The New Baby Boom
Posted by Madeline Holler at 4:00 PM on March 20, 2009
Did you have a baby in 2007? Probably. Because that year saw more births than ever recorded in American history, the New York Times reports. And yes, that’s more births than the post-war Baby Boom.
(Don’t blame Octomom — she only gave birth to one baby that year.)
Just how many babies are we talking about?There were 4,317,000 births in 2007, just slightly more than in 1957 which was the height of the baby boom, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
So who is having all these babies?
Well, teens for one. After years of decline, 2007 saw a rise in births for teen moms. Also, unmarried women are having a larger share of the babies born. Today, the average woman has 2.1 children.
Know what else hit a record high that year, despite talk of efforts to cut back the number? Ceasarean births. They made up 32 percent of all births, 2 percent more than the previous year.
Photo: timesonline.co.uk
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