CDC National Center for Health Statistics Quarterly provisional estimates of natality: dashboard notes and program page (state what period each rate covers) Page: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/natality-dashboard.htm and natality.htm Saved by HowIsTheUSDoing on 2026-10-07 (read with a headless browser). This is a plain-text copy kept as a record of what the pages said on that date; the live pages are the authority. ======================================================================== Skip directly to site content Skip directly to search An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving Lives, Protecting People National Center for Health Statistics Submit Natality Dashboard Print Related Pages Natality Dashboard Instructions Select options for topic, indicator and race and Hispanic origin. Options Topic:  General fertility rates  Age-specific birth rates  Teen birth rates  Method of Delivery  Preterm Birth Rates  Term Birth Rates  Low birthweight (<2500g)  Medicaid as source of payment for delivery  Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission Chart Comparison  Indicator  Race category Indicator:  15-44 years Generate Chart Additional Resources   Save as PNG Image   Download CSV Dataset   Access Socrata Dataset General Fertility Rate Decrease The 12-month ending general fertility rates decreased when comparing 2025 Q2 with 2026 Q2 for the following group(s): 15-44 years (53.7 to 52.7). 12 Month-ending General Fertility Rate: United States, 2024 - Quarter 2, 2026 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2026 Q1 2026 Q2 Quarter 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Births per 1,000 15-44 years General Fertility Rate 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2026 Q1 2026 Q2 — 15-44 years 54.6 53.9 54.6 54.6 54.5 53.7 53.6 53.3 53.0 52.7* NOTES: The general fertility rate refers to the total number of births per 1,000 women aged 15-44. Rates for "12 months ending with quarter" (also called moving average rate) are the average rates for the 12 months that end with the quarter on the horizontal (time) axis. Estimates for the 12-month period ending with a specific quarter include all seasons of the year and, thus, are insensitive to seasonality. A hollow circle indicates that estimates for the most recent quarter are significantly different from the same quarter of the previous year (p < 0.05); these estimates are also flagged in the data table with an asterisk (*). Race and Hispanic origin refers to the mother. SOURCE: NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. Estimates for 2025 and 2026 are based on provisional birth data. Estimates for 2024 are based on final birth data (available from: http://wonder.cdc.gov/). Quarterly Provisional Estimates Technical Notes Suggested citation Driscoll AK, Osterman MJK, Hamilton BE, Valenzuela CP. Quarterly provisional estimates for selected birth indicators, Quarter 1, 2024-Quarter 2, 2026. National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Vital Statistics Rapid Release Program. 2026. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/20250305004 Last Reviewed: September 17, 2026 Source: National Center for Health Statistics Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate Contact Us About CDC Policies Languages Archive Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Pinterest Snapchat RSS HHS.GOV USA.GOV ----- second page ----- Skip directly to site content Skip directly to search An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving Lives, Protecting People National Center for Health Statistics Submit Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Birth Indicators, 2024-Quarter 2, 2026 Print Related Pages Natality Dashboard Technical Notes View interactive dashboard of quarterly provisional estimates of natality. More Provisional estimates are based on a snapshot of all vital statistics birth certificate data received and processed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as of a specified cutoff date. Provisional estimates closely match final data, but they are subject to revision in future quarterly releases as additional records for that quarter are received. See Technical Notes for more details. In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents estimates of selected reproductive indicators from birth data for 2024 through the second quarter of 2026. Estimates for 2024 are based on final data (1); estimates for 2025 and 2026 are based on provisional data. The estimates are based on all birth records received and processed by NCHS as of July 28, 2026. Estimates are presented for: general fertility rates, age-specific birth rates, total and low-risk cesarean delivery and vaginal birth after cesarean rates, preterm and other gestational age birth rates, low birthweight, neonatal intensive care unit admission and Medicaid as a source of payment for the delivery. These indicators were selected based on their importance for public health surveillance as well as the feasibility of producing reliable estimates using available provisional data (2). Future quarterly releases may include additional birth indicators from natality data. The rates and percentages for a 12-month moving average are presented to account for seasonality. Estimates for the 12-month period ending with the fourth quarter in each year can be interpreted as an annual provisional estimate for that year. Differences are reported only if statistically significant (p<0.05). 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