Table H-1r                                                       HISTORICAL VITAL STATISTICS  DATA
POPULATION, LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES:
RATES FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, NEONATAL DEATHS, AND FETAL DEATHS
MAINE STATE TOTALS, 1900-1965 (Every Fifth Year) and 1966-2006 (Yearly)

Year	

Population	

Live Births	Birth Rate
per 1,000
Population	
Deaths
(All Ages)	Death Rate
per 1,000
Population	Infant
Death 
Rated	Neonatal 
Death
Rated	Fetal
Death
Rated	

  Marriagesc	

   Divorcesc	
1900	694,466	14,095	20.3	11,389	16.4	267.5	-	43.6a	5,482	801	
1905	719,000	15,294	21.3	11,381	15.8	234.2	-	46.5a	6,264	848	
1910	742,371	15,798	21.3	12,439	16.7	249.2	30.4	42.5a	5,900	911	
1915	757,000	16,671	22.0	11,541	15.2	135.7	25.4	41.3a	6,672	1,006	
1920	768,014	17,495	22.7	11,850	15.3	102.8	41.2	42.8a	7,884	1,364	
1925	782,700	17,706	22.6	10,874	13.8	75.6	51.8	 - 	6,226	1,228	
1930	797,423	16,199	20.3	11,084	13.9	75.4	41.5	35.9a	6,438	1,466	
1935	822,300	15,715	19.1	11,042	13.4	62.3	37.8	33.6a	7,089	1,474	
1940	847,226	15,285	18.0	10,640	12.6	52.9	34.0	24.8a	8,475	1,537	
1945	880,500	16,647	18.9	9,966	11.3	46.6	27.0	24.1a	7,569	2,497	
1950	914,950	21,239	23.2	9,962	10.9	31.2	22.0	19.4a	8,617	2,162	
1955	940,841	22,753	24.2	10,140	10.8	24.5	17.3	28.4a	8,263	1,954	
1960	970,689	23,282	24.0	10,752	11.1	25.2	18.6	17.7a	7,860	2,025	
1965	993,236	19,796	19.9	10,778	10.9	22.4	16.9	17.5a	8,726	2,502	
1966	994,714	18,526	18.6	10,915	11.0	22.6	17.1	15.0a	8,983	2,630	
1967	995,134	17,976	18.1	11,066	11.2	23.1	16.4	16.1a	9,210	3,049	
1968	994,632	16,866	17.0	11,085	11.1	21.6	15.9	14.1a	10,179	3,088	
1969	993,907	17,364	17.5	10,898	11.0	19.7	15.3	11.3a	10,428	3,375	
1970	997,357	17,837	17.9	11,066	11.1	20.9	16.1	12.3a	10,975	3,841	
1971	1,012,257	17,850	17.6	10,830	10.7	18.1	13.3	12.2a	11,193	3,905	
1972	1,025,775	16,269	15.9	11,147	10.9	17.7	12.8	11.6a	11,741	4,132	
1973	1,038,291	15,730	15.1	10,837	10.4	16.1	11.6	12.1a	11,925	4,551	
1974	1,050,181	15,110	14.4	10,705	10.2	16.1	12.6	10.2b	11,546	4,850	
1975	1,062,640	15,232	14.3	10,253	9.6	13.2	9.0	11.2b	11,190	5,526	
1976	1,074,653	15,046	14.0	10,422	9.7	11.0	7.6	8.8b 	11,302	5,522	
1977	1,087,650	16,252	14.9	10,055	9.2	9.4	6.1	8.4b 	11,446	5,655	
1978	1,101,186	15,919	14.5	10,168	9.2	10.2	6.0	8.4b	11,658	6,164	
1979	1,115,044	16,435	14.7	10,278	9.2	9.7	5.8	6.7b	11,918	6,158	
1980	1,125,027	16,474	14.6	10,768	9.6	9.3	5.9	7.7b	12,040	6,189	
1981	1,132,849	16,567	14.6	10,331	9.1	10.6	6.6	6.9b	12,290	6,351	
1982	1,136,199	16,695	14.7	10,451	9.2	8.7	6.0	6.4b	12,388	5,804	
1983	1,145,730	16,576	14.5	10,916	9.5	8.7	5.9	6.2b	12,478	5,939	
1984	1,156,485	16,631	14.4	10,826	9.4	8.0	4.8	6.6b	12,525	5,795	
1985	1,163,850	16,905	14.5	11,392	9.8	8.9	6.3	5.4b	12,248	6,070	
1986	1,172,200	16,717	14.3	11,178	9.5	8.7	5.6	5.2b	11,983	5,621	
1987	1,186,350	16,727	14.1	11,238	9.5	8.1	4.8	5.1b	12,124	5,878	
1988	1,205,900	17,166	14.2	11,482	9.5	7.9	5.1	6.1b	12,553	6,041	
1989	1,216,050	17,464	14.4	11,090	9.1	7.0	4.8	5.3b	11,894	5,469	
1990	1,227,928	17,314	14.1	11,023	9.0	5.9	4.4	4.7b	11,914	5,164	
1991	1,232,669	16,755	13.6	11,189	9.1	6.7	4.4	4.5b	11,306	5,645	
1992	1,236,269	16,013	13.0	11,045	8.9	5.6	3.6	5.1b	11,305	6,257	
1993	1,238,978	15,054	12.2	11,540	9.3	6.4	4.2	5.0b	11,207	5,997	
1994	1,238,903	14,396	11.6	11,596	9.4	6.1	4.0	3.8b	10,978	5,701	
1995	1,242,351	13,875	11.2	11,698	9.4	6.3	4.3	6.0b	10,104	5,893	
1996	1,246,473	13,766	11.0	11,695	9.4	4.4	3.3	5.0b	10,705	5,878	
1997	1,253,226	13,657	10.9	11,976	9.6	5.1	3.4	5.1b	10,848	5,724	
1998	1,261,423	13,723	10.9	12,067	9.6	6.1	4.2	4.4b	10,624	6,229	
1999	1,269,783	13,608	10.7	12,233	9.6	4.7	3.6	4.7b	10,934	6,410	
2000	1,274,923	13,590	10.7	12,337	9.7	4.9	3.5	4.6b	11,338	6,448	
2001	1,286,670	13,751	10.7	12,403	9.6	6.1	4.7	4.2b	11,135	5,730	
2002	1,294,464	13,549	10.5	12,670	9.8	4.3	3.1	5.5b	11,094	5,944	
2003	1,305,728	13,850	10.6	12,530	9.6	4.9	4.0	3.4b	11,029	5,742	
2004	1,317,253	13,929	10.6	12,441	9.4	5.7	4.2	4.8b	11,270	5,691	
2005**	1,321,505	14,111	10.7	12,858	9.7	6.9	3.9	5.0b	10,936	5,508	
2006**	1,321,574	14,152	10.7	12,268	9.3	n/a	n/a	5.0b	10,289	5,608	
Notes: 
All Data are subject to revision as newer data are made available.
n/a Data not yet available.
aFetal death rate calculated based on all reported terminations of pregnancy, regardless of gestational age.  In 1973, 12.0% of such terminations were for fetuses of less than 20 weeks gestation.
bFetal death rate calculated based on reported fetal deaths of gestational age 20 weeks or more.
cOccurrence data.
dRate per 1,000 live births in the same year.
All data for births and deaths pertain to Maine residents only, starting in 1935.  Data on marriages and divorces describe all such events which *occurred in Maine.
** Preliminary data.
 [VS_H1r.RTF – revised 7/2008]