Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Demographics

43 per cent of people aged 18 to 34 from the island nation of Japan say they are virgins.
And what about the United States? Ariana Eunjung Cha reports in the Washington Post,
According to provisional 2016 population data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, the number of births fell 1 percent from a year earlier, bringing the general fertility rate to 62.0 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44. The trend is being driven by a decline in birthrates for teens and 20-somethings. The birthrate for women in their 30s and 40s increased — but not enough to make up for the lower numbers in their younger peers.
Read more here and here.

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