Why Is This Important?

Tracking birth rate patterns among New Jersey and U.S. residents as a whole is critical to understanding population growth and change in this country and in New Jersey.

Definition

Number of live births in a given year per 1,000 persons in the population

Data Sources

• Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
  (https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/)
• Bridged-race population estimates, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm)
• Natality public-use data, CDC WONDER On-line Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (https://wonder.cdc.gov/natality.html)

How the Measure is Calculated

• Numerator:

  Number of live births

• Denominator:

  Estimated number of persons in population

Related Health Status Outcomes Indicators:

• Age-Specific Birth Rates
• General Fertility Rate

Health Topic Pages Related to: Birth Rate

• Births: Maternal, Pregnancy, and Delivery Characteristics