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According to statistics just released by the U.S. government, and reported in USA Today (March 19, 2009), 2007 was a banner year for babies in the USA, with a record 4.31 million births. Some interesting factoids about these births:

• 1.7 million of these babies (40%) were given birth to by unmarried women — this, too, set a national record
• 23% of the births to unmarried women were by teens (down from 50% in 1970)
• Premature births fell from 12.8% of all births in 2006 to 12.7% in 2007
• The cesarean delivery rate rose to 31.8% — another all-time high
• The teen birth rate was up 1% in 2007 to 42.5 births per 1000 women ages 15 - 19

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