Trends in first births to older mothers, 1970-79

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• Personal Author:
  Ventura, Stephanie J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Vital Statistics.
• Description:
  More than 115,000 births in 1979 were to mothers in their thirties having their fiist child. This is 73 percent more than in 1975 (67,578 births) and more than twice as many as in 1970 (54,108 births). The increase in frost-birth rates to these women has been just as dramatic. For example, the rate for women in their early thirties increased 66 percent, from 7.3 first births per 1,000 women aged 30-34 years in 1970 to 12.1 in 1979.
  
  mv31_02s2.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Age Factors Birth Rate/trends Female Maternal Age
• Source:
  Monthly vital statistics report ; v. 31, no.2, suppl. 2 ; DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 82-1120
• Series:
  Monthly Vital Statistics Reports
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  15 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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