Record U.S. Birth Rate
: The Public
Health Service reports that'hirths' in the United States in 1(946 totalled 3,260,000, constituting an all-time record. The previous highest total was 2, '934, 000, in 1943, while in 1945, the total was 2,735,000. The birth-rate was 23.3 per 1000, which is considerably lower than in 1'921 and earlier years. The death-rate was 10.1 per 1000, compared with 10.6 in 1'945.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5330, 17 February 1947, Page 6
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66Record U.S. Birth Rate Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5330, 17 February 1947, Page 6
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