Teen Births Rose In 2006

Rate Of Teenage Births Leaps 3 Percent; Births To Single Moms Hit Historic Highs

(WebMD)  The teen birth rate in the U.S. rose for the first time in 14 years in 2006, and the number of cesarean deliveries and births to unmarried women hit all-time highs, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Teen childbirths rose by 3 percent in 2006, to about 42 births for every 1,000 females between the ages of 15 and 19.

That was up from 40.5 births per 1,000 in 2005, but still well below the 62 births per 1,000 recorded in 1991, when teen birth rates began their decade-plus decline.

About 20,000 more births were recorded among teens in the U.S. in 2006 than the previous year, with a 5 percent increase seen among African American teens, a 3 percent increase among non-Hispanic whites, and a 2 percent increase among Hispanics.

While it is too early to say if the rise represents the beginning of a trend, Stephanie J. Ventura, who heads the NCHS reproductive statistics branch, says it is cause for concern.

"This could continue or it could reverse, but it is not the direction we want to see," she tells WebMD.

New Baby Boom?

Overall, the birth rate increased by 3 percent to 4.26 million between 2005 and 2006, the largest single-year increase since 1989 and the largest total number of births since 1961, which was one of the last years of the baby boom.

Birth rates rose by 4 percent among women between the ages of 20 and 24, to 105 births per 1,000 and by 3 percent among those aged 40 to 44, to 9.4 births per 1,000.

An increase in the total fertility rate, which represents an estimate of the number of children a woman will have over her reproductive life, may be one explanation for the increase in overall births, Ventura suggests.

She says the rise represents a reversal in a trend, as an increasing number of families are made up of more than one or two children.

So when it comes to family planning, three may be the new two.

"I've heard people say that," she says. "All we can say is that the fertility rate is higher than it has been."

Record Cesarean Deliveries, Unmarried Moms

In 2006, nearly one in three babies in the U.S. was delivered by cesarean section.

The C-section rate rose by 3 percent to 31.1 percent - more than twice the target rate government health officials have called for among low-risk women by 2010.

C-sections were relatively rare in the U.S. before 1970, when just 5 percent of babies were delivered surgically.

By the mid-1980s, nearly one in four babies born in the U.S. was delivered by cesarean section. That number dipped slightly through the 1990s, but has been climbing steadily ever since.

The increase in births among unmarried women is definitely a trend, Ventura says. Births among this group hit historic highs in 2006.

The 1.6 million births among unmarried women represents an 8 percent increase over 2005 and is 20 percent higher than the recent low point for births in the group seen in 2002.

"Most of this increase is in women in their 20s," Ventura says. "This definitely suggests a change in attitudes about the issue."

Preterm Deliveries Rising

The preterm birth rate rose slightly in 2006, to 12.8 percent from 12.7 percent the previous year, and low-birth weight deliveries rose from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent.

Preterm births and low-birth rate deliveries have risen by 21 percent and 19 percent, respectively, since 1990, with late preterm births of between 34 and 36 weeks gestation rising by 25 percent, the NCHS's Joyce A. Martin, MPH, tells WebMD.

Though the reasons for this are not completely clear, Martin says one factor appears to be an increased willingness among health care providers to induce labor early.

The rate of infant deaths remained at a relatively stable 6.9 per 1,000 live births between 2004 and 2005, the last year for which mortality data have been analyzed.

African-American newborns continued to be more than twice as likely as white and Hispanic infants to die in the first year of life.

More than half of all infant deaths in 2005 were from birth defects, premature delivery, sudden infant death syndrome, and complications at delivery.

Life Expectancy Still Rising

There were 2.44 million deaths in the United States in 2005, an increase of about 50,000 deaths over 2004.

Life expectancy continued to increase to a record high of 77.9 years in 2005, or 0.1 year more than the previous year.

The life expectancy for a white female born in 2005 is now 80.8 years, compared to 75.7 years for a white male, 76.5 years for a black female, and 69.6 years for a black male.

[providence_k]

A lawyer should sue on the behalf of the baby in the womb? When two people say yes to having sxx they are making a contract to what results from the union. So if a baby is conceived the baby has the rights guaranteed under the binding contract of the union. Another words the baby has rights as a person because of the union, agreement! A binding contract is when two people agree to a course of action, a pledge if you will!

Sounds like a good concept for lawyers and the constitution to get on board and fight this all the way to the supreme court! Do you think these two will win?
This reminds me of a H-T-L-E-R movie were all the Jews were put to death by choice! I think we referred to it as an atrocity,

[dog7771]

How''s that abstinence only working out for ya? Not so good, huh?

[newsterl]

The show takes viewers on a journey from babyhood, when we get through 3,796 diapers and produce 67 gallons of urine, through to old age and death, by which time we will have eaten 10,866 carrots, taken 7,163 baths and passed wind an average of 15 times a day.

Now the anti abortion crowd can begin to get an idea how much of an impact EVERY unwanted fetus would have on this planet.

[newsterl]

For each MOUTH that is born, approximately 25 TONS of food are consumed by this person over their lifetime.

The average American adult eats over 525 pounds of food each year of his life.

Over 70 years, that person will eat:

35 turkeys
23 hogs
14 head of cattle 2 calves
12 sheep
880 chickens
770 pounds of fish.

The average person will eat over 10,000 bars of chocolate, shed 121 pints of tears and have s3x more than 4,200 times, a television documentary will claim tomorrow.

It also looks at the effect each human being has on the planet during the 2,475,576,000 seconds that each of us will, on average, have on Earth
Mr Watts and his team spent the next two years compiling hundreds of statistics and then came up with ways of visualising them, including a Hansel and Gretel house built with 10,000 bars of chocolate and more than 15,000 pints of "milk" (water and powder paint) left on a doorstep.
He said: "It''s about wondering what it would look like if all the clothes, washing machines and toilet paper you ever used were piled up outside your front door. Or if you were to lay out all the bread you will ever eat or cups of tea you will drink."

He said the statistic that surprised him the most was that each person smokes, on average, 77,000 cigarettes.

[newsterl]

Women who have abortions should not be made to feel guilty; rather, they should walk away secure in the knowledge that their action has helped the country, the whole planet in fact. She should think of all the resources that will not be consumed and all the waste that will not be generated because she chose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. It is not a decision to regret, but one to be thanked for.

Posted by rf35

CLAP CLAP CLAP, well said! I know a movie I think called "the human body" shown in theaters in the late 70''s showed how much resources a person uses in their lifetime, they showed a warehouse with food, gallon jugs of water, barrels of oil etc etc stacked up, it was a massive amount of raw materials.
The Hudson Valley Film Commission April 10 will screen the world premiere of ''Human Footprint,'' a National Geographic documentary that examines how much the average American consumes in a lifetime.


If you%u2019ve decided to have an abortion make sure you%u2019ve selected a good health care center or a qualified, licensed practitioner. Contact the National Abortion Federation%u2019s toll-free hotline, 1-800-772-9100, for a referral. Generally speaking, if a clinic has not been certified by the National Abortion Federation there%u2019s probably a good reason.

[providence_n]

A lawyer should sue on the behalf of the baby in the womb? When two people say yes to having sxx they are making a contract to what results from the union. So if a baby is conceived the baby has the rights guaranteed under the binding contract of the union. Another words the baby has rights as a person because of the union, agreement! A binding contract is when two people agree to a course of action, a pledge if you will!

Sounds like a good concept for lawyers and the constitution to get on board and fight this all the way to the supreme court! Do you think these two will win?
This reminds me of a H-T-L-E-R movie were all the Jews were put to death by choice! I think we referred to it as an atrocity,

[drscareme]

not to worry...we now have GARDASIL so the rate of teen births will go up yet again....and those babies will be malformed and damaged, like in the clinical studies for the vaccine...(shhhh, that part is supposed to be secret...the fda wouldn''t approve something that isn''t safe, would it?)

[rf35]

Women who have abortions should not be made to feel guilty; rather, they should walk away secure in the knowledge that their action has helped the country, the whole planet in fact. She should think of all the resources that will not be consumed and all the waste that will not be generated because she chose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. It is not a decision to regret, but one to be thanked for.

[newsterl]

If you%u2019ve decided to have an abortion make sure you%u2019ve selected a good health care center or a qualified, licensed practitioner. Contact the National Abortion Federation%u2019s toll-free hotline, 1-800-772-9100, for a referral. Generally speaking, if a clinic has not been certified by the National Abortion Federation there%u2019s probably a good reason.

[newsterl]

In 2000, 1.3 million abortions were performed in the United States.

[NOT QUITE the 5000 a day RICK claimed, more like 3400]

It is estimated that more than one in every three American women will have an abortion by the time they reach 45. Underlying these statistics is the reality that women who seek abortions do not constitute any one particular %u201Ctype.%u201D

When are most abortions performed?

The vast majority of abortions in the United States -- approximately 88% of them -- take place during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Abortions that take place after 21 weeks of pregnancy, moreover, account for only 1.2% of the total.

What is %u201Cpartial birth%u201D abortion?

%u201CPartial birth%u201D abortion is a term that has been developed and exploited by the anti-choice community to describe abortions that take place after 21 weeks of pregnancy. As noted above, third trimester abortions are extremely rare and constitute just over 1% of abortions performed annually in the United States. Despite the claims of anti-choice community, third trimester abortions are generally limited to cases of severe fetal anomalies or situations in which the health or life of the pregnant woman is severely threatened.

[newsterl]

Do you know these mothers who are now emotionally and psychologically guilt ridden because...

Posted by Dead5000Baby (Rick Miesse, singinrick, TruthWord08)

...the religious reich and rabid anti abortion whackos who dont put their money and homes where their big mouthes are- attacks them and FORCES them to feel guilt they should not have for making a PERSONAL decision not to expend THEIR BODIES in raising a mass of tissue they DONT WANT.

Abortion is a moral right%u2014which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her body?
%u2014 Ayn Rand

www.abortionisprolife.com/essays.htm


atheism2.freeforums.org

youtube.com/user/dersheeple

[newsterl]

When you add in the subsequent babies I left out there, and/or you increase the "one" to TWO for some of the women the number WOULD BE around 600 million at least, double what it is now.
Where the Hel1 do you think all those people are going to live, work, and where DOUBLE the food, water, electric, waste disposal, landfill space and all the rest is going to COME FROM Rick?
We already have shortages of everything from clean water to electric, oil, land, farmland being built over for condos and malls and the list goes on.
Maybe YOU would like a world as depicted in "Logans Run" where you can only live to age 21 and are executed to make room for more BABIES, or "Soylent Green" but most people WOULDNT- it would be hel1 on earth.

THATS my reponse Dead5000Baby now roll over and die already cause if you can type in here you aint.

[newsterl]

U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050

If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U.S.-born descendants, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center.

Of the 117 million people added to the population during this period due to the effect of new immigration, 67 million will be the immigrants themselves and 50 million will be their U.S.-born children or grandchildren.
==

Now if you add 5,000 a day by outlawing abortion;

438 million in 2050 +1,825,000 /Yr 2010 thru 2050 =73,000,000 added persons, PLUS the babies those in turn would have that otherwise would never have been born. Figuring half are females= roughly 36,000,000 rounded out. The ones born in 2010 would be having babies around 2030 and the first crop of that bunch would having babies of their own by 2050. At the very least just going by ONE child per female and not including their babies in turn- that 36 million becomes 72.5 million ADDED to the projected
438 million comes to at least 510.5 million.

Till there are NONE in foster care, ABORT OR ADOPT, dont breed!

[dead5000baby]

Do you know these mothers who are now emotionally and psychologically guilt ridden because someone told them it was simple to abort their baby? They destroyed a life and you consider it an easy task.

[dead5000baby]

Posted by newster1 at 09:04 PM : Apr 08, 2008

May God show you his Grace.

[dead5000baby]

Why do they treat us like jewish babies?

[nothappyatall]

My mommy did not want me and now another dead baby has just been thrown on me. Please somebody love me by saving me before it%u2019s to late.
This was a live telecast!

Posted by DeadexcessBaby

BURN BABY BURN!!! Here, let me get those forceps in a little higher, there we go! [CRUNNNNNCH] your hips just squashed ooops!
NEXT!

[nothappyatall]

When you add in the subsequent babies I left out there, and/or you increase the "one" to TWO for some of the women the number WOULD BE around 600 million at least, double what it is now.
Where the Hel1 do you think all those people are going to live, work, and where DOUBLE the food, water, electric, waste disposal, landfill space and all the rest is going to COME FROM Rick?
We already have shortages of everything from clean water to electric, oil, land, farmland being built over for condos and malls and the list goes on.
Maybe YOU would like a world as depicted in "Logans Run" where you can only live to age 21 and are executed to make room for more BABIES, or "Soylent Green" but most people WOULDNT- it would be hel1 on earth.

[nothappyatall]

U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050

If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U.S.-born descendants, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center.

Of the 117 million people added to the population during this period due to the effect of new immigration, 67 million will be the immigrants themselves and 50 million will be their U.S.-born children or grandchildren.
==

Now if you add 5,000 a day by outlawing abortion;

438 million in 2050 +1,825,000 /Yr 2010 thru 2050 =73,000,000 added persons, PLUS the babies those in turn would have that otherwise would never have been born. Figuring half are females= roughly 36,000,000 rounded out. The ones born in 2010 would be having babies around 2030 and the first crop of that bunch would having babies of their own by 2050. At the very least just going by ONE child per female and not including their babies in turn- that 36 million becomes 72.5 million ADDED to the projected
438 million comes to at least 510.5 million.

Till there are NONE in foster care, ABORT OR ADOPT, dont breed!

[nothappyatall]

Imagine a world where EVERY pregnant female gave birth. Is that what The Anti-Abortion Army wants?
Don''''t we have enough unwanted babies? Isn''''t the world''''s population increasing fast enough?

Posted by Keithle1"

Yep, that is eactly what the religious reich want- EVERY SINLGE fetus to live, no birth control, and then we can rapidly head into a situation where the population DOUBLES by 2050 to 600 million. Imagine where all those excess people would live, work, drive, pollute, eat, heat, light with already dwindling resources!
It would become hel1 on earth, like Logans Run or Soylent Green where everyone lives in concrete high rises and eats processed pellets for food, breathes artificial air.

"Notice they did not include the abortion murdered deaths at 5000 a day?

Posted by Providence_N (Rick Miesse, singinrick, TruthWord08)

I didn''t notice, but I feel it should be 10,000 aborted a day and a 10 year moratorium on births till we get the overpopulation UNDER CONTROL and back to the levels it was in the 50''s
I would happily pay for an abortion, I should look up a clinic that accepts donations to pay for one that someone cant afford.