ORIGINAL RESEARCH

A Binational Overview of Reproductive Health Outcomes Among US Hispanic and Mexican Women in the Border Region

Year	Total Lifetime Births Per Woman
	US, %	US Border Counties, %	US Nonborder Counties in Border States, %	Mexico, %	Mexican Border Counties, %	Mexico Nonborder Counties in Border States, %
2000	2.73	3.02	2.79	2.85	2.76	2.68
2001	2.75	3.00	2.78	2.71	2.63	2.56
2002	2.72	3.00	2.76	2.66	2.54	2.51
2003	2.79	3.02	2.76	2.57	2.40	2.41
2004	2.84	3.00	2.78	2.50	2.36	2.36
2005	2.89	2.99	2.79	2.41	2.29	2.31
2006	2.96	2.95	2.85	2.34	2.27	2.26
2007	3.00	2.94	2.85	2.28	2.26	2.26
2008	2.91	2.82	2.72	2.20	2.17	2.20
2009	2.73	2.69	2.53	2.07	2.16	2.07

Figure 1. Trends in total fertility rates in the US Hispanic and Mexican populations overall, in the US and Mexican border regions, and the US and Mexican nonborder regions of border states, 2000–2009. Data sources for US and Mexican births, 2000–2009: National Center for Health Statistics (3), Sistema Nacional de Información en Salud (4), and Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (15). Data sources for population estimates: National Center for Health Statistics (17) and Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (18).

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Age group, y	US Border States		Mexican Border States
	US Border	US Nonborder	Mexican Border	Mexican Nonborder
10–14	1.1	0.9	3.1	3.0
15–19	73.8	64.6	86.7	77.0
20–24	151.1	140.0	133.7	111.3
25–29	145.4	134.0	106.1	105.9
30–34	105.2	100.4	65.2	74.1
35–39	49.1	52.6	30.1	34.4
40–44	11.6	13.1	6.6	6.7
45–49	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.6

Figure 2. Age-specific birth rates per 1,000 women in the US Hispanic and Mexican populations in the border and nonborder regions of border states, 2009. Data sources for US and Mexican births: National Center for Health Statistics (3) and Sistema Nacional de Información en Salud (4). Data sources for population estimates: National Center for Health Statistics (17) and Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (18).

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