Statewide Live Birth Profiles
Data and Resources
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2023-2024 Provisional Births by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the provisional monthly number of births that...
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1960-2022 Final Births by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide monthly number of births that occurred...
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1960-2022 Final Births by Year StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide annual number of births that occurred...
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Data Dictionary - Births StatewideCSV
Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Contact Email | [email protected] |
Program | California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Informatics, Vital Statistics Branch |
Homepage URL | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Data-and-Statistics-.aspx |
Temporal Coverage | Final Data Tables:
Provisional Data Tables:
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Spatial/Geographic Coverage | California |
Geographic Granularity | Statewide |
Language | English (EN) |
Frequency | Monthly |
De-Identification Method | In accordance with the California Health and Human Services Data De-Identification Guidelines, counts less than 11 have been suppressed to protect privacy and additional suppression has been applied to complementary cells to prevent the inference of the values of suppressed cells. An Annotation_Code of 1 denotes non-zero counts less than 11 suppressed due to small numbers, and an Annotation_Code of 2 denotes a cell suppressed as a complementary cell. Suppression is applied to complementary cells across all stratifications, including across all months for each year. Since annual counts will be provided once provisional data is finalized, complementary cells are suppressed across the months for each year even when annual counts have not yet been provided. |
Source Link | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Data-Applications.aspx |
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License | Terms of Use |
Limitations | Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files. |
Additional Limitations | Data Completeness: Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved, given by Data_Extract_Date, and may not represent all births that occurred during the time period. |
Additional Information | Definition of Live Birth: "Live Birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception (irrespective of duration of pregnancy) which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. Parent Giving Birth's Age: Age of the parent giving birth grouped into the following categories: "Under 15 years," "15-19 years," "20-24 years," "25-29 years," "30-34 years," "35-39 years," "40-44 years," and "45 years and over." Records with unknown age are excluded from this strata. Parent Giving Birth's Race-Ethnicity: The race or Hispanic ethnicity of the parent giving birth, includes: "American Indian/Alaska Native," "Asian," "Black," "Hawaiian/Pacific Islander," "Hispanic," "Multi-Race," "White," and "Other/Unknown." All records with a response of "Yes" to "Is the genetic mother/parent Hispanic/Latina/Spanish?" are included in "Hispanic" regardless of race. Place Type: Birth place type represents the type of facility or location where a birth occurred and includes the following categories: "Hospital," "Freestanding Birth Center," "Home," and "Other/Unknown." "Other/Unknown" includes records where the birth place type is "Clinic/Doctor's Office," "Other," or "Unknown." |
Citation | Final Data: California Department of Public Health. Birth Statistical Master File (Static), 1960-2017. Compiled by Center for Health Statistics and Informatics. California Department of Public Health. California Comprehensive Master Birth File (Static), 2018-2022. Compiled by Center for Health Statistics and Informatics. Provisional Data: California Department of Public Health. California Comprehensive Birth File (Dynamic), 2023-2024. Compiled by Center for Health Statistics and Informatics. Date extracted: [Data_Extract_Date]. |
Last Updated | April 30, 2024, 16:23 (UTC) |
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