Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 8
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Percent change in live
births, 1960 to 1992
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Country 1960 1970 1980 1990 1992 To To
all unmarried
women women
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United States ....... 5.3 10.7 18.4 28.0 30.1 -4.1 446.6
Belgium ............. 2.1 2.8 4.1 --- --- -19.2 ---
Canada .............. 4.3 9.6 11.3 --- --- --- ---
Denmark ............. 7.8 11.0 33.2 46.4 46.4 -11.0 427.9
France .............. 6.1 6.8 11.4 30.1 \1\33.2 -8.9 396.0
Germany.............. 7.6 7.2 11.9 15.3 14.9 -35.9 26.3
Greece .............. 1.2 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.6 -33.8 40.9
Ireland ............. 1.6 2.7 5.0 14.6 18.0 -15.1 860.6
Italy ............... 2.4 2.2 4.3 6.5 \1\ 6.8 -38.4 72.4
Japan .............. 1.2 0.9 0.8 --- --- --- ---
Luxembourg .......... 3.2 4.0 6.0 12.9 12.7 2.6 311.9
Netherlands ......... 1.3 2.1 4.1 11.4 12.4 -17.7 658.2
Portugal ............ 9.5 7.3 9.2 14.7 16.1 -46.2 -8.5
Spain ............... 2.3 1.4 3.9 9.6 --- -40.9 ---
Sweden .............. 11.3 18.4 39.7 --- --- --- ---
United Kingdom ...... 5.2 8.0 11.5 27.9 30.8 -14.9 402.7
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---Data not available.
/1/ Provisional data.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previous years.
SOURCE: Statistical Office of the European Communities, Demographic Statistics, 1988, 1990, and 1994; and various national sources. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, various years.
[Indicator 7. Births to Unmarried Women, by Age and Race]
[Indicator 9. Pregnancy, Abortion, and Births]
