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04-20-2005, 11:38 AM
You see Bukharian's aren't the only ones who start a family later, these days.
Who's having babies now, and how
15 surprising facts about birth in the United States
By the BabyCenter editorial staffMore From BabyCenterhttp://www.babycenter.com/syndicate/bc103x28.gif (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/memberbenefits/index3.jhtml?binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:1372273:LOGO&ref id=msnfam&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)•Should I see an obstetrician for a "just trying" visit? (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/expert/preconception/gettingpregnant/7092.html?refid=msnfam&binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:137227 3:7092&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)•Twenty things you should do before you try to get pregnant (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/preconception/gettingpregnant/7171.html?refid=msnfam&binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:137227 3:7171&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)•Sign up for our free e-mail newsletters (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/memberbenefits/index3.jhtml?refid=msnfam&binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:142 1969:1421969&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)
More than 4 million babies are born in the United States each year, and the details of how, when, and where they arrive are constantly shifting. The big news from the latest report on birth trends (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_10.pdf) put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is that women and men are waiting longer to start families, and fewer people are having babies -- the U.S. birth rate slid to an all-time low in 2002, the most recent year the CDC examined. (They're compliling data from 2003 now, but the final numbers aren't out yet -- and the big trends haven't changed.)
There's good news: More expectant moms are avoiding tobacco smoke and seeking early prenatal care. Numbers of high-risk multiple births are declining as fertility treatments improve. Teenage pregnancy rates are plummeting. For all the details, read on.
When and where babies arrive
Super Tuesday: The most popular day for babies to make their entrances? Tuesday, which boasted more than 12,500 births on average. That's 66 percent higher than on Sunday, the slowest day of the week for new babies (in part because doctors don't schedule c-sections and inductions on weekends).
Some (babies) like it hot: More newborns arrived in the late summer months of July, August, and September than any other time of the year. Paul Sutton, a demographer for the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm), says it makes sense if you think about what happens nine months earlier in most of the country -- the weather gets colder and people spend more time indoors with their sweeties. Also, some people plan births to coincide with summer vacations, especially teachers and other folks who get summers off. November had the fewest birthdays: about 320,000.
Go West: The country's population as a whole is shifting westward, so it's not surprising that the six states showing significant increases in births between 2001 and 2002 (Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Wyoming) are all west of the Mississippi. Utah's birth rate beat every other state in the Union, with 21 babies born for every 1,000 people. Lowest birth-rate states were Vermont and Maine, with just ten babies born for every 1,000 folks.
Who's having babies now, and how
15 surprising facts about birth in the United States
By the BabyCenter editorial staffMore From BabyCenterhttp://www.babycenter.com/syndicate/bc103x28.gif (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/memberbenefits/index3.jhtml?binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:1372273:LOGO&ref id=msnfam&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)•Should I see an obstetrician for a "just trying" visit? (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/expert/preconception/gettingpregnant/7092.html?refid=msnfam&binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:137227 3:7092&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)•Twenty things you should do before you try to get pregnant (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/preconception/gettingpregnant/7171.html?refid=msnfam&binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:137227 3:7171&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)•Sign up for our free e-mail newsletters (http://g.msn.com/US19/1?http://www.babycenter.com/memberbenefits/index3.jhtml?refid=msnfam&binky=MSNFAM:EDI:PRE:142 1969:1421969&&PS=56778&PI=7327&DI=1448)
More than 4 million babies are born in the United States each year, and the details of how, when, and where they arrive are constantly shifting. The big news from the latest report on birth trends (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_10.pdf) put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is that women and men are waiting longer to start families, and fewer people are having babies -- the U.S. birth rate slid to an all-time low in 2002, the most recent year the CDC examined. (They're compliling data from 2003 now, but the final numbers aren't out yet -- and the big trends haven't changed.)
There's good news: More expectant moms are avoiding tobacco smoke and seeking early prenatal care. Numbers of high-risk multiple births are declining as fertility treatments improve. Teenage pregnancy rates are plummeting. For all the details, read on.
When and where babies arrive
Super Tuesday: The most popular day for babies to make their entrances? Tuesday, which boasted more than 12,500 births on average. That's 66 percent higher than on Sunday, the slowest day of the week for new babies (in part because doctors don't schedule c-sections and inductions on weekends).
Some (babies) like it hot: More newborns arrived in the late summer months of July, August, and September than any other time of the year. Paul Sutton, a demographer for the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm), says it makes sense if you think about what happens nine months earlier in most of the country -- the weather gets colder and people spend more time indoors with their sweeties. Also, some people plan births to coincide with summer vacations, especially teachers and other folks who get summers off. November had the fewest birthdays: about 320,000.
Go West: The country's population as a whole is shifting westward, so it's not surprising that the six states showing significant increases in births between 2001 and 2002 (Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Wyoming) are all west of the Mississippi. Utah's birth rate beat every other state in the Union, with 21 babies born for every 1,000 people. Lowest birth-rate states were Vermont and Maine, with just ten babies born for every 1,000 folks.