[Chart: Birth, infant mortality, and life expectancy,
1980-96 ]

Birth, infant mortality, and life expectancy, 1980-96

Year Birth
rate
Infant
mortality
rate
Life
expectanty
at birth
Year Birth
rate
Infant
mortality
rate
Life
expectanty
at birth
1996 14.7 7.3 76.1  
1995 14.8 7.6 75.8 1987 15.7 10.1 74.9
1994 15.2 8.0 75.7 1986 15.6 10.4 74.7
1993 15.5 8.4 75.5 1985 15.8 10.6 74.7
1992 15.9 8.5 75.8 1984 15.5 10.8 74.7
1991 16.3 8.9 75.5 1983 15.5 11.2 74.6
1990 16.7 9.2 75.4 1982 15.9 11.5 74.5
1989 16.4 9.8 75.1 1981 15.8 11.9 73.7
1988 16.0 10.0 74.9 1980 15.9 12.6 73.7
SOURCE: Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.

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