Trends in Mean Age of Mothers: United States, 2016–2023
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Description
Examines trends in maternal age at the time of first birth, second birth, and third birth and higher, as well as by mother's demographics and urbanicity. Utilizes 2016–2023 National Vital Statistics System data to provide the mean maternal age with urbanicity breakdowns according to noncore (nonmetropolitan), micropolitan (nonmetropolitan), small metropolitan, medium metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, and large central metropolitan.
Author(s)
Andrea D. Brown, Brady E. Hamilton, Dmitry M. Kissin, Joyce A. Martin
Date
06/2025
Organization
National Center for Health Statistics
Tagged as
Maternal health and prenatal care
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data
· Women