Elk Grove Village, ILâ(ENEWSPF)âMay 4, 2015. The number of births and general fertility rates both declined by 1 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to the Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2012-2013. The data presented in this report from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a long-standing feature in Pediatrics and provides a summary of the most current statistics for the United States. Appearing in the June 2015 issue of Pediatrics (published online May 4), the summary also includes a special feature on trends in racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality.
