For the primary time, ladies of their early 30s are having extra infants than youthful mothers in the US. Well being specialists say the shift is because of extra ladies ready longer to have youngsters and the continuing drop within the teen start price. For greater than three a long time, ladies of their late 20s had the best start charges, however that modified final yr, in line with preliminary information launched Wednesday by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. The start price for girls ages 30 to 34 was about 103 per 100,000; the speed for girls ages 25 to 29 was 102 per 100,000. The CDC didn't launch the precise numbers of deliveries for every age group. It is turning into extra frequent to see older dad and mom with youngsters in elementary or highschool, mentioned Invoice Albert of the Nationwide Marketing campaign to Forestall Teen and Unplanned Being pregnant. In the meantime, extra teenagers are rising up with fewer of their friends getting pregnant, he mentioned. "We all the time speak about peer strain as a destructive, however it may be a pressure for good," Albert mentioned. A separate CDC report specializing in deaths discovered the nation's general dying price fell final yr after an uncommon and worrisome enhance in 2015. The experiences are based mostly on a primary have a look at start and dying certificates filed throughout the nation final yr. Among the many findings:
- The general start price was down barely in 2016, to 62 births per 100,000 ladies ages 15 to 44.
- The typical age when ladies have their first little one is about 28.
- The teenager start price continued to drop final yr.
- The toddler mortality price stayed about the identical.
- The general dying price fell to about 724 per 100,000 folks in 2016, down from 733 the yr earlier than.
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