births among U.S. young adults 1973-2017

This statistic depicts the rate of births per 1,000 U.S. females aged 20 to 24 years from 1973 to 2017. According to the data, the birth rate among females aged 20 to 24 years has fallen from 119.8 births in the year 1973 to 71.2 births in the year 2017.

Birth rate among U.S. females aged 20-24 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women)

Characteristic	Rate per 1,000 women aged 20-24
1973	119.8
1974	117.8
1975	113
1976	110.2
1977	112.9
1978	109.8
1979	112.7
1980	114.8
1981	112.2
1982	111.6
1983	107.8
1984	106.8
1985	108.3
1986	107.4
1987	107.9
1988	110.2
1989	113.7
1990	116.4
1991	115.3
1992	113.7
1993	111.3
1994	109.2
1995	107.5
1996	107.8
1997	107.3
1998	108.4
1999	107.9
2000	108.9
2001	105.6
2002	103.1
2003	102.3
2004	101.5
2005	101.8
2006	105.5
2007	105.4
2008	101.8
2009	96.2
2010	89.5
2011	85.2
2012	83
2013	80.6
2014	79.2
2015	77.1
2016	74
2017	71.2

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Age group

20-24 years

Special properties

female young adults

Supplementary notes

"All rates are the number of events per 1,000 women aged 20–24; pregnancy rate includes estimated number of pregnancies ending in miscarriage or stillbirth."

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