What’s New

New Releases for Birth Data

Publications

• Births: Final Data for 2022 [PDF – 1.077 KB] (4/4/2024)
• Infant Mortality by Selected Maternal Characteristics and Race and Hispanic Origin in the United States, 2019-2021 [PDF 336 KB] (3/5/2024)
• Trends and Characteristics in Maternal Syphilis Rates During Pregnancy: United States, 2016-2022 (2/13/2024)
• Shifts in the Distribution of Births by Gestational Age: United States, 2014-2022 [PDF – 404 KB] (1/31/2024)
• Trends in Cesarean Delivery in Puerto Rico, 2018-2022 (1/10/2024)
• Characteristics of Mothers Admitted to Intensive Care Units During Hospitalization for Delivery of a Live-born Infant: United States, 2020-2022 (12/7/2023)
• Births in the United States, 2022 (8/23/2023)
• Trends in Characteristics of Mothers with Confirmed or Presumed COVID-19 During Pregnancy: 14 States and District of Columbia, July 2020–June 2022 [PDF – 589 KB] (6/28/2023)
• Births: Provisional Data for 2022 [PDF – 485 KB] (6/1/2023)
• Provisional Estimates for Selected Maternal and Infant Outcomes by Month, 2019-2022 (6/1/2023)
• Trends and Characteristics in Prepregnancy Diabetes: United States, 2016-2021 [PDF – 431] (5/31/2023)
• Changes in Prenatal Care Utilization: United States, 2019-2021 [PDF – 425 KB] (5/4/2023)
• Trends and Characteristics in Maternal Hepatitis C Virus Infection Rates During Pregnancy: United States, 2016-2021 [PDF – 361 KB] (4/11/2023)
• Birth: Final Data for 2021 [PDF – 1 MB] (1/31/2023)
• Changes in Twin Births in the United States, 2019-2021 [PDF – 392 KB] (12/7/2022)
• Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 [PDF ‐ 1.154 KB] (11/17/2022)
• Births in the United States, 2021 (8/29/2022)
• Changes in Births by Month: United States, 2021 [PDF – 692 KB] (7/19/2022)
• Trends and Characteristics in Gestational Diabetes: United States, 2016-2020 [PDF – 774 KB] (7/19/2022)
• Changes in Primary and Repeat Cesarean Delivery: United States, 2016-2021 [PDF – 592 KB] (7/6/2022)
• Maternal Characteristics and Infant Outcomes of Women Born in and Outside the United States: United States, 2020 [PDF – 1 MB] (6/29/2022)
• Births: Provisional Data for 2021 [PDF – 454 KB] (5/24/2022)
• Changes in Births by Month: United States, January 2019–June 2021 [PDF – 572 KB] (3/1/2022)
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• Births: Final Data for 2020 [PDF – 1 MB] Supplemental Tables [PDF – 681 KB] (2/7/2022)
• Exploring the Decline in the Singleton Preterm Birth Rate in the United States, 2019–2020 (1/21/2022)

Results and Publications for Birth Data

Data Releases

• Provisional birth data for Puerto Rico (4/2/2024)
• Birth Data Micro-data Files

Training

• Applying Best Practices for Reporting Medical and Health Information on Birth Certificates

New Releases for Mortality Data

Publications

• Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2022 (5/2/2024)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2021 [PDF – 2,751KB] (4/8/2024)
• Mortality in the United States, 2022 (3/21/2024)
• Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2002–2022 (3/21/2024)
• Mortality in Adults Age 65 and Older: United States, 2000–2019 [PDF 1,085 KB] (12/15/2023)
• Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2020–2021 (12/7/2023)
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2020 [PDF – 2,208 KB] (12/5/2023)
• Provisional Numbers and Rates of Suicide by Demographic Characteristics: United States, 2022 [PDF – 600 KB] (11/29/2023)
• Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2022 [PDF 666 KB] (11/29/2023)
• Declines in Cancer Death Rates Among Youth: United States, 2001–2021 (11/16/2023)
• Suicide Among Adults Ages 55 and Older, 2021 (11/15/2023)
• Fetal Mortality in the United States: Final 2020–2021 and 2021–Provisional 2022 [PDF – 455 KB] (11/8/2023)
• United States Life Tables, 2021 [PDF -2,372 KB] 11/7/2023)
• Infant Mortality in the United States: Provisional Data From the 2022 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File [PDF – 455] (11/1/2023)
• Infant Mortality in the United States, 2021: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File [PDF – 634] (9/12/2023)
• Deaths: Final Data for 2020 [PDF – 2,221 KB] (9/25/2023)
• Physician’s Handbook on Medical Certification of Death [PDF – 1,786 KB] (9/11/2023)
• Drug Overdose Mortality by Usual Occupation and Industry: 46 U.S. States and New York City, 2020 [PDF – 657 KB](8/22/2023)
• Homicides Among Infants in the United States, 2017–2020 [PDF – 330 KB] (7/26/2023)
• Fetal Mortality: United States, 2021 [PDF – 550 KB] (7/26/2023)
• Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine: United States, 2018–2021 [PDF – 661KB] (6/30/2023)
• Co-involvement of Opioids in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants, 2011–2021 (7/19/2023)
• Suicide and Homicide Death Rates Among Youth and Young Adults Aged 10–24: United States, 2001–2021 (6/15/2023)
• Characteristics of Mothers by Source of Payment for the Delivery: United States, 2021 (5/25/2023)
• Autopsies in the United States in 2020 [PDF – 431 KB] (5/24/2023)
• Estimates of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, and Oxycodone: United States, 2021 [PDF – 690 KB] (5/3/2023)
• Suicide Mortality in the United States, 2001–2021 (4/13/2024)
• Guidance for Certifying Deaths Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [PDF – 403 KB] (2/27/2023)
• Maternal Characteristics and Infant Outcomes by Hispanic Subgroup and Nativity: United States, 2021 [PDF – 949 KB] (1/24/2023)
• Infant Mortality Among Non-Hispanic Asian Subgroups in the United States, 2018–2020 (1/13/2023)
• Fetal Mortality in the United States: Final 2019–2020 and 2020–Provisional 2021 [PDF – 1,418 KB] (1/12/2023)
• Mortality in the United States, 2021 (12/22/2022)
• Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2001–2021 (12/22/2022)
• Mortality in the United States, 2021 (12/22/2022)
• Identification of Deaths With Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 From Death Certificate Literal Text: United States, January 1, 2020–June 30, 2022 [PDF – 674 KB] (12/14/2022)
• Drug Overdose Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2020 (11/30/2022)
• Unintentional Fall Deaths Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2020 (11/30/2022)
• Alcohol-induced Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2019 and 2020 (11/30/2022)
• Death Rates for Leading Causes of Death for People Aged 25–44 Among the Three Largest Race and Ethnicity Groups: United States, 2000–2020 (11/16/2022)
• Suicide Rates for the Three Leading Methods by Race and Ethnicity: United States, 2000–2020 (11/16/2022)
• Alcohol-induced Death Rates in the United States, 2019–2020
• COVID-19 Mortality by Usual Occupation and Industry: 46 States and New York City, United States, 2020 [PDF – 791 KB] (10/28/2022)
• COVID-19 Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 2020 (10/25/2022)
• Cause-of-death Data from the Fetal Death File, 2018–2020 [PDF – 2 MB] (10/19/2022)
• COVID-19 Mortality in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2020 (10/14/2022)
• Provisional Numbers and Rates of Suicide by Month and Demographic Characteristics: United States, 2021 [PDF – 419 KB] (9/30/2022)
• Infant Mortality in the United States, 2020: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File [PDF – 1 MB] (9/29/2022)
• Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2021 [PDF – 1 MB]
  Supplemental Tables [PDF – 1 MB] (8/31/2022)
• U.S. State Life Tables, 2020 (8/22/2022)
• United States Life Tables, 2020 [PDF – 3 MB] (8/8/2022)
• Fetal Mortality: United States, 2020 [PDF – 804 KB] (8/4/2022)
• Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 2020 (7/21/2022)
• United States Life Tables, 2019 [PDF – 1 MB] (3/22/2022)
• A Reference Guide for Certification of Deaths Associated With Pregnancy on Death Certificates [PDF – 4 MB] (3/21/2022)
• Suicide Mortality in the United States, 2000–2020 (3/3/2022)
• Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2020 (2/23/2022)
• U.S. State Life Tables, 2019 [PDF – 829 KB] (2/10/2022)
• Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014 Through 2019 and Changes Between 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 [PDF – 550 KB] (1/20/2022)
• Decline in Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2017–2019 (1/18/2022)

Results and Publications for Mortality Data

Data Releases

• 2016-2020 Matched Multiple Birth and Fetal Death Data File
• Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
• Mortality Multiple Cause Micro-data Files

eVitals Standards Initiatives

• e-Vital Standards Initiatives