Live birth rates

Table: HWF-5
1990-2006
Rate of births per 1,000 population

County ID	Area Name	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
19000	Iowa	14.1	13.9	13.7	13.4	13.1	13	13	12.8	13	13.1	13.1	12.8	12.8	13	13	13.2	13.6
19001	Adair County	12.2	10.4	12.5	8.8	11.2	9.7	7.4	8.3	9.4	8.8	8.2	8.1	9.3	10.2	7.6	10.9	12.6
19003	Adams County	12.4	13.5	8.8	11.1	14	8	10.8	7.5	11.4	10.7	7.8	8.6	11.2	9.2	8.8	9.8	15.3
19005	Allamakee County	12.8	12.5	14.2	12.6	11.3	11.1	12.3	11.8	12.2	13.2	10.8	11.7	12.7	11.7	13.9	14	14
19007	Appanoose County	12.1	12.4	12.6	11.9	11.2	10.8	12.3	10.4	11.3	11.8	10.3	10.3	11.5	13.4	10.6	13.5	11.5
19009	Audubon County	12.4	10.5	9.8	10.3	12.7	10.9	9.2	12	10.6	10	6.9	9.1	7.2	10.8	7.1	11.3	9.1
19011	Benton County	14.2	14.9	13.3	13.1	12.2	12.2	10.7	11.2	12.8	10.3	12.8	11.9	11.6	12.7	11.8	10.8	11.5
19013	Black Hawk County	13.7	13.9	13.3	14.3	13	12.3	13.1	13.1	13.5	13.3	12.1	12.5	12.6	12.2	13.6	13.4	14.1
19015	Boone County	13.1	12.3	11.4	10.9	12.4	12.1	11.6	11	11.3	12.1	12.1	11.1	11.1	12.2	10.8	11.7	12.4
19017	Bremer County	10.6	10.3	11.2	11.7	10.5	10.7	10	9.4	9	10.1	10.7	10.2	11	10.4	9.9	11.5	12.5
19019	Buchanan County	14.5	14.4	15.6	13.1	14.8	13.4	13.5	13.4	14.6	14.1	14.3	14.4	14.6	14.3	13.8	14.2	16.2
19021	Buena Vista County	14.4	13.3	13.7	11.8	12.1	11	11.5	13.2	12.2	13.1	11.4	11.8	12.5	12.4	13.3	14.5	12.9
19023	Butler County	11.7	10.2	10.1	10.8	10.4	10.5	9.4	10.2	10.4	10.3	11.1	8.9	10.6	10.5	11.9	11.3	11.3
19025	Calhoun County	11.3	9.6	10.4	7.8	9.1	9.9	10	8.5	10	9.1	9.6	8.6	9.2	8.1	10.9	9.6	10.3
19027	Carroll County	14.9	13	12.6	11.9	12.5	13.1	12	11	11.4	11.7	12.2	10.7	11.4	12.6	12.4	12.8	14.4
19029	Cass County	12.7	13.6	11.3	11.8	9.9	10.2	10.2	10.9	9.8	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.3	10.6	10.6	12	11.3
19031	Cedar County	12.7	12.4	11.2	11.6	11	11.6	11	11	10.3	10	11.3	10.3	10	11.2	11.2	10.6	11.1
19033	Cerro Gordo County	14.7	13.2	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.7	12.9	11.3	11.4	12.1	11.4	10.4	11.1	10.9	11.1	10.5	11.3
19035	Cherokee County	14.2	10.9	11.3	10.1	11.3	9.8	8.6	10.6	9.9	10.3	11.2	9.1	9	9.2	9.1	9.2	9.8
19037	Chickasaw County	15	12.5	12.5	13.5	12.6	11.3	9.2	11.7	9.4	10.3	12.9	10.7	10.4	11.8	10.4	14.2	12.6
19039	Clarke County	12.8	12.7	12.6	9.7	10.1	12.5	10.5	10.1	11.9	12.9	10.6	14.8	12.1	14.6	13.4	14.4	13.8
19041	Clay County	13.5	14.6	13.2	10.8	12.4	11.8	10.7	11.2	10.2	11.3	11.7	11.8	11.1	13.1	12.4	11.8	12.2
19043	Clayton County	12.7	13.5	12.2	12.8	11	11	9.4	10.4	11.1	10.4	10.4	11.7	9.6	11.6	11.3	10.4	12.4
19045	Clinton County	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	12.6	12.9	12	12.6	13.6	12.7	11.8	12.3	11.9	10.6	12	12.5	13.1
19047	Crawford County	13.6	12.3	11.8	12.6	10.7	10.8	14.1	12.8	11.7	12.5	11.2	13.3	12.9	14.1	14.4	12.6	14.7
19049	Dallas County	13.7	14	13.6	13.4	13.6	14.3	14.5	13.5	14.3	13.2	13.9	12.3	13.7	12.8	13.2	15.4	16.4
19051	Davis County	15.4	15.3	12.9	14.1	15.1	11.1	15.2	14.1	12.1	12	15.1	14.5	13.3	15.2	13.6	15.8	16
19053	Decatur County	11	11.5	10.8	10.9	13.9	11.7	11.8	12	11.2	10.8	11.6	9.5	9.9	10.9	12.1	11.7	11.2
19055	Delaware County	15.8	14.9	14.3	14.3	14.6	11.6	12.7	11.3	13.3	10.6	12.3	11.2	11.6	11.9	10.5	11.7	12.1
19057	Des Moines County	13.3	13.6	13.3	13	12.2	12.3	13.3	13	12.2	12.4	13.1	12	12	12	12.8	12.3	13.6
19059	Dickinson County	10.7	10.7	10	8.3	9.6	8.8	9.4	10.5	10.9	10.6	9.7	9.4	10.3	10	10.7	9.2	10.2
19061	Dubuque County	14.6	14.2	13.4	14.2	13.3	13.4	13.5	13	13.1	13.1	13.7	13.2	12.9	13.7	13.2	12.3	13.1
19063	Emmet County	11.6	13.4	11.6	12.4	9.6	9.7	12.1	10.8	11.6	11.7	11.4	11.5	12.1	14	12.2	15	13.9
19065	Fayette County	13.2	13.4	12.7	11.6	13.8	12.3	11.3	11.9	10.8	10.7	10.6	9.5	9.3	11.4	9.9	11.7	11
19067	Floyd County	12.9	13.1	12	11.9	11.1	12.2	11.7	12.7	12	11.8	11.8	11.4	10.6	11	11.9	13.3	13.4
19069	Franklin County	10.9	11.5	11.3	10.7	12.1	10.5	11.4	11.9	10.3	11.1	10.6	11.9	11.2	11.3	12.4	11.9	11.6
19071	Fremont County	12.2	13.1	12.6	11.1	9.7	10.6	7.6	12	11.5	12.7	10.2	11.4	9.6	11.8	9.6	11.6	10.5
19073	Greene County	10.8	12.3	12.2	12.7	10.7	11.2	11.9	10.9	10.9	12.5	8.9	11.1	9.3	10.9	10	9.3	13
19075	Grundy County	12.2	11.4	9.4	11.7	9.2	8	10.1	10.4	11.1	8.5	10.8	10.1	10.2	9.5	9	10	11.2
19077	Guthrie County	11.1	12.4	13.9	9.4	11.2	10.7	11.4	11.1	10.6	12.1	11.8	12	13.1	13.1	9.1	11	10.8
19079	Hamilton County	13	13.7	12.8	12	12.7	11.9	11.3	13.1	13.6	13	11.7	11	11	11.1	12.3	11.4	11.4
19081	Hancock County	13	12.6	11.5	10.3	10.4	10.1	10	10.6	11.2	10.6	10.8	11.1	9.4	9	9.9	13.2	11.2
19083	Hardin County	11.2	11	10.2	11	11.7	13	11.6	10.2	11.2	12.9	11.1	12.5	10.3	11.6	11	11.5	11
19085	Harrison County	12.7	13.7	13.6	12.1	11.8	11.5	11.4	11.7	10.8	11.8	12.3	10.2	11	11.2	8.6	11.1	11.1
19087	Henry County	13.7	12.2	13.1	12.9	12.1	13.9	10.2	12.2	12.5	12.2	13	10.6	11.9	9.7	12.6	12.2	10.8
19089	Howard County	13.8	11.6	12.7	11.3	9.8	12.1	9.4	12.8	11.6	12.2	11.1	11.1	11.3	10.2	12.1	13.5	13.1
19091	Humboldt County	10.4	9.7	9.5	10.5	11.3	10.3	10.7	12.4	10.4	12.7	9.5	11.3	10.6	10.6	14.2	12.1	12.5
19093	Ida County	12.8	12.1	11.3	11.2	10.3	8.9	12.2	12.4	11.4	10.1	8.9	10.3	12.5	9.6	10.8	11	12.8
19095	Iowa County	14.6	14.1	13.3	14.3	14.2	12.7	14.8	10.1	11.2	11.4	11.7	11.4	11.3	12.4	11.9	12.5	12.8
19097	Jackson County	12.7	14.4	12.8	12.8	11.9	13	11.7	12.1	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.7	10.5	10.9	9.5	9.7	11.3
19099	Jasper County	12.4	13.6	13.1	12.1	12.5	11.8	12	12.2	11.5	12.5	12.3	12.3	12.3	11.6	11.2	12.6	10.7
19101	Jefferson County	11.8	11.4	11.2	10.6	10.2	9.1	10.1	9.4	10.1	9.4	9	9.6	9.2	9.2	9.5	10.7	8.9
19103	Johnson County	14.6	14	13.9	13.5	12.8	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.8	12.4	12.1	12.6	13.1	13.4	12.4	13.7
19105	Jones County	12.9	13	12.3	11.8	12.7	9.6	11	10.5	9.1	9.8	11.2	9.8	10.1	10.9	10.6	11.1	10.3
19107	Keokuk County	12.9	15.1	12.7	12.3	11.2	12.5	11.6	11	12.4	11	13.5	11.1	12.5	11.3	11.8	11.2	12.5
19109	Kossuth County	13.5	12.4	10.9	12.1	10.8	9.6	9.1	9.7	9.8	9.2	9.7	9.3	10.1	9.8	10.7	11.2	10.4
19111	Lee County	12.8	12.7	13.8	13.5	11.2	12.3	12.3	11.5	11.7	12.2	10.8	11	10.9	10.7	10.5	11.1	12.5
19113	Linn County	15.6	15.4	15.3	14.6	14.4	14.5	14.1	14.2	14.4	14.8	14.2	14.7	14.1	14	14	14	14.2
19115	Louisa County	14	12.7	12.5	15.7	13.7	14.7	13.5	16	14.5	13.7	13.5	13	16.3	11.5	13.5	10.9	12.4
19117	Lucas County	12.8	12.2	11.1	12.9	14.3	11.1	13.6	10.4	12.6	10.6	12.6	11.4	11.3	10.6	9.2	12.4	13.1
19119	Lyon County	14.9	13.1	15	13.5	13.9	11.5	12.6	11.4	12.4	12.8	13.5	12	13.4	14	12.3	14.4	15
19121	Madison County	12.6	12.6	12.1	12.6	12.3	11.8	11.2	12.3	11.8	13.3	14	12.1	14.3	13.4	13.1	12.5	13.2
19123	Mahaska County	13.2	14	12.3	12.8	12.5	13.3	11.9	11.8	13	13.7	12.7	13.2	11.3	12.6	12.1	13.7	14.4
19125	Marion County	12.5	12.1	13.6	12.9	13.7	11.7	12.2	10.7	12.9	13.7	11.9	11.7	12.9	12.1	12.1	12.9	12.8
19127	Marshall County	13.1	12	12.5	13.8	13.7	13.3	14.3	12.2	13.2	14.8	14.1	13.7	13.7	14.6	16.3	15.5	15.8
19129	Mills County	10.3	12.8	11.3	11.9	13.5	11.4	12.7	11.1	13.4	10.6	10.7	12.4	11.1	11.3	12.2	12.9	11.5
19131	Mitchell County	12	13.6	11.6	14	12.8	11.6	11.7	12	11.1	12	12	14.2	11.9	10.9	10.1	13.5	11
19133	Monona County	11.4	13.3	14.4	10.5	12.3	12.5	9.7	10.8	9.8	11.4	9.8	11.4	10.9	9.5	10.6	10	12.8
19135	Monroe County	14.3	13.6	12	14.6	10.7	10.9	12	11.8	9.6	12.5	12.7	10.5	10.3	12.1	10.4	9.7	12.4
19137	Montgomery County	13.1	11.5	13.9	11.7	13.4	13.5	13.5	9.5	12.8	12.5	11.8	11.8	12.2	10.2	11	12.6	12.1
19139	Muscatine County	16.6	16.7	16.1	15.7	15.3	15.3	14.4	13.9	15	15	15.3	15.6	15	14.6	13.8	13.7	14.8
19141	O'Brien County	11.9	11.4	12.9	12.4	11.3	13.1	12.7	12.8	10.7	12.3	12.4	10	11.4	10.8	11.9	12.8	11.8
19143	Osceola County	12.9	14.7	11.9	11.3	9.8	12.8	11.2	11.3	10.9	10.6	10.4	10.7	10.7	11.9	11.8	10.9	10.6
19145	Page County	11.9	10.6	10	9.9	10.8	10.4	11	9.9	11	11.4	10	9.4	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.9
19147	Palo Alto County	8.9	10.5	10.7	10.5	10.3	9.4	9.7	12.1	10.6	10.5	10.8	10.3	11.1	11.8	10.7	12.5	13.2
19149	Plymouth County	14.8	12.6	13.4	12.8	12.8	13	12.6	13.3	12.4	11.6	12.4	11.3	12.3	12.4	13	12.5	12.3
19151	Pocahontas County	13.1	11.1	10.6	9.6	9.2	7.2	7.6	8.7	8.1	9.3	8.4	7.7	9.6	7.6	9.1	11.1	8.7
19153	Polk County	16.3	16.5	16.4	15.9	15.7	15.6	16.3	16	16.4	16.3	16.6	16.1	15.9	16.4	16.1	16.4	16.9
19155	Pottawattamie County	16.5	15.7	15.1	14.3	13.9	13.6	13	13.9	13.5	14.1	13.5	13.9	13.4	14.2	13.7	13.7	13.6
19157	Poweshiek County	11.9	12.5	11.4	10.9	11.1	11.4	10.2	10.1	10.4	9.4	11.3	10.6	10.2	10.1	9.6	10.3	9.8
19159	Ringgold County	8.1	9.8	10.6	7.1	5.6	10.3	8	12.1	8.8	12.9	12.6	11.6	10.2	11.6	10.8	15	11.2
19161	Sac County	11.8	10.3	11.5	11.5	10.4	11.3	13.3	10.9	9.4	10.9	11.7	8.8	8.1	10.3	11.4	11.3	11.1
19163	Scott County	16.1	15.7	16	15.5	14.4	14.4	14.6	13.8	14.8	14.2	14.8	13.9	14.3	14	14.4	14.4	13.8
19165	Shelby County	13.8	11.8	11.6	12.4	11.1	12	8.8	10.7	11	11	11.4	8.7	12.1	9.7	9	8	9.7
19167	Sioux County	14.5	14.6	14.2	14.2	12.2	13.1	12.1	13.2	12.7	12.7	14.5	14.9	14.5	14.3	14.4	14.8	16
19169	Story County	12.5	12.2	11.8	10.5	11.4	11.5	12.1	11.3	11.5	11.7	11.8	11.5	11.4	11	11.2	11.8	12.5
19171	Tama County	12.3	12.3	13	12.8	13.3	13.3	13	14	12.5	13.5	13.9	13.1	12.3	13.4	13.2	14.3	12.6
19173	Taylor County	12.9	8.9	10.6	9.9	11	10.6	10.5	11.1	9.2	9.4	12.5	11.8	10.6	9.1	10.2	11.9	12.1
19175	Union County	11.6	11.3	11.9	12.1	9.6	12.4	12.9	10.9	12.5	11.1	10.3	11	11.4	12.1	11.9	12.7	14.1
19177	Van Buren County	11.6	12.7	11.8	13.9	13.4	9.8	11.1	10.1	13.6	10.8	12.4	11.9	10.5	11.2	11.4	12.6	11.4
19179	Wapello County	13.7	13.5	11.8	12.9	11.9	11.3	12.9	11.7	11	11.4	11.8	12.3	12.3	13.8	13.3	14	13.8
19181	Warren County	13.2	15	13.9	13.2	11.7	12.4	12.2	12.9	12.5	11.9	12.6	12.4	11.8	11.8	11.9	12.8	11.7
19183	Washington County	15.6	13.9	13.3	13.5	13.8	15	15.8	12.2	13.6	14.5	14	15.7	14.6	14.8	13.6	12.4	14.7
19185	Wayne County	11.7	10.5	10.6	10.2	11.3	11.7	9.4	8.4	8.4	11.4	11.7	12.9	12.6	10.9	12.3	11.5	13.5
19187	Webster County	14.8	14	14.1	13.4	13.3	12.7	12.7	13.4	13.2	12.8	12.2	12.5	11.8	12	12.5	12.2	12.4
19189	Winnebago County	12.2	11.5	11.8	10.2	11.3	11.2	12	11.2	10.6	10.1	11.4	11.3	9.8	9.4	8.9	10.6	12.7
19191	Winneshiek County	12.4	12	12.2	10.9	11.5	11.5	10.1	9.6	9.9	8.9	9	9.5	9.2	8.4	8.8	9.9	8.9
19193	Woodbury County	16.6	16.4	16.7	16.4	16.3	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.4	16	16.3	15.7	15.4	15.7	15.8	15.4	16.5
19195	Worth County	12.4	12.6	11.5	11.8	11.6	11.4	10.8	9.7	11.6	9.9	10.6	11.1	8.6	11.1	9.6	10.4	11.2
19197	Wright County	15	13.3	12	11	11	9.7	12	10.8	10.6	11.9	11.7	11	11.6	13.1	13.6	12.1	13.1

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Source: Data obtained from Iowa Department of Public Health, "Vital Statistics of Iowa," and prepared by the State Library of Iowa, State Data Center Program.
Release Date: February 2008
Notes: The data shown here are "crude birth rates," which measure the number of live births per 1,000 population.

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