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Mothers21

• A third of births in 2010 were to single mothers and almost a quarter were to mothers born outside Ireland. (rte.ie)
• The report focuses on the social and biological characteristics of all mothers that gave birth in Ireland in 2010, as well as pregnancy outcomes. (rte.ie)
• More than half of the births have been to black mothers, though the increase in births has been evenly divided among white, black and Hispanic mothers, he said. (washingtonexaminer.com)
• Some (including those of Italy and Malaysia) seek to increase the birth rate with financial incentives or provision of support services to new mothers. (wikipedia.org)
• If they close this hospital, some mothers would end up giving birth on the side of the road. (pbs.org)
• WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. teen birth rate rose for a second straight year in 2007 after a long decline and more babies were born to all mothers than even at the peak of the baby boom after World War Two, officials said on Wednesday. (reuters.com)
• Doctors say that the pandemic could yield clues about what causes premature births, but that expecting mothers should still be aware of their risk for early labor. (yahoo.com)
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously reported that U.S. births by mothers of all ages had dropped in 2010 for the third straight year. (csmonitor.com)
• While our country excels in helping preemies survive, we have failed to do enough to prevent preterm births and help more mothers carry their babies full-term," says Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes. (rwjf.org)
• the rate for white mothers is 11 percent. (rwjf.org)
• Elizabeth Mason, MD, director of the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health for the WHO says model practices in other countries that have reduced preterm births include creating medical homes for expectant mothers, reducing hospital infection rates and both prenatal care and care throughout a pregnancy to monitor for concerns. (rwjf.org)
• A recent NCHS Data Brief, drawing on data collected through the National Vital Statistics System, has received nationwide media attention for its findings on first-time births to older mothers. (cdc.gov)
• Today, the majority of teen births (89%) are to unmarried mothers . (pewresearch.org)
• A 2014 Brookings report found that reality TV shows that follow the struggles of teen mothers like the MTV programs 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom may have contributed to up to a third of the decline in teen births from June 2009, when they began airing, through the end of 2010. (pewresearch.org)
• The study also finds unmarried childbearing reached a new record last year, increasing by eight percent and putting the total of all births to unmarried mothers at 38.5 percent. (publicnewsservice.org)
• In 2010, half of the births were to mothers of Latino heritage with a birth rate of 18.7 per 1,000 population. (ocweekly.com)
• However, "the older the mother is, the more risk there is" of complications during pregnancy that account for higher rates of death for older mothers, she said. (ocregister.com)
• Research has shown that chronic stress from racism is associated with a higher risk of premature birth among African American mothers, which also puts them at a higher risk of infant death . (kpbs.org)
• He added that children who survive an early birth are likely to face a lifetime of serious health problems based on their mothers' choices during pregnancy. (publicnewsservice.org)
• Experts say the recent recession -- from December 2007 to June 2009 -- was a major factor driving down births overall, and there's good reason to think it affected would-be teen mothers. (middletownpress.com)
• For decades, health educators have been emphasizing the hazards of teen pregnancy, including higher dropout rates and other problems for these young mothers and their kids. (middletownpress.com)

202014

• The organization compared birth rates with its goal of 9.6% by 2020. (cnn.com)
• 36.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 17.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 42.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 11.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 17 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 41.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 41 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 8.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 10.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 18.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• 9.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est. (cia.gov)
• We are very pleased that Orange County has achieved six of the seven Healthy People 2020 goals related to births," County Health Officer Dr. Eric Handler reportedly told City News Service. (ocweekly.com)
• The U.S. reached the federal Healthy People 2020 goal on preterm births seven years ahead of schedule, but fell short of a 9.6% target set by the March of Dimes. (californiahealthline.org)

3.788 million births last year3

• A provisional report found there 3.788 million births last year, marking the fourth year the number of births has fallen. (pbs.org)
• The provisional report, released Wednesday and based on more than 99% of U.S. birth records, found 3.788 million births last year. (adn.com)
• The nation's birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies in 32 years.The provisional report, released Wednesday and based on more than 99% of U.S. birth records, found 3.788 million births last year. (wesh.com)

Million births2

• But the March of Dimes said California's success is noteworthy, as the state sees half a million births each year -- the most of any state -- and "has a racially diverse population in a mix of urban, suburban and rural communities that have a variety of healthcare and economic needs. (cnn.com)
• Fewer than 4 million births were counted in 2011, a one percent drop from the year before, and the lowest number of births since 1998. (eurasiareview.com)

Half of the births1

• So just in the span of 20 years, half of the births have gone? (pbs.org)

20187

• The CDC found the number of births fell about 1% from 2018, to about 3.7 million. (pbs.org)
• The only two groups with slightly higher birth rates in 2018 were women in their late 30s and those in their early 40s. (adn.com)
• In 2018, the birth rate among 15- to 19-year-old girls and women was less than half of what it had been in 2008 (41.5 births per 1,000). (pewresearch.org)
• In 2018, the birth rate for Hispanic and black teens ages 15 to 19 was almost double the rate among white teens and more than five times as high as the rate among Asians and Pacific Islanders. (pewresearch.org)
• But this trend in teen birth rates has continued even as the economy has recovered, and birth rates for teens have fallen faster than they have for all women ages 15 to 44 (58% and 4% declines, respectively, from 2008 to 2018). (pewresearch.org)
• TUESDAY, May 15, 2018 -- For women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), acupuncture at the time of ovarian stimulation and embryo transfer is not associated with a significant difference in live birth rate compared with sham acupuncture, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association . (drugs.com)
• Note that from 2015-2018 the citywide number of births covers all births, whether the ward of the DC is known or not, but the birth rate only covers births with a known ward. (kidscount.org)

Ages 15 to 193

• OKLAHOMA CITY - Teen birth rates in Oklahoma rose again, making the state the 5th highest in the nation for births among girls ages 15 to 19. (newson6.com)
• In 2013, the estimated teen pregnancy rate - which reflects not only live births, but also miscarriages, stillbirths and abortions - was 43.4 pregnancies per 1,000 females ages 15 to 19. (pewresearch.org)
• According to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics, birth rates among young women ages 15 to 19 fell in all but three states and in all racial, ethnic and age groups. (nytimes.com)

Hispanic13

• Yet black and Hispanic teens still have birth rates twice as high as their white counterparts, and geographic and socioeconomic disparities persist. (cdc.gov)
• In some states, rates among black and Hispanic teens are over three times higher than rates among white teens. (cdc.gov)
• In some states, birth rates are more similar between black, Hispanic, and white teens, with each group having rates higher than the national average. (cdc.gov)
• As part of a coordinated national teen pregnancy prevention effort 4 , the HHS Office of Adolescent Health and CDC partnered to fund community-wide initiatives in areas with high rates of teen births, focusing on black and Hispanic teens aged 15-19 . (cdc.gov)
• Among teens 15-19, the birth rate declined 9% in 2010 for non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks, 12% for Hispanic and American Indian Alaska Native teens, and 13% for Asian Pacific Islander teens. (prnewswire.com)
• The most startling birth rate drop he noted was among young Hispanic women ages 20-25. (deseretnews.com)
• The report's most significant findings show that the birth rate for Hispanic women declined by 6 percent and birth rates for teenagers are at a historic low, dropping by 49 percent since 1991. (eurasiareview.com)
• For many years in this field we saw that women who are Hispanic had really good birth outcomes - even in the face of some more challenges in terms of accessing care," said Verbiest. (wtvr.com)
• Birth rates among black and Hispanic teenagers have fallen dramatically over the past decade, but they're still more likely to have babies compared to their white peers, according to a new report, NBC News reports. (nbcnewyork.com)
• But the rate remained about twice as high for Hispanic or black teens, when compared to white teens. (nbcnewyork.com)
• In 2010, the birth rate among black and Hispanic teenagers was more than double that of whites. (nytimes.com)
• A large proportion of immigrants are Hispanic, and Hispanics accounted for nearly 1 in 4 births in 2009. (middletownpress.com)
• The birth rate among Hispanic teens is the highest of any ethnic group with 70 births per 1,000 girls in 2009. (middletownpress.com)

Fertility rate13

• Although the general fertility rate is a more accurate measure of the relative levels of fertility between populations, it remains sensitive to the distribution of population across women of childbearing ages. (encyclopedia.com)
• When women are heavily concentrated in the younger, more fecund ages, such as in developing countries today and in the United States in 1980, rather than the less fecund older ages, such as in the United States and other developed countries today, the general fertility rate is not the best choice for fertility analysis. (encyclopedia.com)
• Wang Ling at chinadialogue describes concerns over the accuracy of China's birth rate figures, expressed as its Total Fertility Rate: the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime. (chinadigitaltimes.net)
• The U.S. fertility rate fell to another record low in 2012, with 63.0 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cnn.com)
• It marked the fifth year in a row the U.S. birth rate has declined, and the lowest rate on record since the government started tracking the fertility rate in 1909. (cnn.com)
• For example, the fertility rate decreased among teenagers and women in their 20s, but rose slightly among those over age 30. (cnn.com)
• Their fertility rate dropped from 165 to 115 per 1,000 in 2007. (deseretnews.com)
• Thailand, with the fertility rate of 1.6 births per woman aged 15 to 49 in 2010, which is already among the lowest fertility rates in Asean, is expect to see that rate drop to 1.3 births by 2040. (nationmultimedia.com)
• The fertility rate of 1.7 births per U.S. woman also fell 2%, meaning the current generation isn't making enough babies to replace itself. (adn.com)
• The fertility rate is a hypothetical estimate based on lifetime projections of age-specific birth rates. (adn.com)
• It was the fourth year the number of births has fallen, the lowest since 1986 and a surprise to some experts given the improving economy.The fertility rate of 1.7 births per U.S. woman also fell 2%, meaning the current generation isn't making enough babies to replace itself. (wesh.com)
• The fertility rate is a hypothetical estimate based on lifetime projections of age-specific birth rates.Whether more U.S. women are postponing motherhood or forgoing it entirely isn't yet clear.If trends continue, experts said, the U.S. can expect labor shortages including in elder care when aging baby boomers need the most support. (wesh.com)
• The fertility rate of 62 births per 1,000 women is a record low for the nation. (wtvr.com)

Deaths8

• Vital Statistics are quantitative data concerning a population, such as the number of births, marriages, and deaths. (economy.com)
• Vital Statistics Survey is based on Family Registry and the Municipal heads fill in vital statistics survey forms based on notifications of live births, deaths, marriages and divorces. (economy.com)
• The data listed here in Crude birth rate, age-specific and total fertility rates (live births) , and Deaths and mortality rates, by age group and sex , come from Tables 102-4505 and 102-0504, and Surveys 3231, 3233, 3604. (economy.com)
• The March of Dimes charity said pre-term birth is the leading cause of newborn deaths in the United States, with early births costing more than $26 billion annually. (reuters.com)
• The Committee of Neonatal Medicine of the Japan Pediatric Society retrospectively surveyed the deaths of extremely low birth weight infants born and hospitalized between January 1 and December 31, 2005. (aappublications.org)
• The infant mortality rate in Massachusetts was 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, which is 28 percent lower than the U.S. rate, with 6.1 deaths per 1,000 live births. (telegram.com)
• Births still more than replace deaths - factoring in immigration and longer lifespans, the four-county region is estimated to add 2.7 million people over the next two decades. (ocregister.com)
• In Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, it is estimated that the low cesarean birth rate among women living in poverty contributes to 80,000 maternal deaths each year. (nursingcenter.com)

Babies24

• Preterm birth is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive often face serious and sometimes lifelong health problems such as developmental delays or vision loss, according to the organization. (cnn.com)
• The average age of women giving birth was just over 31 by 2010, while there was a 22% increase in those aged 35 and older having babies. (rte.ie)
• In an encouraging development, the rate of premature births and low birthweight babies declined after a long upward trend, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. (reuters.com)
• For the first time since 1984 there was a drop in the percentage of babies born with low birth weight, which similarly increases the risk of a baby's health problems. (reuters.com)
• Alongside a focus on specific elements such as reducing smoking in pregnancy and monitoring fetal movements, the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle is now being updated in 2019 to include measures to reduce preterm birth. (tommys.org)
• Preterm babies are born at a higher rate in the US than in 130 other countries, including many poorer nations, according to a report released today, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth , published by the March of Dimes and almost fifty other groups, including the World Health Organization . (rwjf.org)
• Preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks completed gestation) is the leading cause of newborn death in the US-nearly half a million US babies are born too early each year. (rwjf.org)
• Babies who survive an early birth often have breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, and other lifelong problems. (rwjf.org)
• Even babies born just a few weeks early have higher rates of hospitalization and illness than full-term infants, and the costs exceed $26 billion each year. (rwjf.org)
• The three-year improvement in the U.S. preterm birth rate means that 40,000 more babies were given a healthy start in life and spared the risk of life-long health consequences of an early birth. (cafemom.com)
• The nation's birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies in 32 years. (adn.com)
• He estimates 5.7 million babies would have been born in the past decade if fertility rates hadn't fallen from pre-recession levels. (adn.com)
• A veteran nurse, Barron was in charge of infection control and quality assurance at the hospital when she noticed there had been two babies born with the birth defect of anencephaly in a six month period. (truth-out.org)
• Almost all babies with the defect die shortly after birth. (truth-out.org)
• The falling birth rate is also at odds with the increase in babies being born statewide during the same time period. (sfexaminer.com)
• I keep expecting to see the birth rates go up and then they don't," said demographer Kenneth M. Johnson of University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy.He estimates 5.7 million babies would have been born in the past decade if fertility rates hadn't fallen from pre-recession levels. (wesh.com)
• The number of babies born to native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders was stable.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report also found:-Overall, the U.S. birth rate for women ages 15 to 44 was 59 births per 1,000 women, an all-time low. (wesh.com)
• According to the report, 29 percent of the teen births in the state - 1,136 babies - were born to teenagers 15 to 17 years old. (telegram.com)
• Worcester had a birth rate of 31.6 - or 244 - babies born to women between the ages of 15 and 19. (telegram.com)
• In 2009, the city's birth rate was 28.3 - or 219 - babies born to women of the same age group. (telegram.com)
• The authors of the report estimate that if 1991 birth rates had prevailed through 2010, 3.4 million additional babies would have been born to teenagers during these years. (nytimes.com)
• The survival rate of premature babies has gone up in recent decades as neonatal care has become more sophisticated. (kpbs.org)
• He said Arkansas has several programs in place to deal with preterm births, including "Stork's Nest" and "Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait. (publicnewsservice.org)
• Overall, the U.S. received a "C" grade, with the number of preterm births falling from 542,893 babies in 2006 to about 450,000 in 2013. (californiahealthline.org)

Year54

• The period is usually a year, and the rate is usually expressed per 1,000 people in the population to eliminate the decimal point. (encyclopedia.com)
• This measure reveals that a thousand women in Utah of childbearing age produce more births in a year than the same number in Florida, 89 versus 64 births per 1,000 women between ages fifteen and forty-four (Ventura et al. (encyclopedia.com)
• Although the United States' preterm birth rate decreased for the sixth consecutive year, a new report gives the nation a "C" grade. (cnn.com)
• The 2012 preterm birth rate dropped to 11.5%, a 15-year low, according to the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card . (cnn.com)
• Meanwhile, a 2011 study in the journal Contraception estimated that unintended births cost U.S. taxpayers about $11 billion a year. (livescience.com)
• The birth rate (technically, births/populatiohoes is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year or period. (wikipedia.org)
• The crude birth rate is the number of live births per year per 1,000 midyear population Another term used interchangeably with birth rate is natality. (wikipedia.org)
• The death rate is 7.8 per 1,000 per year. (wikipedia.org)
• How many births were there last year in total? (pbs.org)
• About 200 births, whereas, when I started working here 20 years ago, there were about 400 every year. (pbs.org)
• China's birth rate dropped last year to its lowest level since the country was founded in 1949, adding to concerns that an ageing society and shrinking workforce will pile pressure on a slowing economy. (ndtv.com)
• But Cesarean deliveries rose for an 11th straight year to a new high - up 2 percent to 31.8 percent of births. (reuters.com)
• The rate rose again in 2007 by 1 percent over the prior year to 42.5 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19. (reuters.com)
• There's not yet any data about preemie rates in the United States this year. (yahoo.com)
• The age group represents two-thirds of all Oklahoma teen births each year. (newson6.com)
• As of last year, a separate CDC analysis shows an American woman will give birth to an average of 1.88 children over her lifetime, also a record low. (cnn.com)
• Demographers have told her that fertility rates usually rise a year or two after a recession ends. (deseretnews.com)
• Births fell to a 32-year low last year as women wait to start families and teen births decline. (cbsnews.com)
• According to the NESDB, Thailand has to maintain the birth rate at 500,000 per year to keep the country's economy and manpower afloat. (nationmultimedia.com)
• Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. (nationmaster.com)
• The U.S. birthrate fell to another record low last year, the National Center for Health Statistics reports. (durangoherald.com)
• The good news is that overall the United States bumped its grade up from a "D" to a "C" when it comes to reducing the rates of prematurity, and there's been a three-year improvement. (cafemom.com)
• Maryland's teen birth rate has dropped for the sixth straight year and is nearly 20 percent lower than in 1991, according to figures to be released today by the governor's office. (baltimoresun.com)
• The statistics will show that 4.39 percent of Maryland girls between ages 15 and 19 gave birth in 1997, the last year for which figures were available. (baltimoresun.com)
• It was the fourth year the number of births has fallen, the lowest since 1986 and a surprise to some experts given the improving economy. (adn.com)
• Last year, there were 2% fewer births than in 2017. (adn.com)
• If we carry on as we are and fail to reverse the trend, there will be fewer than 350,000 births a year in 10 years' time, 40 percent less than in 2010 - an apocalypse," the minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, said in an interview published Sunday by daily La Repubblica. (breitbart.com)
• The allowances are paid at higher rates for the poorest - those declaring less than 7,000 euros a year to the taxman. (breitbart.com)
• In five years we have lost more than 66,000 births (per year) - that is the equivalent of a city the size of Siena," the minister said. (breitbart.com)
• The abortion rate among 15- to 19-year-old girls and women has also been declining, from 44.0 per 1,000 in 1988 to 10.6 in 2013. (pewresearch.org)
• The teen pregnancy rate went up last year, and that's the first time that has happened in 14 years. (publicnewsservice.org)
• Birth rates in the United States fell for the fourth straight year, the government reported on Wednesday, and experts say the bad economy may be to blame, making people think twice before having kids. (eurasiareview.com)
• Orange County started with a lower adolescent birth rate of 38.3 in 2000 and has experienced the largest drop of 42 percent for a 10-year low of 22.4 births per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age. (ocweekly.com)
• In 2016, the teen birth rate dropped 9 percent compared to the previous year, a new government report published Friday found. (wtvr.com)
• Even older women, those between the ages of 40 and 44, showed a swelling increase of 4 percent over 2015 - the highest rate for this group since 1966, according to the statisticians, while the rate of birth for women who are older than 45 is also a record high though the number of births remains essentially unchanged compared to last year. (wtvr.com)
• Joyce A. Martin, a co-author of the report and lead statistician, also noted the declining rate of nonmarital births - births to people who aren't legally married - in 2016, which fell 3 percent compared to the previous year. (wtvr.com)
• 10 extremely low birth weight infants were admitted per year, and no prenatal maternal transfer. (aappublications.org)
• Last year, the state reached a historic milestone: the lowest birth rate on record - 12.4 births per thousand people. (ocregister.com)
• According to provisional state data, California last year saw 60.5 births per thousand women, compared to an all-time low 62 births per thousand nationwide. (ocregister.com)
• These high rates are significantly higher than the 15% cesarean birth rate recommended by the World Health Organization, and thousands of elective cesarean births are performed each year. (nursingcenter.com)
• Fewer teenagers gave birth in 2010 than in any other year since 1946, government researchers announced last week, and there is good evidence that today's teenagers are initiating sex later and using birth control more consistently than previous generations did. (nytimes.com)
• Teenage birth rates peaked in the baby-boom year of 1957, at 96.3 per 1,000, and by 1991, the rate was 61.8. (nytimes.com)
• In the past year, the birth rate in the United States has fallen more than 2 percent , a fact sociologists attribute to the current state of our economy. (cafemom.com)
• The rate of premature birth across the United States rose for the third year in a row, according to the annual premature birth report card from March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization that works to improve maternal and infant health. (kpbs.org)
• In 2016, the group said, the state's premature birth rate increased to 10.8 percent from 10 percent the previous year. (publicnewsservice.org)
• McCabe said early births cost the nation $26 billion a year in avoidable medical and social costs. (publicnewsservice.org)
• The Preterm birth rate in California fell from 9.6% in 2013 to 8.8%, marking the sixth consecutive year that the state has lowered its rate and a new 24-year low. (californiahealthline.org)
• Each time there was a decline in birth rate, whether from state to state or year to year, infections tended to happen later," explained Pitzer. (medindia.net)
• It was a 6 percent decline from the previous year, and the lowest since health officials started tracking the rate in 1940. (middletownpress.com)
• For comparison look to the peak year of teen births -- 1957. (middletownpress.com)
• There were about 96 births per 1,000 teen girls that year, but it was a different era, when women married younger, said Stephanie Ventura, a co-author of the report issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (middletownpress.com)
• The trend may continue: A preliminary count of U.S. births through the first six months of this year suggests a continuing drop, CDC officials said. (middletownpress.com)
• The C-section rate has been rising every year since 1996. (middletownpress.com)
• The pre-term birth rate, for infants delivered at less than 37 weeks of pregnancy, dropped for the third straight year to about 12 percent of all births. (middletownpress.com)

18.5 births1

• The average global birth rate is 18.5 births per 1,000 total population in 2016. (wikipedia.org)

Fewer births1

• According to epidemiologists, fewer births in states such as California may be delaying the annual onset of a common intestinal virus in the southwest. (medindia.net)

Preterm birth rate dropped1

• Nationwide, the preterm birth rate dropped to 11.4% of all births in 2013 -- the lowest rate in 17 years, NPR's " Shots " reports (Shute, "Shots," NPR, 11/6). (californiahealthline.org)

34.2 births1

• The latest birth rate data for the state also shows that the teen birth rate at 17.1 percent is half the national rate, which is 34.2 births per 1,000 teenage girls. (telegram.com)

Late preterm1

• Thirty-five states and Washington reduced the percentage of women of childbearing age who smoked, and 28 states, Washington and Puerto Rico lowered the rate of late preterm births: infants born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation. (cnn.com)

Majority of teen births1

• Berlan, who did not conduct this research, said the reason she's so excited is "because we know that the vast majority of teen births are unintended. (wtvr.com)

16.5 births1

• The national birth date dipped 10 percent from 2000-10, the state's dropped 12 percent and Orange County's plummeted 23 percent, with 16.5 births per 1,000 population in 2000 falling to 12.7 per 1,000 in 2010. (ocweekly.com)

18.6 births1

• The 2016 average of 18.6 births per 1,000 total population is estimated to be about 4.3 births/second or about 256 births/minute for the world. (wikipedia.org)

16.3 births1

• Those two cities had the highest birth rates with 19.2 births per 1,000 residents in Santa Ana and 16.3 births per 1,000 residents in Anaheim. (ocweekly.com)

19918

• Progress in reducing teen pregnancy has been nothing short of remarkable-the teen birth rate has declined a stunning 44% between 1991 and 2010. (prnewswire.com)
• The rate for teens 15-17 declined 12% in 2010 and has fallen 55% from its peak in 1991. (prnewswire.com)
• The national teen birth rate fell to 34.3 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19 in 2010, down from 37.9 in 2009 and 61.8 in 1991 when the teen birth rate was at its peak. (prnewswire.com)
• Between 1991 and 2005, Oklahoma's teen birth numbers actually declined. (newson6.com)
• Since 1991, the overall teen rate has dropped by 44 percent. (csmonitor.com)
• New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the teen birth rate is rising, for the first time since 1991. (publicnewsservice.org)
• (wtvr.com)
• Statistical analysis suggested a negative correlation between birth rates and the timing of the epidemics between 1991 and 2006. (medindia.net)

Crude birt11

• The crude birth rate calculated in the preceding example, is the most common measure of fertility because it requires the least amount of data and measures the impact of fertility on population growth. (encyclopedia.com)
• The crude birth rate is aptly named when used to compare childbearing levels between populations. (encyclopedia.com)
• If women of childbearing age compose different proportions in the populations under consideration or within the same population in a longitudinal analysis, the crude birth rate is an unreliable indicator of the relative level of childbearing. (encyclopedia.com)
• A portion of Utah's 61 percent higher crude birth rate is due to the state's higher proportion of childbearing-age women, 23 percent, versus 20 percent in Florida (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1994). (encyclopedia.com)
• The proportion of childbearing-age women varies more widely between nations, making the crude birth rate a poor choice for international comparisons. (encyclopedia.com)
• Other rates that more precisely specify the population at risk are better comparative measures of childbearing, although only the crude birth rate measures the impact of fertility on population growth. (encyclopedia.com)
• When the crude death rate is subtracted from the crude birth rate, the result is the rate of natural increase (RNI). (wikipedia.org)
• The total (crude) birth rate (which includes all births)-typically indicated as births per 1,000 population-is distinguished from an age-specific rate (the number of births per 1,000 persons in an age group). (wikipedia.org)
• Policies to increase the crude birth rate are known as pro-natalist policies, and policies to reduce the crude birth rate are known as anti-natalist policies. (wikipedia.org)
• also known as crude birth rate. (cia.gov)
• Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration. (nationmaster.com)

20162

• In 2017, the premature birth rate was 9.93 percent of births, up slightly from 2016, when it was 9.85 percent. (kpbs.org)
• African American women have the highest risk of all racial and ethnic groups in the country with a 13.4 percent rate, based on data aggregated from 2014-2016. (kpbs.org)

Pregnancies that were terminated2

• The 1997 figures to be released today show births and not pregnancies that were terminated by abortion. (baltimoresun.com)
• This just includes births as there could have been more NTD pregnancies that were terminated once the defect had been discovered. (truth-out.org)

Lowered their preterm birth rates1

• Iowa, Rhode Island, Wyoming and Puerto Rico lowered their preterm birth rates in 2017. (kpbs.org)

Girls ages 152

• The rate fell 9 percent to about 34 per 1,000 girls ages 15 through 19. (csmonitor.com)
• The birth rate for teenagers fell to 39 births per 1,000 girls, ages 15 through 19, according to a government report released Tuesday. (middletownpress.com)

Mortality15

• Watch the one-hour webinar , CDC highlighted findings from the recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on reductions in teen birth rates and persistent disparities and program partners in North Carolina and South Carolina described their efforts to address the social determinants of health through the Office of Adolescent Health/CDC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community-Wide Initiative. (cdc.gov)
• To control for the effect of population size, analyses of fertility and mortality usually use rates. (encyclopedia.com)
• By 2010, there was a 2% decline in the mortality rate of live births and still births, compared to 2001. (rte.ie)
• First, the estimates and projections of vital rates, vital events, and midyear population presented are based on careful evaluation of census and survey results and, in part because of this evaluation process and associated estimation processes, represent a set of consistent estimates and projections of population, fertility, mortality, and international migration. (economy.com)
• The birth rate (along with mortality and migration rate) are used to calculate population growth. (wikipedia.org)
• Our goal was to investigate the neonatal mortality rate and the mortality rate during the NICU stay for extremely low birth weight infants born in Japan in 2005. (aappublications.org)
• The neonatal mortality rate and the mortality rate during the NICU stay were 13.0% and 17.0%, respectively, which were lower than 17.7% and 21.5% in the survey in 2000. (aappublications.org)
• The mortality rates of extremely low birth weight infants who were born in 2005 demonstrated definite improvement. (aappublications.org)
• Advances in perinatal technology, such as pulmonary surfactant replacement therapy, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, and prenatal administration of glucocorticosteroids, have resulted in decreasing mortality rates for preterm infants. (aappublications.org)
• Perinatal care systems, such as regionalization and prenatal maternal transfer, also have decreased mortality rates for infants. (aappublications.org)
• In the latest 3 surveys, the mortality rates for ELBW infants have been improving. (aappublications.org)
• 1 - 3 The objectives of this study were to investigate the mortality rate of ELBW infants in 2005, to compare the data with those for previous years, and to elucidate factors influencing mortality rates. (aappublications.org)
• We know that there are no reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality when the cesarean birth rate is above 15%, yet globally these rates are escalating and birthing units are becoming surgical suites for more than one-third of women giving birth. (nursingcenter.com)
• On the other hand, in developing countries (especially in rural areas and among poor, uninsured women), the recommended lower limit for cesarean births is 5% to 10% in order to avoid high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity from obstetrical complications of vaginal births, because many of these areas do not have the resources to manage high-risk pregnancies. (nursingcenter.com)
• A 2013 Harvard study that showed that black women in states that formerly had Jim Crow laws enforcing racial segregation, a higher rate of infant mortality than in other states. (kpbs.org)

Decline in births2

• After severe events, we tend to find a decline in births - we don't see a boom. (edu.au)
• Dr. Hamilton said that there was a general decline in births among women under age 40 of about 2 or 3 percent from 2009 to 2010. (nytimes.com)

Increase in births1

• On the flip side, the increase in births to older moms is also important, said Martin. (wtvr.com)

Teen43

• At the state level, differences in teen birth rates persist, both within and across states. (cdc.gov)
• State teen birth rates vary greatly, ranging from a low of 11.3 per 1,000 female teens aged 15-19 years (Massachusetts) to a high of 41.5. (cdc.gov)
• Less favorable socioeconomic conditions (high unemployment, low education and income) in counties with the highest teen birth rates. (cdc.gov)
• Establish diverse partnerships to address the social determinants of health that underlie high teen birth rates. (cdc.gov)
• Certain social determinants, such as high unemployment, low education, and low income, have been associated with higher teen birth rates. (cdc.gov)
• Interventions that address socioeconomic conditions like these can play a critical role in addressing disparities observed in U.S. teen births rates. (cdc.gov)
• Birth rates continued to fall for teen moms and for women in their 20s. (pbs.org)
• As a result, the researchers found, both teen births and overall abortion rates plummeted. (livescience.com)
• Among women in the free contraceptive program, the teen birth rate was 6.3 per 1,000 women, a huge difference from the national teen birth rate of 34.3 per 1,000 women. (livescience.com)
• WASHINGTON , Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. teen birth rate declined 9% in 2010 and is now at the lowest level ever reported, according to data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). (prnewswire.com)
• Some experts blame the teen birth rate increases on the government's support for "abstinence-only" education under the Bush administration that left office in January, but advocates of that approach have defended it as sound. (reuters.com)
• The teen birth rate in the U.S. had declined dramatically in past years because of both less sex and more contraception," Bill Albert of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy advocacy group said in a telephone interview. (reuters.com)
• The teen birth rate is now going up probably for the opposite set of reasons - the combination of more sex and less contraception. (reuters.com)
• Two years of increases in the teen birth rate are a wake-up call showing the need to target efforts to help teens delay sexual activity, improve contraceptive use, and delay early and generally unplanned childbearing," said Jennifer Manlove of Child Trends. (reuters.com)
• The rise in the number of births for older teens helped push Oklahoma from 6th to 5th highest teen birth rate overall. (newson6.com)
• Teen birth rates fell to 31.3 per 1,000, the lowest since 1940. (deseretnews.com)
• New York - Teen births fell to a record low in the United States in 2010, according to a new government report. (csmonitor.com)
• Nearly every state saw a decline in teen births from 2007 to 2010, with the biggest drop in the southwestern Arizona at 29 percent. (csmonitor.com)
• Even as it leads the U.S. with 55 teen births per 1,000 girls, Mississippi 's rate has been falling like everywhere else. (csmonitor.com)
• New Hampshire has the lowest teen birth rate at just under 16. (csmonitor.com)
• Independent experts question how much influence state programs have on teen birth rates, but a leading expert on teen-age pregnancy said he could not rule out the possibility that Maryland's efforts are having a positive effect. (baltimoresun.com)
• It looks like Maryland may be doing marginally better in reducing teen birth rates than the average state," said Stanley Henshaw, deputy director of research at the Alan Guttmacher Institute in New York. (baltimoresun.com)
• Henshaw pointed to a number of factors that could be influencing the national trend toward fewer teen births, including family planning programs, sex education and a robust economy. (baltimoresun.com)
• From 1996 to 1997, the decline in Maryland's teen births was a steady but unspectacular 4.5 percent -- about identical to the national average. (baltimoresun.com)
• Henshaw said that on the national level, the drop in teen births has been largely driven by a strong decline in pregnancies among African-American adolescents. (baltimoresun.com)
• Teen birth rate declines in Md. (baltimoresun.com)
• Why is the U.S. teen birth rate falling? (pewresearch.org)
• Asians and Pacific Islanders led the way over this time, followed by Hispanics, with teen birth rate declines of 74% and 65%, respectively. (pewresearch.org)
• Despite rapid declines in teen birth rates across all major racial and ethnic groups, disparities persist. (pewresearch.org)
• Teen birth rates peaked at 96.3 per 1,000 in 1957, the midst of the baby boom, after having risen dramatically following the end of World War II. (pewresearch.org)
• The teen birth rate has been on a steep decline since the early 1990s, and that trend accelerated after the onset of the Great Recession in 2007. (pewresearch.org)
• What else may be contributing to the decline in teen birth rates? (pewresearch.org)
• The teen rate is a "phenomenal decline," said Dr. Elise Berlan, a physician in the section of adolescent medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital. (wtvr.com)
• While the teen birth rate across the state was the lowest in history, the teen birth rate in Worcester increased 12 percent, according to the latest birth report issued by the state Department of Public Health on Monday. (telegram.com)
• Southbridge, despite having the fifth-highest teen birth rate in the state, showed a decline in the overall number of teen births. (telegram.com)
• Other local communities showing a decline in teen births were Leominster and Fitchburg. (telegram.com)
• or 17.1 births per 1,000 women from 15 to 19 years old, which is the lowest teen birth rate ever recorded, according to the DPH. (telegram.com)
• Looking ahead, state officials anticipate far fewer teen moms and, by 2040, higher rates of birth among women in their late 30s than women in their late 20s. (ocregister.com)
• The national teen birth rate declined 41 percent between 2006 to 2014 - and dropped by 51 percent among Hispanics, 44 percent among blacks and 35 percent among whites. (nbcnewyork.com)
• Many other researchers have shown that abstinence-only education does not reduce teen pregnancy rates. (nbcnewyork.com)
• How are three neighboring counties in Texas doing on reducing teen births across three age categories? (kidscount.org)
• ATLANTA (AP) -- The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping -- a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession. (middletownpress.com)
• The cumulative effect of such campaigns may have played an important role in pushing down the teen birth rate, Ventura said. (middletownpress.com)

Teenage9

• The birth rate for teenage girls rose 5 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to the report. (reuters.com)
• Birth rates among teenage moms rates are at the lowest level since 1940. (csmonitor.com)
• The rate for teenage moms reached its lowest point since record-keeping began in 1940. (csmonitor.com)
• It also has improved child development centers, encouraged companies to set up childcare centers, given the right to leave from work for giving birth, and prevented teenage pregnancy problems. (nationmultimedia.com)
• Teenage mother birth rate. (nationmaster.com)
• From 2009 to 2010, the rate of teenage births fell by 9 percent, to 34.9 per thousand, the lowest rate ever reported in the 65 years for which data is available. (nytimes.com)
• From 2007 to 2010, teenage pregnancy rates declined in every state except Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia, where there was no significant difference over the period. (nytimes.com)
• A version of this article appears in print on 04/17/2012, on page D 5 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Teenage Birth Rate Is Lowest Since 1946. (nytimes.com)
• Teenage moms, who account for about 10 percent of the nation's births, are not unique. (middletownpress.com)

Disparities1

• Over the last few years, racial disparities in premature birth have gotten worse, according to the March of Dimes report. (kpbs.org)

Nation's1

• In 2015, the Chinese government reformed its infamous "one-child policy" to allow two births for most couples, hoping that it would address a looming demographic crisis by boosting the nation's birthrate. (chinadigitaltimes.net)

20002

• It's all the more startling when you consider our county went into 2000 with a higher birth rate than the national and state averages. (ocweekly.com)
• It's the second consecutive drop in births, which had been on the rise since 2000. (middletownpress.com)

Premature birth rates5

• But for parents, there might be a small silver lining - new research is strengthening the evidence that premature birth rates may be dropping. (yahoo.com)
• Looking at different windows of time, the researchers found that premature birth rates were down between 15 to 23%, neonatologist and lead study author Jasper Been told the New York Times . (yahoo.com)
• In both of those reports - which were compiled and published independent of each other, but at similar times - doctors found that premature birth rates had dropped drastically. (yahoo.com)
• One bright spot in the report was that three states and Puerto Rico did show a decline in their premature birth rates. (kpbs.org)
• The states with the highest premature birth rates were mostly in the South and the lower Midwest. (kpbs.org)

Dropped 10 percent1

• Births to teens dropped 10 percent, the lowest number since 1946. (deseretnews.com)

12.71

• The highest rate was Mississippi with 13.6 percent and the next was Louisiana with 12.7 percent. (kpbs.org)

Cesarean13

• Every pregnant woman in the U.S. should be alarmed by this rate," Pam Udy, president of the International Cesarean Awareness Network advocacy group, said in a statement. (reuters.com)
• Elective primary cesarean births-both by maternal request and by physician choice-seem to be increasing globally. (nursingcenter.com)
• Country or regional comparisons of cesarean birth rates are challenging because of varying types of data available, but overall rates are estimated to vary from 2.9% in Sub-Saharan Africa to 26.3% in Southeast Asia ( Stanton & Holtz, 2006 ). (nursingcenter.com)
• Elective primary cesarean birth rates are among the highest in the world in Latin America, with a reported rate of 80% to 90% in white, insured women who give birth in private hospitals. (nursingcenter.com)
• Differences in rates have been found in Greek public and private hospitals and in South Korea, where a study reported that providers and the healthcare system contribute to high cesarean birth rates rather than maternal demand. (nursingcenter.com)
• The rates of cesarean births in Brazil are high. (nursingcenter.com)
• In Sao Paulo, Brazil, 59 private hospitals have cesarean birth rates over 80%, and women at 38 weeks' gestation are scheduled for a collective cesarean "surgical day. (nursingcenter.com)
• The terms "the cut above" and "the cut below" are used in reference to the high prevalence of cesarean births and episiotomies in Brazil. (nursingcenter.com)
• Strategies for reversing this trend for higher cesarean birth rates include hospital second opinion policies, better education of women of childbearing age regarding potential risks and benefits, and informed consent. (nursingcenter.com)
• Increased understanding of women's motivation, values, cultural factors, and fears related to requesting elective cesarean births through qualitative inquiry is essential. (nursingcenter.com)
• Meeting this goal depends on the reduction of cesarean births worldwide. (nursingcenter.com)
• Global development efforts, such as the United Nations Population Fund, should include a focus on achieving an appropriate level of cesarean births throughout the world. (nursingcenter.com)
• The cesarean delivery rate rose yet again, to about 33 percent of births. (middletownpress.com)

19982

• Crude birth rates at the end of the twentieth century range from over 40 per 1,000 in many African countries and a few Asian countries such as Yemen and Afghanistan to less than 12 per 1,000 in the slow-growing or declining countries of Europe and Japan (Population Reference Bureau 1998). (encyclopedia.com)
• The 2012 rate represents a 10% drop and the best rate since 1998. (cnn.com)

Percent29

• The 39 percent difference in the two states' general fertility rates is substantially less than that indicated by their crude birth rates which are confounded by age-composition differences. (encyclopedia.com)
• Providing free, reliable birth control to women could prevent between 41 percent and 71 percent of abortions in the United States, new research finds. (livescience.com)
• They found that the program reduced the abortion rate among these women by 62 percent to 78 percent. (livescience.com)
• In Europe as of July 2011, Ireland's birth rate is 16.5 per 1000 (3.5 percent higher than the next-ranked country, the UK). (wikipedia.org)
• In July 2011, the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced a 2.4 percent increase in live births in the UK in 2010. (wikipedia.org)
• The youth unemployment rate stands at a staggering 35 percent, prompting young people to both hold off on starting a family and leave in search of work. (pbs.org)
• Births to women 20-24 fell 3 percent from 2010 to 2011 and the birth rate dropped 5 percent. (deseretnews.com)
• Most startling, the actual number of births was down by 500,000 from 2007 - even though there were 7 percent more women in the child-bearing ages of 20 to 39. (durangoherald.com)
• Maryland's rate continues to be less than the national average of 5.23 percent. (baltimoresun.com)
• According to a Centers for Disease Control study reported by the Associated Press, the number of births shrank 2.7 percent in 2009, despite an increase in the population. (observer.com)
• That's a decrease of more than 9 percent since a high of 5,641 births in 2004. (sfexaminer.com)
• There was a one percent decline in the number of births for white women and a 2 percent decline in the birth rate for African-Americans. (eurasiareview.com)
• The birth rate for single women dropped by 3 percent in 2011, and the birth rate for married women rose by 1 percent. (eurasiareview.com)
• For women between the ages of 30 and 34, the birth rate increased by 1 percent over 2015 - the highest rate for this age group since 1964. (wtvr.com)
• The birth rate for women who are between 35 and 39 is up 2 percent over 2015, representing the highest rate since 1962. (wtvr.com)
• We want to bring everybody up to an overall rate of over 80 percent," said Martin. (wtvr.com)
• The report showed a 12 percent decline from 2009, when there were 19.5 births per 1,000 in the same age group. (telegram.com)
• 54 percent of the women giving birth in 2010 were 30 years old or older, compared to only 25 percent in 1980. (telegram.com)
• That rate was 12.3 for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and a Southern California News Group analysis of state projections shows the region's rate could fall another 24 percent by 2040. (ocregister.com)
• Fertility rates among California women under 29 fell from 1990 to 2015, most sharply by 74 percent among teens 15 to 19, according to state Department of Finance data. (ocregister.com)
• In contrast, rates for women aged 35 to 39 and 40 to 44 rose 45 percent and 67 percent, respectively. (ocregister.com)
• The birth rate among teens aged 15 to 19 dropped 61 percent, from 61.8 to 24.2 births per 1,000, the team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (nbcnewyork.com)
• In 16 states, the rate fell more than 20 percent. (nytimes.com)
• Vermont had the lowest rate at 7.5 percent. (kpbs.org)
• Black women have a 49 percent higher rate of premature birth than women of all other races and ethnicities. (kpbs.org)
• Rhode Island has lowered its preterm birth rate steadily since 2007, when the rate was 10.8 percent. (kpbs.org)
• As a country, we seem to have lost our way," he said, "and Arkansas is an example of a state that dropped a full grade because its rate went up by 0.8 percent. (publicnewsservice.org)
• The birth rate for women in their early 20s plummeted 7 percent, the largest decline for that age group since 1973. (middletownpress.com)
• The birth rate for women ages 40-44 was up 3 percent from 2008, to about 10 births per 1,000 women. (middletownpress.com)

13.41

• In the St. Louis area, the overall abortion rate in that time frame was between 13.4 and 17 abortions per 1,000 women. (livescience.com)

Reduce premature birth1

• This report underscores the need for action to reduce premature birth in the U.S., and state and territorial health officials have a critical role in championing and implementing proven solutions," says David L. Lakey, M.D., president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. (rwjf.org)

Live10

• Birth rate , frequency of live births in a given population , conventionally calculated as the annual number of live births per 1,000 inhabitants. (britannica.com)
• More detailed analyses of the tempo of childbearing require extensive information about live birth order to make fertility rates for each age group specific for first births, second births, third births, and so forth (Shryock and Siegel 1976, p. 280). (encyclopedia.com)
• It's worth noting that birth rate figures only include live births. (pewresearch.org)
• Of the roughly 450,000 pregnancies among teens in 2013, about 61% are estimated to have ended in live births, 24% in abortions and 15% in miscarriages or stillbirths. (pewresearch.org)
• Data on live birth outcomes were available for 809 women. (drugs.com)
• Among women undergoing IVF, administration of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture at the time of ovarian stimulation and embryo transfer resulted in no significant difference in live birth rates," the authors write. (drugs.com)
• These findings do not support the use of acupuncture to improve the rate of live births among women undergoing IVF. (drugs.com)
• Number) Number of live births. (kidscount.org)
• Rate) Number of live births per 1,000 population. (kidscount.org)
• Population All live born singleton births delivered at 24-44 weeks of gestation (n=606 877, with n=448 520 spontaneous deliveries). (bmj.com)

Population21

• Differences by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may affect the level of the birth characteristic. (cdc.gov)
• For example, a comparison of the 42,087 births in Utah with the 189,392 in Florida in 1996 reveals nothing about the relative levels of fertility because Florida has a larger population (Ventura et al. (encyclopedia.com)
• A rate measures the number of times an event such as birth occurs in a given period of time divided by the population at risk to that event. (encyclopedia.com)
• Dividing Florida's births by the state's population and multiplying by 1,000 yields a birth rate of 13 per 1,000. (encyclopedia.com)
• Its estimate of the population at risk to giving birth includes men, children, and postmenopausal women. (encyclopedia.com)
• This is equal to the rate of population change (excluding migration). (wikipedia.org)
• In 2012 the average global birth rate was 19.611 according to the World Bank and 19.15 births per 1,000 total population according to the CIA, compared to 20.09 per 1,000 total population in 2007. (wikipedia.org)
• Demographic transition theory postulates that as a country undergoes economic development and social change its population growth declines, with birth rates serving as an indicator. (wikipedia.org)
• Additional problems faced by a country with a high birth rate include educating a growing number of children, creating jobs for these children when they enter the workforce, and dealing with the environmental impact of a large population. (wikipedia.org)
• Census figures show the national population is steadily shrinking, the first time that's happened in 90 years, due in large part to the declining birthrate. (pbs.org)
• The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. (cia.gov)
• The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has urged the government to implement additional measures to improve the birth rate in Thailand, following a recent study detailing the impact of a shrinking population. (nationmultimedia.com)
• The lack of a full rebound suggests that increased temperatures due to climate change may reduce population growth rates in the coming century," the authors wrote. (medindia.net)
• 45.46 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• 16.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• 18.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• 19.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• 8.83 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• 35.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• 36.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est. (usu.edu)
• But demographers warn the changing birth rate and population patterns may lead to a smaller workforce that will have to support more retirees, straining pension and health care systems. (ocregister.com)

Dimes8

• The U.S.'s preterm birth rate is the highest among industrialized countries, according to the March of Dimes. (cnn.com)
• A premature birth costs businesses about 12 times as much as uncomplicated healthy birth," March of Dimes President Dr. Jennifer L. Howse said in a statement. (cnn.com)
• The preterm birth rate peaked at 12.8% in 2006 after rising for more than two decades, according to the March of Dimes. (cnn.com)
• Christopher Howson, PHD, Vice President for Global Programs at the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, says the current worldwide rate of preterm births could be halved by 2025 if the recommended interventions are carried out. (rwjf.org)
• As November is Prematurity Awareness Month , the March of Dimes today released its annual prematurity birth report card . (cafemom.com)
• The March of Dimes credits education about medically unnecessary c-sections and inductions scheduled before 39 weeks of pregnancy as well as new treatments, like progesterone, which may help prevent some preterm births. (cafemom.com)
• Arkansas's premature birth rate is rising, dropping the state from a grade of C to a D on the March of Dimes' annual Premature Birth Report Card . (publicnewsservice.org)
• California is one of just five states to receive an "A" grade for its preterm birth rate, according to a March of Dimes report card released Thursday, HealthDay / U.S. News & World Report reports. (californiahealthline.org)

Declines in birth rates2

• Pressure on workers to remain employed is also likely to lead to stresses on families, and possible declines in birth rates. (edu.au)
• Other countries are seeing similar declines in birth rates. (adn.com)