美國年輕女性生育率創新低
The number of babies born to young women continues to decline in the United States.
A record low number of teenagers and women in their 20s gave birth in the U.S. in 2015, according to new government data released Thursday.
Preliminary figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed the birth rate among mothers ages 15 to 19 fell by 8 percent last year, and has dropped 64 percent since 1991.
Overall, U.S. mothers gave birth to 3.98 million babies in 2015, only slightly fewer than the year before. The birth rate was 62.5 per 1,000 women.
The numbers continue the trend of women giving birth later in life.
Those age 20 to 24 had 3 percent fewer births last year, a figure that has declined by 27 percent during the past decade. For those 25 to 29, the birth rate fell by 1 percent.
But women in their 30s saw their fifth consecutive year of increases, while the birth rate for women 40 to 44 jumped by 4 percent last year.美國年輕女性的生育率繼續下降。
美國政府星期四公佈的數據顯示，美國10幾歲，20幾歲女性生育率降至歷史最低點。
美國疾病控制與預防中心公佈的初步數字顯示，15歲至19歲的女性生育率去年同比下降8%，比1991年下降了64%。
2015年，美國新生嬰兒398萬，略少於2014年，平均每1000名女性生育62.5個嬰兒。
數字還顯示，女性晚育的趨勢仍在繼續。
2015年，20歲至24歲的美國女性生育率同比降低3%，比10年前降低27%。25歲至29歲的美國女性去年生育率降低1%。
與此同時，去年30多歲的美國女性生育率連續第5年增長，而40歲至44歲的美國女性去年生育率猛增4%。
