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The teen birth rate for African Americans in 2009 was 60 births per 1000 women and 20 for non Hispanic teens (white). [72] According to the United States census, State Health Serve and the CDC, Hispanics accounted for 23% of the birth in 2014 out of the 1,000,000 births in the United States.
The total fertility rate of India in 2017 stood at 2.2. [2] Due to the large population, poverty and strain on resources, the Indian government initiated population control efforts to decrease birth rate with the current target being at 2.1 children per woman. [3]
In 2016, the total fertility rate of India was 2.30 births per woman [6] and 15.6 million abortions performed, with an abortion rate of 47.0 abortions per 1000 women aged between 15 and 49 years. [7] With high abortions rates follows a high number of unintended pregnancies, with a rate of 70.1 unintended pregnancies per 1000 women aged 15–49 ...
There is an ongoing debate as to the cause of high sex ratios in the 0–1 and 0–6 age groups in India. The suggested reasons for high birth sex ratio include regional female foeticide using amniocentesis regardless of income or poverty because of patrilineal culture, [46] [47] the under-reporting of female births, [48] smaller family size ...
Maternal mortality in India is the maternal death of a woman in India during pregnancy or after pregnancy, including post-abortion or post-birth periods. [1] Different countries and cultures have different rates and causes for maternal death. [ 2 ]
Crude birth rate trends in India (per 1000 people, national average) [47] [48] [49] Infant mortality rate trends in India (per 1000 births, under age 1, national average) India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population.
There is an ongoing debate as to whether these high sex ratios are only caused by female foeticide or some of the higher ratio is explained by natural causes. [9] The Indian government has passed Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) in 1994 to ban and punish prenatal sex screening and female foeticide. It is currently ...
The low birth rates in the contemporary United States can possibly be ascribed to the recession, which led families to postpone having children and fewer immigrants coming to the US. The current US birth rates are not high enough to maintain the size of the U.S. population, according to The Economist. [69] [70]