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Vital Statistics Rates in the U.S.

1900-1940
1940-1960

Birth, Stillbirth, and Infant Mortality Statistics

1931 1935
1932 1936
1933 1940-1960
1934  

Vital Statistics of the U.S.

1937 1953
1938 (volume) 1954
1938 (sections) 1955
1939 1956
1940 1957
1941 1958
1942 1959
1943 1960
1944 1961
1945 1962
1946 1963
1947 1964
1948 1965
1949 1966
1950 1967
1951 1968
1952  

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