Statewide Live Birth Profiles
This dataset contains counts of live births for California as a whole based on information entered on birth certificates. Final counts are derived from static data and include out of state births to California residents, whereas provisional counts are derived from incomplete and dynamic data. Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved and may not represent all births that occurred during the time period.
The final data tables include both births that occurred in California regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence) and births to California residents (by residence), whereas the provisional data table only includes births that occurred in California regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence). The data are reported as totals, as well as stratified by parent giving birth's age, parent giving birth's race-ethnicity, and birth place type. See temporal coverage for more information on which strata are available for which years.
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1960-2024 Final Births by Month Statewide
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Data Dictionary - Births Statewide
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1960-2024 Final Births by Year Statewide
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Data Dictionary - 1960-2024 Final Births by Year Statewide
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Data Dictionary - 1960-2024 Final Births by Month Statewide
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2025-2026 Provisional Births by Month Statewide
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All resource data
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
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"fn": "California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Informatics, Vital Statistics Branch",
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}
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| description | This dataset contains counts of live births for California as a whole based on information entered on birth certificates. Final counts are derived from static data and include out of state births to California residents, whereas provisional counts are derived from incomplete and dynamic data. Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved and may not represent all births that occurred during the time period. The final data tables include both births that occurred in California regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence) and births to California residents (by residence), whereas the provisional data table only includes births that occurred in California regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence). The data are reported as totals, as well as stratified by parent giving birth's age, parent giving birth's race-ethnicity, and birth place type. See temporal coverage for more information on which strata are available for which years. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | 22187897-5df3-437b-91a5-8f3778de8f0a |
| issued | 2020-06-11T15:33:42.067112 |
| keyword |
[
"CDPH",
"CHSI",
"adolescent births",
"birth",
"birth certificate",
"birth place",
"california department of public health",
"ethnicity",
"live births",
"public health",
"race",
"vital statistics"
]
|
| license | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| modified | 2026-03-26T21:53:07.828573 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "California Department of Public Health",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| theme |
[
"Health and Human Services"
]
|
| title | Statewide Live Birth Profiles |
