Births in hospitals total number United States 1946-2019 | Statista

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This statistic displays the total number of births in hospitals in the United States from 1946 to 2019. In 2019, there were around 3.6 million births in hospitals located in the country. The majority of registered hospitals in the United States are considered community hospitals.

Total number of births in U.S. hospitals from 1946 to 2019

Characteristic	Number of newborn births
1946	2,135,327
1950	2,742,780
1955	3,476,753
1960	3,835,735
1965	3,565,344
1970	3,537,000
1971	3,464,513
1972	3,231,875
1973	3,087,210
1974	3,043,386
1975	3,091,629
1976	3,067,063
1977	3,223,699
1978	3,250,373
1979	3,376,467
1980	3,500,043
1981	3,558,274
1982	3,615,751
1983	3,596,146
1984	3,563,106
1985	3,630,961
1986	3,680,178
1987	3,698,294
1988	3,764,369
1989	3,920,384
1990	4,046,704
1991	4,047,504
1992	4,007,179
1993	3,949,788
1994	3,886,667
1995	3,833,132
1996	3,790,678
1997	3,811,522
1998	3,795,212
1999	3,829,881
2000	3,940,017
2001	3,929,733
2002	3,934,421
2003	3,976,886
2004	3,965,906
2005	4,048,442
2006	4,126,598
2007	4,128,796
2008	4,109,081
2009	4,001,748
2010	3,871,751
2011	3,767,697
2012	3,754,085
2013	3,778,696
2014	3,818,308
2015	3,826,138
2016	3,804,132
2017	3,693,124
2018	3,678,096
2019	3,608,425

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2021

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United States

Survey time period

1946 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Data are for all AHA-registered hospitals in the United States. Data are estimated for nonreporting hospitals (except data before 1972).

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