Statewide Data
Fertility Rate
Updated: 3/31/2016
Definition: The general fertility rate of a population is defined as the total number of births that occur
during a given time period per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15-44 years). Unlike the
unadjusted birth rate, the fertility rate is based on the number of women of childbearing
age in the population rather than the whole population. The total fertility rate (TFR) is the
average number of children that would be born per female if all females lived to the end of
their childbearing years and bore children according to current age-specific fertility rates. For a
population size to remain stable without immigration, the TFR needs to be approximately 2.1
births per woman.1
Summary:
• The general fertility rate among Alaska Native women was 91.2 per 1,000, significantly higher than Alaska
White and U.S. White women.
• The Alaska Native general fertility rate declined significantly between 1991 and 2013 (p<0.01).
• During 2009 - 2013, Alaska Native fertility rates varied widely by tribal health region ranging from 69.2 to
150.5 per 1,000.
• In 2013, the total fertility rate (TFR) among Alaska Native women was 2.5 children per woman aged 15-44
years, higher than the TFR for Alaska White (2.0) and U.S. White women (1.75).
General Fertility Rate, 1990-2013
Data Source: Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
150
Births per 1,000 Women
120
90
91.2
60
70.9
62.7
30
0
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
Alaska Native Women Statewide
2001
2003
2005
2007
Alaska Whites Statewide
2009
2011
2013
U.S. Whites
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Fertility Rates. OECD Data. http://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.html.
Accessed January 19, 2016.
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Statewide Data
Fertility Rate
General Fertility Rate, 1991-2013
Data Source: Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Alaska Native
Women Statewide
Births
Rate
2,639
128.4
2,576
123.2
2,332
110.5
2,255
106.0
2,213
102.2
2,297
103.8
2,311
102.6
2,341
100.5
2,342
98.9
2,448
100.8
2,492
103.1
2,392
98.3
2,453
99.9
2,571
103.9
2,699
108.6
2,692
108.1
2,764
111.7
2,875
117.0
2,948
119.2
2,883
112.9
2,823
110.0
2,792
108.3
2,362
91.2
Alaska Whites
Statewide
Births
Rate
7,876
72.7
7,906
72.2
7,467
68.0
7,260
66.4
6,956
64.1
6,684
62.3
6,419
60.6
6,450
61.3
6,306
60.7
6,204
60.3
6,236
61.1
6,181
60.8
6,303
62.3
6,407
63.1
6,344
62.6
6,686
66.1
6,656
66.4
6,953
69.7
6,708
67.0
6,876
69.1
6,847
68.2
6,587
65.2
7,163
70.9
U.S. Whites
Rate
66.7
66.1
64.9
64.2
63.6
63.3
62.8
63.6
64.0
65.3
65.0
65.1
66.4
66.5
66.8
68.7
69.4
68.3
66.4
64.4
63.4
63.0
62.7
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Statewide Data
Fertility Rate
Alaska Native General Fertility Rate by Tribal Health Region, 2009-2013
Data Source: Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Births per 1,000 Women Aged 15-44 Years
<95.0
Arctic Slope
95.0-125.0
>125.0
Northwest Arctic
Interior
Norton Sound
Yukon-Kuskokwim
Bristol Bay
Anchorage/
Mat-Su
Kenai
Peninsula
Copper River/
Prince William Sound
Southeast
Kodiak
Aleutians & Pribilofs
Northwest Arctic
Norton Sound
Arctic Slope
Yukon-Kuskokwim
Interior
Bristol Bay
Anchorage/Mat-Su
Southeast
Copper River/Prince William Sound
Kenai Peninsula
Kodiak Area
Aleutians & Pribilofs
Statewide
Alaska Native Women
Rate
Births
per 1,000
1,033
150.5
1,064
140.9
651
136.2
3,183
122.7
1,326
119.1
654
118.4
3,850
93.3
1,247
86.9
125
82.5
386
79.7
174
78.9
115
69.2
13,808
108.2
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Statewide Data
Fertility Rate
Total Fertility Rate, 1991-2013
Data Source: Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Average Number of Children
per Woman
4.0
3.0
2.54
2.03
1.75
2.0
1.0
0.0
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
Alaska Native Women Statewide
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Alaska Native
Women Statewide
Rate
3.63
3.59
3.29
3.22
3.14
3.23
3.19
3.14
3.09
3.12
3.26
3.16
3.19
3.29
3.45
3.38
3.43
3.47
3.45
3.17
3.05
2.98
2.54
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
Alaska Whites Statewide
Alaska Whites
Statewide
Rate
2.28
2.30
2.23
2.16
2.11
2.08
2.03
2.06
2.03
2.01
2.05
2.03
2.05
2.05
2.01
2.09
2.06
2.12
2.00
2.03
1.98
1.88
2.03
2011
2013
U.S. Whites
U.S. Whites
Rate
1.82
1.80
1.79
1.78
1.78
1.78
1.79
1.83
1.84
1.87
1.85
1.84
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.90
1.91
1.87
1.83
1.79
1.77
1.76
1.75
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