Its not known whether this is the start of a trend or just a blip. The report which covered 99% of the births in the US found the following

• From 2005 to 2006, the teen birth rate went up 3 per cent.
• This is a rise of 40.5 live births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years in 2005 to 41.9 per 1,000 in 2006.
• This ended a 34 per cent gradual fall over 14 years from an all time peak of 61.8 per 1,000 in 1991.
• The biggest increase was for non-Hispanic black teens whose rate rose 5 per cent in 2006.
• For Hispanic teens the rate rose 2 per cent, 3 per cent for non-Hispanic white teens, and 4 per cent for American Indian teens.
• For the youngest teens (10 - 14), the birth rate fell from 0.7 to 0.6 per 1,000.
• This is a reduction in birth rate for this group of 5 per cent, to 6,405.
• For older teens (18 - 19), the birth rate rose 4 per cent from 2005 to 2006, to 73 births per 1,000 population.
• For mid teens (15 - 17) the birth rate rose 3 per cent, to 22 per 1,000.
• The number of births to unmarried mothers rose nearly 8 per cent from 2005 to 2006.
• This is a new record high in 2006 of 1,641,700, up 20 per cent since 2002, when the recent upward trend in non-marital births began.
• The biggest rise in non-marital births was to mothers aged 25 - 29, among whom the increase from 2005 to 2006 was 10 per cent.
• The rate of non-marital births also rose sharply by 7 per cent.
• It rose from 47.5 births per 1,000 unmarried females in 2005 to 50.6 per 1,000 in 2006, a rise of 7 per cent a year, and 16 per cent overall since 2002.
• The proportion of all US births to unmarried mothers in 2006 was 38.5 per cent, up from 36.9 per cent in 2005.

The rates of Caesarean delivery also went up again by 3 per cent from 2005 to 2006, with 31.1 per cent of all births being performed in this way.

The report also estimates that preterm birthss rose slightly between 2005 and 2006, as did the low birthweight birth rate, which has increased by 19 per cent since 1990.

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