The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided the data in the accompanying table in the report €œBirths: Preliminary Data for 2007€ (National Vital Statistics Reports, March 18, 2009). Entries in the table are the birth rates (births per 1,000 of population) for the year 2007

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Births per 1,000 of Population ma forni Connecticut District of Columbia Kansas 2 Massachusetts Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina 13.0 15.2 16.1 10.8 13.4 15.5 13.1 14.5 13.8 13.2 15.2 13.2 12.1 11.7 14.3 Births per 1.000 of Population 15.4 14.1 17.1 20.8 10.5 14.1 13.8 12.1 13.0 15.1 State South Dakota ennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming