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General Fertility Rate by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 1990 to 2022
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Why Is This Important?
The general fertility rate is a more precise measure than the crude birth rate for tracking birth rate patterns. While the crude birth rate and the general fertility rate both look at the total number of live births among the population, the crude birth rate is calculated using the total population including the young, old, male, and female. The general fertility rate is calculated using only females of reproductive age, defined as ages 15 through 44 years, in the denominator. This results in a more sensitive indicator with which to study population growth and change.
Definition
Number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years
Data Notes
Confidence limits are not available for U.S. data.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 birthsDenominator:
Estimated number of women aged 15-44 years in the population