The CDC recently released its preliminary report on birth data for 2009.
The birth rate for U.S. teenagers fell 6% in 2009 according to preliminary data, the lowest level ever recorded in nearly seven decades of tracking teenage childbearing (since 1940). The number of births to teenagers under age 20 also fell 6%. The rate for 2009 was 37% lower than in 1991.
The birth rate for teens aged 15-17 declined 7%, and is now 48% lower than the rate reported in 1991.
The birth rate for teens aged 18-19 declined 6%, and is now 30% lower than the rate reported in 1991.
The birth rate for college-aged (20-24 years old) women declined 7% during 2009.
The birth rate for unmarried women declined almost 4% from 2008 to 2009. This is the first time since 1996 that the total number of births to unmarried women declined instead of increasing. While the total number declined, nonmarital births to women aged 30 and older actually increased.
Teens accounted for just 21% of all nonmarital births in 2009, whereas in 1975 teens were 52% of nonmarital births.
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