Baby’s Coming! Need More Info? Let HubMob Help

Baby’s coming! This week our HubMob has turned our talents to writing on pregnancy information and many topics related to having a baby.

Did you know that there are over 6 million pregnancies each year in the U.S., resulting in 4,058,000 live births? This translates to 11,117.8 births per day, 463.2 per hour, or 7.7 births per minute. Male babies edge out females, with an average of 105 boy babies born for every 100 girls.

There are almost 2 million pregnancies each year resulting in miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth, or other loss.

Each year approximately 467K infants are born prematurely, 459K are born to mothers who did not have adequate prenatal care, 469K are born to teenagers, and 1.7 million infants are born to unwed mothers.

Here’s more interesting information on pregnancy. There are 60 million women of childbearing age in the U.S., 70% of which are sexually active. Five percent of women use no form of contraception. Ten percent have infertility issues. Two million couples are infertile. Eleven percent of women are diagnosed with post partum depression.

Would you believe 820K women smoke while they are pregnant? Approximately 221K use illegal drugs during their pregnancies, and 757K drink alcohol.

The fewest babies are born on Sundays, and more babies are born on Tuesdays than any other day of the week. The months of July, August, and September have the highest birth rates in the U.S., while the lowest rates of birth occur in November, December, and January.

In 1940 less than 60% of births happened in hospitals. By 1998, 99% of babies were born in hospitals, with 92% having a physician present. There were 1.4 million cesarean births in 2007. Cesarean rates are higher for premature babies, and older mothers. Rate for mothers 40 to 54 years old is 48%, compared to 23% for mothers under 20 years old.

Interested in birth rates around the world? According to the United Nations’ statistics, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is listed as #1, and has the highest birth rates, with 49.6 births per 1000 citizens. Macau, of the People’s Republic of China ranks #195, comes in last on the UN list, with 7.6 births per 1000 citizens. Here are a few more listings, with number of births listed per 1000 people of each country:

#18 Nigeria                             39.9

#27 Ethiopia                           38.2

#41 Iraq                                  31.7

#52 Haiti                                  27.9

#63 Philippines                        25.8

#80 India                                  23.0

#96 Iran                                    20.3

#102 Mexico                            19.3

#107 Indonesia                        18.7

#128 United Arab Emirates      16.2

#129 Ireland                             15.5

#139 United States                   14.0

#140 New Zealand                   13.7

#149 Australia                          12.4

#153 United Kingdom              12.0

#165 Spain                             10.8

#166 Russia                            10.7

#169 Canada                          10.3

#177 Greece                           9.3

#192 Germany                        8.2

For more pregnancy information and tips to prepare for a baby, see the index of HubMob articles below as your gateway. We have hubs on maternity clothes, hormonal changes during pregnancy, C-sections, teen pregnancy, infertility, multiple births, and other topics with helpful information on pregnancy for when baby’s coming!

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