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Birth Statistics for Unmarried and Married Women

The following table shows the number of births, the birth rate, and the percent of births to unmarried women aged 15 to 44 years between 1980 and 2006 in the United States.

Year	Number	Rate¹	Percent²	Birth rate for married women³
2006	1,641,946	50.6	38.5	—
2003	1,415,995	44.9	34.6	88.1
2002	1,365,966	43.7	34.0	86.3
2000	1,347,043	44.1	33.2	87.4
1995	1,253,976	44.3	32.2	82.6
1990	1,165,384	43.8	28.0	93.2
1985	828,174	32.8	22.0	93.3
1980	665,747	29.4	18.4	97.0

1. Births to unmarried women per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15–44 years.

2. Percent of all births to unmarried women.

3. Births to married women per 1,000 married women aged 15–44 years.

Source: www.cdc.gov

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