The online version of the Chicago Tribune released a very interesting article yesterday on infertility “by the numbers”.
Some of the more interesting facts (as culled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Center for Health Statistics) noted were that:
- Approximately 12% of American women of child-bearing age had used an infertility service as of 2006.
- The average age of American women who gave birth for the first time was 25.2 in 2003 and 25.0 in 2006. For contrast, the average age in 1960 was 21.5.
We encourage you to read the whole story here.
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