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Advance report of final divorce statistics, 1983
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December 26, 1985
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Source: Monthly vital statistics report ; v. 34, no. 9, suppl.
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Series: Monthly Vital Statistics Reports
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Description:Divorces declined for the second consecutive year in 1983 when 1,158,000 couples divorced, 12,000 fewer than in 1982 (table 1). Between 1962 and 1981 the number of divorces almost tripled. Divorces reached a historic high of 1,213,000 in 1981 and then dropped 4 percent in 1982 and 1 percent in 1983; the drop in 1982 was the first decline in 20 years. According to provisional reports the decline continued in 1984. For 1983, the divorce rate per 1,000 population was 4.9, down from 5.0 in 1982 and the historic high level of 5.3 in 1979 and 1981. The rate per 1,000 population has not been lower since 1975. The rate of divorce calculated per 1,000 married women 15 years of age and over was 21.3, representing the second consecutive annual drop from the rate of 22.6 in 1981. This type of rate, based on the population (married women) truly at risk of divorce, has been greater than 20 since 1975. This means that about 2 percent of the married women divorce annually.
Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics: Advance report of final divorce statistics, 1983. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 34, No, 9, Supp. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 86-1120. Public Health Servica. Hyattsville, Md., Dec. 26, 1985.
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