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Number, Rate, and Percent of Births to Unmarried Women, and Birth Rate for Married Women, 1980–2003
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 2003 in the United States. | Year | Number | Rate1 | Percent2 | Birth rate
for married
women3 |
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| 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.
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