Table 18. The Crude Birth Rate in New Hampshire and the United States 

 by Place of Residence — 1930 to 1951 



Year New Hampshire United States 



1930 18.0 21.3 



1931 16.6 20.2 



1932 16.6 19.5 



1933 15.7 18.4 



1934 16.6 19.0 



1935 16.3 18.7 



1936 16.5 19.0 



1937 16.2 18.7 



1938 16.8 18.4 



1939 17.0 18.7 



1940 17.3 19.2 



1941 17.7 18.8 



1942 19.8 19.4 



1943 19.7 20.3 



1944 19.4 22.2 



1945 19.2 21.2 



1946 22.8 20.4 



1947 26.7 24.1 



1948 24.5 26.6 



1949 23.3 24.9 



1950 21.9 24.5 



1951 22.6 24.1 



Age-specific Birth Rate 



The age-specific birth rate is obtained by dividing the number of births 

 to mothers of each age by the number of women of this age and multiplying 

 by 1,000. This will show the number of births per 1,000 women in each age 

 group. By this method a more accurate estimate of fertility is obtained than 

 by the crude birth rate which includes old and young, male and female, in 

 its denominator. 



The age-specific birth rate for New Hampshire is similar to that of the 

 United States. One major difference apparent in 1950 is that more children 

 were born on the average to women between the ages of 20 to 34 in New 

 Hampshire than for the United States, while relatively fewer were bom to 

 women in New Hampshire older and younger than this age group. 



Table 19. Comparison of Age-specific Birth Rates in New (Hampshire 

 and the United States for 1940 and 1950 



Age Distribution 



An appreciation of the age distribution of the New Hampshire popu- 

 lation is facilitated by a comparison with the age distribution of the total 



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