Abstract
In this brief, authors Rogelio Sáenz and Kenneth Johnson report that there were more white deaths than births in seventeen states in 2014, compared to just four states in 2004. This is the highest number of states with white natural decrease (more deaths than births) in U.S. history. Several of these states are among the nation’s most populous and urbanized. The rising number of older adults, the falling number of women of childbearing age, and lower fertility rates diminished the number of white births and increased the number of white deaths. The authors conclude with a discussion of the major policy implications of this growing incidence of white natural decrease and the increasing shift to a more racially/ethnically diverse U.S. population. Their work is based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control.
Publication Date
Fall 11-29-2016
Series
National Issue Brief No. 110
Publisher
Durham, N.H. : Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Saenz, Rogelio and Johnson, Kenneth M., "White Deaths Exceed Births in One-Third of U.S. States" (2016). The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository. 289.
https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/289
Rights
Copyright 2016. Carsey School of Public Policy. These materials may be used for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. For all other uses, contact the copyright holder.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.34051/p/2020.278