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Births: Summary of Birth Rate Data for 2009

The source for the data on U.S. births, birth rates, and fertility rates in this section is the National Vital Statistics Reports series published by the National Center for Health…

Down syndrome

(Encyclopedia) Down syndrome, congenital disorder characterized by mild to severe mental retardation, slow physical development, and characteristic physical features. Down syndrome affects about 1 in…

The Devil's Dictionary: Birth

by Ambrose Bierce BILLINGSGATEBLACKGUARDBIRTH -n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor and Pollux were born from the egg…

The Morality of Birth Control

by Margaret Sanger The meeting tonight is a postponement of one which was to have taken place at the Town Hall last Sunday evening. It was to be a culmination of a three day…

Births by Sex Ratio

The Question: What is the ratio of males to females at birth in the U.S.? The Answer: According to the CIA World Factbook, as of 2011, there…

Sex Ratio at Birth

The following table shows the sex ratio of live births in the United States. Year Males per1,000 females 1983 1,052 1984…

Birth Rate of Countries

(per 1,000 population) Find information below about the birth rate of different countries. For more country information, please visit our extensive country index. CountryBirth…

Birth and Death of a Star

Astronomers think that a star begins to form as a dense cloud of gas in the arms of spiral galaxies. Individual hydrogen atoms fall with increasing speed and energy toward the center of the…

baby boom

(Encyclopedia) baby boom, a period in which the birthrate is significantly higher than in other periods, especially the post–World War II period in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New…

HIV/AIDS: The Birth of a Disease

The Birth of a DiseaseHIV/AIDSIntroductionThe Birth of a DiseaseFrom Epidemic to PandemicWhere Did HIV Come From?Diagnosis & Anti-HIV TherapyVaccination & Natural ResistanceLessons Learned…