Read more birth rate stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5747/birth-rate.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:01:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71993/elephants-on-verge-of-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWithin 15 years, African elephants could be extinct as a consequence of rampant ivory poaching, conservation experts say. Africa's elephant population numbers just 600,000, and that number appears to be dwindling by about 38,000 a year. That’s faster than the birth rate. One animal welfare group is urging...http://www.newser.com/story/71993/elephants-on-verge-of-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 13:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70923/10-of-babies-are-premature-taxing-worlds-health-system.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNearly 10% of babies born each year worldwide arrive prematurely, and the stress of caring for them "is exacting a huge toll emotionally, physically and financially on families, medical systems and economies," the March of Dimes said today. Some 13 million babies are preemies, and more than 1 million of...http://www.newser.com/story/70923/10-of-babies-are-premature-taxing-worlds-health-system.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 17:29:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66369/latest-victim-of-recession-larger-families.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFamilies appear to be putting off that baby until economic conditions improve, the New York Times reports. The birth rate fell 2% in 2008 compared to 2007, and the trend looks to be continuing into 2009. “It’s the recession," a sociologist says. "Children are the most expensive item in every...http://www.newser.com/story/66369/latest-victim-of-recession-larger-families.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 13:35:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57911/a-year-after-china-quake-a-baby-boom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe devastation is still raw from the earthquake that snuffed out thousands of young lives in rural China a year ago, reports the Los Angeles Times , but many grieving parents have found new hope in the form of another baby. More than 10% of new mothers in one Sichuan Province...http://www.newser.com/story/57911/a-year-after-china-quake-a-baby-boom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 13:42:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54936/fewer-sons-born-close-to-sun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen who live near the equator are more likely to give birth to baby girls than boys, the Independent reports. A new study has found a small but significant shift in gender ratios depending on latitude, with males comprising 51.1% of tropical births; the global sex ratio is 51....http://www.newser.com/story/54936/fewer-sons-born-close-to-sun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 7:18:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54489/georgian-church-leader-sparks-a-baby-boom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA little divine intervention has apparently helped a city in the nation of Georgia give its population a boost. Two years ago, faced with a stagnant birth rate, the head of Georgia’s Orthodox Church pledged to personally baptize any child born to parents with more than two other kids. The...http://www.newser.com/story/54489/georgian-church-leader-sparks-a-baby-boom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 18:10:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53708/us-births-hit-record-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA record 4.31 million babies were born in the US in 2007, USA Today reports, topping the 4.30 million born in 1957, the height of the “baby boom”—although that year remains impressive because the overall population of the US was much smaller. Unmarried women bore 1.7...http://www.newser.com/story/53708/us-births-hit-record-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 13:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44911/couples-rattled-by-recession-delay-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaby booms and busts have long been reliable economic indicators, so it's no surprise that couples facing layoffs and a tough housing market are holding off on pregnancies. Pricey fertility clinics are the first to feel couples' hesitation to reproduce. The magnitude of the economic affect on the American population...http://www.newser.com/story/44911/couples-rattled-by-recession-delay-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Dec 2008 15:02:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36047/japanese-women-dodge-men-iso-mommies-stay-single.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"WANTED: Female to cook, clean, wash my socks, bear and raise my children, and generally enable my workaholism—all while maintaining your own career in a sexist environment." Sound good? Given the choice, many Japanese women are saying to heck with marriage and staying single, reports the Washington Post, which...http://www.newser.com/story/36047/japanese-women-dodge-men-iso-mommies-stay-single.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 10:46:00 CDT