Table 1.

Childbearing Indicators for U.S. Women, by Race and Ethnicity: 1990 and 2012

	White, Non-Hispanic			Black, Non-Hispanic			Hispanic
	1990	2012	% Change 1990 – 2012	1990	2012	% Change 1990 – 2012	1990	2012	% Change 1990 – 2012
Age-specific birth rates
10 – 14 yrs	0.5	0.2	−60.0	5.0	0.8	−84.0	2.4	0.6	−75.0
15 – 19 yrs	42.5	20.5	−51.8	116.2	43.9	−62.2	100.3	46.3	−53.8
20 – 24 yrs	97.5	70.2	−28.0	165.1	109.0	−34.0	181.0	111.5	−38.4
25 – 29 yrs	115.3	104.4	−9.5	118.4	101.7	−14.1	153.0	119.6	−21.8
30 – 34 yrs	79.4	100.5	26.6	70.2	75.1	7.0	98.3	94.3	−4.1
35 – 39 yrs	30.0	46.8	56.0	28.7	38.9	35.5	45.3	51.6	13.9
40 - 44 yrs	4.7	9.1	93.6	5.6	9.6	71.4	10.9	13.2	21.1
45 - 49 yrsa	0.2	0.6	200.0	0.3	0.7	133.3	0.7	0.8	14.3
Total fertility rateb	1,850.5	1,761.5	−4.8	2,547.5	1,898.5	−25.5	2,959.5	2,189.5	−26.0
Birth rate for unmarried womenc	32.9	42.1	28.0	90.5	62.6	−30.8	89.6	72.6	−19.0
Birth rate for married womend	94.1	87.2	−7.3	79.7	72.6	−8.9	120.0	76.5	−36.2
Mean age of mother at first birth	25.0	26.6	6.4	21.7	23.6	8.8	22.4	23.8	6.3

Source: Data from U.S. Vital Statistics (Martin et al. 2013; Mathews & Hamilton 2009; Ventura & Bachrach 2000).

^aBirth rates are births per 1,000 women in specified group. In 2012, birth rates for 45–49 year-old women are computed by relating births among all

^bTotal fertility rates represent the sums of birth rates for 5-year age groups above, multiplied by 5.

^cBirths per 1,000 unmarried women age 15–44. Birth rates for unmarried white and black women are not disaggregated by ethnicity, due to data limitations. In 2012, the birth rate among unmarried Non-Hispanic white women was 32.1, compared to 24.4 in 1990 (Martin et al. 2013: Table 16).

^dBirths per 1,000 married women age 15–44. Birth rates for married white and black women are not disaggregated by ethnicity, due to data limitations. Marital birth rates for 2012 are computed based on authors' tabulations of data presented in Martin et al. 2013 (Tables 13–15) and CDC (2013: Table 1).