4 in 10 US Children Born Out of Wedlock
Now here’s a sad statistic:
CNN.com reports, “Out-of-wedlock births in the United States have climbed to an all-time high, accounting for nearly four in 10 babies born last year, government health officials said Tuesday.” Although the story does make mention of the fact that, “Just because a mother is not married does not mean the father isn’t around,” the main point of the findings can be summed up in another quote, “The overall rise reflects the burgeoning number of people who are putting off marriage or living together without getting married.”
Sad.
Other findings in the report:
• The birth rate among teenagers declined 2 percent in 2005, continuing a trend from the early 1990s. The rate is now about 40 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 19. That is the lowest level in the 65 years for which a consistent series of rates is available.
• The U.S. teen birth rate is still the highest among industrialized countries.
• Births to women in their early 20s rose slightly, to 102 births per 1,000 women ages 20 to 24. Births to women in their late 20s — the most productive group in terms of childbirth — was about that same from the previous year, at about 116 per 1,000 women ages 25 to 29.
• The C-section rate rose to 30.2 percent of all births in 2005, an increase of 1 percentage point from the previous year. The rate has risen by nearly half since 1996
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