Definition: This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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US Teen Birth Rates at Lowest Level Since 1976
Medical Daily - 5/23/2013 10:58:11 PM
The report by the US National Center for Health Statistics found that ... Births: Final data for 2007. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2007. Accessed May 23, 2013.
U.S. Teen Birth Rate Plummets: Report
US News and World Report - 5/23/2013 6:33:20 PM
THURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Teen birth rates in the United States are dropping sharply, especially among Hispanic teens, according to a new government report. Overall, the rate of birth among teens aged 15 to 19 dropped by nearly one ...
Hispanic teen birth rate decreased dramatically
The Christian Science Monitor - 5/23/2013 1:11:13 PM
Black teens saw a larger improvement ... As time goes on, Hispanics — like other immigrant groups before them — tend to adopt American customs and practices. "There is more attention on education, career, and the future," said Dr. Janet ...
US teen birth rate drops to record low
english.vietnamnet.vn - 5/22/2013 11:56:38 PM
US teen births have dropped to a record low, but the country still has one of the highest rates among developed nations, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "The overall rate declined 25 percent from 41.5 per 1,000 teenagers aged 15-19 ...
Teen Birth Rate in U.S. Declined to All-Time Low in 2011
Bloomberg - 5/23/2013 10:33:44 AM
Teen birth rates have dropped by almost half since 1991, the CDC reported. Data from previous surveys have shown that teenage girls are using contraception more often and that fewer teenagers are having vaginal sex, as 57 percent of girls ages ...
Teen births drop by 27% in Rhode Island, mirroring US
WPRI - 5/23/2013 3:55:51 PM
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Rhode Island's teen birth ... in the country, the CDC said. Teen births fell by 26% among non-Hispanic white Rhoed Islanders and by 30% among Hispanic residents from 2007 to 2011. The teen birth rate in Rhode Island ...
Maine’s death rate now higher than its birth rate
Lifesite - 5/20/2013 9:00:03 PM
The state's birth rate has steadily fallen over the last 23 years ... Maine's population has the highest percentage of Baby Boomers in the country, 29.4 percent. “A few aspects of Maine’s demographic picture stand out: an older population with a ...
Report Shows Teens Having Less Children Across The Country
minnesota.cbslocal.com - 5/23/2013 1:04:03 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The number of teenage girls having children has dropped dramatically both across the country and in Minnesota, according to new numbers released Thursday. A report shows the national teen birth rate has dropped 25 percent ...
More Women Using Modern Contraceptives in Developing World
Medscape News - 5/21/2013 8:37:24 PM
In higher-income developing countries, the increase in demand was 10% during the same period. Although sterilization remains the most common birth control method in the developing world, its use has dropped in favor of "methods with higher failure rates ...
Infant mortality rate India's enduring shame
Deccan Herald - 5/23/2013 11:55:27 PM
The economic boom being experienced by India masks a shameful failure to control a shocking rate of infant deaths among the country’s poorest ... the first 24 hours of their birth every year, the highest anywhere in the world, a study by an international ...
Despite fears, Muslims growing only modestly in world and Canada
The Vancouver Sun - 5/17/2013 11:55:25 PM
The non-partisan Pew Forum’s army of researchers, mostly academics from scores of countries, project that Muslims will, indeed, grow in relative size in the next two decades – expanding to 26.4 per cent of the world’s population by 2030, a modest ...
Teen birth rates hit all-time low
3 WCAX.com - 5/23/2013 12:13:57 PM
A new study stays teen birth rates have hit an all-time low across the country. The authors of this study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call it amazing. Some states saw as much as a 30 percent drop in teen birth rates. Vermont and New ...
Poor Countries Lack Modern Contraception
Voice of America - 5/20/2013 9:54:20 AM
“The Guttmacher Institute for a long time has focused on issues of reproductive health and especially the high rates of unplanned child bearing and unplanned pregnancies across the world – the United States, as well as other countries. And part of the ...
Analysis: Rich country investors returning home
Yahoo! News - 5/22/2013 3:57:02 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest investors may be rethinking 20 years ... Japan, where those aged 65 or older make up a quarter of the country's population, offers a prime example of what conservative investors are doing with their money.
CHRISTIAN NEOCONS WANT A WHITER WORLD
American Reporter - 5/24/2013 3:58:50 AM
This is slowing the population growth rate, though it is still high in many countries ... as our nation's birth rate is right at the replacement level. Lifespans have increased worldwide, so the world's population is getting older. But it's more than ...
