Connecticut State Department of Public Health

Vital Statistics (Registration Reports)

The Office of Vital Records at the Connecticut Department of Public Health maintains a statewide registry of births, marriages, civil unions, deaths and fetal deaths which have occurred in CT or to CT residents.  Vital Records databases are analyzed annually to create statistical reports, known as Registration Reports, for births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages.

 

Annual Registration Reports, 2016 to present:

On January 1, 2016, Connecticut transitioned from the 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth to the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth.  Adoption of the most current version of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth allows Connecticut to collect modernized health and medical information through the birth registry that is consistent with the rest of the Nation.  As a result of changes in the birth information collected using the 2003 Revision, some birth-related statistical tables published annually in the Registration Reports were no longer valid. The Department of Public Health has subsequently updated the birth-related statistics in the 2016+ annual reports to reflect the birth data as it is collected now using the 2003 Revision. The revision process was also used as an opportunity to implement a number of additional changes to the annual reports to support ongoing public health surveillance of births, deaths, fetal deaths, and infant deaths. Of particular note is the addition of time series data for birth rates by geography. These modernizations have changed the structure of the tables within the report.  Connecticut adopted the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death in 2005 and continues to collect death data using that certificate.

 

Tables only:  

2016 - RR tables with Errata   (last updated January 29, 2020)

 

Annual Registration Reports and Methods, 1992-2015

For 1992-2015, Connecticut collected birth information using the 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth.

For 2005-2015, Connecticut collected death information using the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death.

 

Full Reports/Methods:  

1992   1993   1994   1995   1996   1997   1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  ....  2010   2011   2012 (2012_errata)   2013 (2013 Highlights)  2014  2015

 

Tables only: 

1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008   2009  2010**   2011**   2012**   2013**   2014**  2015**

** New indicators added: Table 4 - Foreign-born Mothers, Table 13 - Teen Birth Rates, Table 14 – State Teen Birth Rates by Race/Ethnicity

   

 

1992-2015 annual reports contain the following tables:

Table 1

Estimated population by age and sex

Table 2A

Population, births, deaths, fetal deaths, and infant deaths by place of occurrence and residence; and marriages by place of occurrence

Table 2B

CT resident births, deaths, fetal deaths, and infant deaths by race and Hispanic ethnicity, for counties, health districts, and towns

Table 3

CT resident births: Birthweight and gestational age by mother's race and Hispanic ethnicity; infant’s sex; place of delivery; plurality; birth order; mother’s marital status, education, and age; initiation and adequacy of prenatal care; and smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy

Table 4

CT resident births: Births to teenagers, low birthweight births, prenatal care, and births to foreign-born mothers for counties, health districts, and towns by mother's race and Hispanic ethnicity

Table 5

CT resident fetal deaths: Birthweight and gestational age by mother's race and Hispanic ethnicity, sex, place of delivery, gestational age, plurality, and mother's age

Table 6

CT resident fetal deaths: Cause of death by mother's race and Hispanic ethnicity, and gestational age

Table 7

CT resident infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths: Deaths by infant's race and Hispanic ethnicity, for counties, health districts, and towns

Table 8

CT resident infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths: Cause of death by infant's race and ethnicity

Table 9

CT resident deaths: Cause of death by decedent’s age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, and sex

Table 10

CT resident deaths: Top five leading causes of death by age and sex

Table 11

Statistical analysis of birth outcomes and risk factors, infant mortality and fetal mortality

Table 12

Statistical analysis of birth outcomes and risk factors, by race and ethnicity

Table 13

Teen birth rates and town of residence

Table 14

State birth rates by race/ethnicity and town of residence

 

If you are interested in Vital Records summary/statistical information in greater detail than is provided here, please contact us at 860-509-7658. 

 

If you are interested in Vital Records information that is at the individual level rather than the summary level, please contact the Office of Vital Records about special data requests.