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Show Women's and Children's Health Fertility Compiled by Shelley Beal 2001 Utah Fertility Rate: 89 per 1,000 Fertility rates and birth rates are highly correlated. Birth rates are usually expressed in terms of the number of live births per 1.000 population, whereas fertility rates are the number of live births per 1,000 females 15-44 years of age. Utah fertility rates have consistently been higher that U.S. rates (Table 1). Another important rate is the total fertility rates (TFR). The TFR is the average number of babies born to women during their reproductive years. In 1957, the U. S. fertility rate peaked at about 3.8 children per woman total and then rapidly decreased to 1.7 in 1976. The total fertility rate remained steady through the 1980s, then rose nationally to 2.1 in 1990 (Figure 1). Rising fertility rates for women over thirty were particularly responsible for this more general increase in fertility. Being part of the Baby Boom generation, these women are part of a large age group, which when combined with a higher fertility rate resulted in a large number of additional births. This is one of the reasons that Utah's rate of population growth continues to be about twice that of the nation. It also causes Utah to have a very young population, in fact, the youngest in the nation. While Utah nationally ranks first in both the percent of the population under age five and first in the percent of the population aged 5 to 17. the state ranks last in the percent of the population over age 64. The high fertility rate and young median age are reasons that Utah has larger families than other states in the nation. Table 1. Fertility Rates, Utah and U.S., 1970-2001. Utah U.S. 1970-1975 111.5 1976-1979 122.1 1980-1984 112.9 1985-1989 93.8 1990-1994 87.4 1995-1999 89.3 2000 89.9 2001 88.9 75.8 66.1 66.8 69.2 68.7 65.5 67.6 67.2 a The fertility rate is the number of live births per 1,000 females 15 to 44 years of age. Figure 1. Fertility Rate, Utah and U.S., 1970-2005 (projected). /I " • • •. 3 - '"¦--,. ---...-----¦- i 0 - -i-i-i-[- -i-i-i-i-r~-i-i-i-r~ -i-i-i- Utah Fertility Rate US Fertility Rate ON On ON ON ON ON r^coooooooooONON On On On On On on on on Sources: United States (1917 - 2050) State of Utah (1960 - 2050) MCDs (1970 -2050) State of Utah Long-Term Economic and Demographic Projections (2003). Total Fertility Rate - Time Series Age Specific Fertility Rates: Cross-Sectional Age Specific. [Online] htq?://goydala.scate,ulu;>'prograins/sdeet,asp'> das ?!N'i- a*1 icu [et\ v il Utah Department of Health. Center for Health Data. Office of Vital Records and Statistics (2002). Utah's Vital Statistics, Births and Deaths, 2001. Salt Lake City: Government Printing Office. Cole, James. Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (2002). Data Book: Demographics Summary of Major Trends Utah is demographically unique among states. [Online] http:;7govemoi ',: . ¦ Oku databook/6.HTM 100 Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume LX |
