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Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report

Oregon published its first Vital Statistics Annual Report in 1905. For over 100 years, the report was produced in hard-copy format. In 2009, the Center for Health Statistics (CHS) ceased production of paper copies of the report, instead offering it in downloadable form from our website. In 2020, CHS began transitioning our annual report into a more modern and interactive format.

The Annual Report had evolved into several pages of narrative and dozens upon dozens of static data tables. This new format will rely less on narrative descriptions of the data, and focus instead on presenting the data through interactive data visualizations. This will allow the reader to examine the data in new ways, focus on topics of interest, and allows easier comparisons to earlier data than was possible with static reports.

If you have any feedback on our annual reporting, please let us know at CHS.Statistics@dhsoha.state.or.us.

Birth & Pregnancy Dashboards

This dashboard covers data from 2010-2021, offering visualizations for a single year as well as trends over time.​​​​ Topics include: ​​ Oregon birth and pregnancy annual trends dashboard preview​​​
  • Births​​​​
  • Birth rates, fertilit​​y rates
  • Pregnancies
  • Teen pregnancies
  • Maternal demographics
  • Prenatal care
  • Tobacco use
​​​​​ ​​​Visit the Annual Trends Dashboard​ ​ ​
This dashboard covers data from 2010-2021​ with visualizations at the state and county level. ​Topics​ include:​​ ​ Oregon birth county dashboard preview​
  • Births​​​ by age
  • Low birthweight births
  • Maternal demographics
  • Maternal risk factors
  • Birth order
  • Tobacco use
  • Delivery attendant
  • Delivery setting
  • Payment method
  • Maternal conditions (e.g., eclampsia, transfer prior to delivery)​​
  • Infant characteristics (e.g., assisted ventilation, admission to NICU)​​
  • Pregnancies by age​
  • Teen pregnancies
​Visit the Birth County Dashboard​ ​​​
This dashboard covers the years 2012-2021, offering visualizations comparing planned hospital births with planned out-of-hospital births. Topics include:​​ ​Oregon planned place of birth dashboard preview
  • Planned delivery setting - in-hospital versus out-of-hospital
  • Planned attendant types
  • Maternal demographics
  • Prenatal care
  • Maternal health
  • Method of delivery
  • Weeks’ gestation
  • Characteristics of delivery (e.g., induction/augmentation of labor, transfer prior to delivery)
  • Maternal conditions (e.g., multiples, diabetes, admission to intensive care)
  • Infant characteristics (e.g., assisted ventilation, admission to NICU)
​​Visit the Planned Place of Birth Dashboard ​​
This dashboard provides induced abortion data tables on a number of topics by year from 2015-2021, as well as statewide counts and rates from 1980 onward, along with interactive graphs to show the data over time.​​​​ Topics include: ​​ Oregon induced abortion dashboard preview​​​
  • Patient demographics​​​​
  • Contraceptive use
  • Complications of procedure
  • Patient county of residence and occurrence
  • Pregnancy, birth, and induced abortion rates for ages 15-44
​​​​​ ​​​Visit the Induced Abortion Dashboard​ ​ ​
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Download all birth and pregnancy dashboard data files (.csv format, compressed to .zip, revised 10/2022)

Download a crosswalk of Volume 1 data tables covered in each dashboard, for those familiar with our previous annual report tables (.pdf format, revised 06/2022)

Birth & Pregnancy Fast Stats

2021 Oregon fast stats
Total births:
40,931
     Rate per 1,000 population:9.6
Total births to unmarried mothers:
14,898
     Ratio per 1,000 births:364.8
Total low birthweight births:
2,831
     Ratio per 1,000 births:69.2
Total births with no prenatal care:412
     Ratio per 1,000 births:
10.2

For additional years and topics of birth data tables, including year-to-date summaries, visit our Birth data page. 

Looking for Oregon baby names and trends over time? Visit our Baby Names Dashboard for data from 1920 to the present.

Mortality Data Dashboards

This dashboard includes statewide mortality data from 2010-2021, offering visualizations for trends in leading causes of death. Data can be viewed by cause of death, sex, or age.​​ ​​ Oregon annual trends in mortality dashboard preview​​​
  • Number of deaths​
  • Crude death rates​
  • Age-adjusted death rates
​ ​​​Visit the Annual Trends Dashboar​d​ ​ ​
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This dashboard includes statewide mortality data from 2017-2021, providing detailed views of single-year mortality data. Topics include:​ ​​Oregon leading causes of death dashboard preview​​​
  • Number of deaths​
  • Crude death rates
  • Median ag​e at death
  • Years of potential life lost (before age 75)
  • Leading causes of death
  • Demographics: sex, age, and race/ethnicity
  • Place of death (hospital, home, etc.)
  • Month of death
​ ​​​Visit the Leading Causes of Death Dashboar​d​ ​ ​
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This dashboard includes county-level mortality data from 2017-2021. Topics include: Oregon birth and pregnancy annual trends dashboard preview​​​
  • Number of deaths​
  • Crude dea​th rates
  • Median age at death​
  • Years of potential life lost (before age 75)
  • Leading causes of death
  • Demographics: sex, age, and race/ethnicity
​ ​​​Visit the County​ Death Dashboar​d​ ​ ​
This dashboard includes statewide and county-level data on fatal injuries from 2017-2021. These include deaths from accidents, suicides, homicides, and law enforcement intervention. Topics include: Oregon injury deaths and rates data dashboard preview​​​
  • Number of deaths
  • Crude death rates
  • Years of potential life lost (before age 75)
  • Manner of death
  • Type of injury (falls, overdoses, traffic accidents, etc.)
  • Demographics: sex and a​ge
  • County of injury
  • County of death
​ ​​​Visit the Injuries​ Dashboar​d​ ​ ​

Mortality Fast Stats

2021 Oregon fast stats
Total deaths:
44,981
     Rate per 1,000 population:
10.5
Maternal deaths:
14
     Rate per 100,000 live births:
34.2
Infant deaths (deaths within first year of life):
154
     Rate per 1,000 live births:
3.8
Neonatal deaths (deaths within first 27 days of life):110
     Rate per 1,000 live births:
2.7
Fetal deaths:
161
     Rate per 1,000 live births:
3.9

For additional years and topics of death data tables, including year-to-date summaries, visit our Death data page. 

Annual report archive

Until 2017, the Oregon Public Health Division published the Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report as two volumes. An annual compilation of vital statistics data by county was also produced until 2014.

  • Volume 1 presents data on births, abortions, and teen pregnancy. This archive includes the years 1995-2017.
  • Volume 2 presents data on deaths (all ages) and perinatal deaths. This archive includes the years 1995-2017.
  • The County Data Book is an annual compilation of vital statistics data by county including births, abortions, teen pregnancy, and deaths from 1993-2014.
A selection of Historical Reports is also available, spanning the years 1903-1918. This project to scan and upload old annual reports is in progress.