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Description:In 19851,190,000couples divorced in the United States, leaving the ranks of the 109 million currently married men and women to join the 5.4 million divorced men and 7.8 million di vorced women. The 1985 divorce total was the second highest in history, exceeded only by the total for 1981 (table 1). For 19 years the number of divorces had increased each year, horn 3,000 in 1962 to 1,213,000 in 1981. Since 1981, the total fluctuated, dropping in 1982 and 1983, rising in 1984 and 1985, and, according to provisional reports, dropping again in 1986.
Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics: Advance report of final divorce statistics, 1987. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 6, Supp. DHHS Pub No. (PHS) 88-1120. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md.
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