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Wiz Imp

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12. One of the biggest reason birth rates have been declining overall

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 12:03 PM

Mar 31

is the birth rates among teenagers have dropped enormously - down from 96.3 live births per 1000 females aged 15-19 in 1957 to just 13.6 in 2022. Most people would view that as an extremely positive trend.

https://opa.hhs.gov/adolescent-health/adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health/data-and-statistics-on-adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health#:~:text=The%20teen%20birth%20rate%20in,the%201991%20peak%20(61.8).&text=The%202022%20birth%20rate%20for%20adolescents%20ages%2015%E2%80%9317%20was%205.6.&text=The%202022%20birth%20rate%20for%20adolescents%20ages%2018%E2%80%9319%20was%2025.8.

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At yesterdays Wis SCourt rally: Musk: I think last year was the lowest birth rate on record, it was very low... [View all] riversedge Mar 31 OP

too bad his mom didnt abort Elon Blues Heron Mar 31 #1

There is always BigMin28 Mar 31 #6

WHAT a freak! Creepy weirdo. He's OBSESSED with forcing women CousinIT Mar 31 #2

You sensed the deeply troubling vibe there too bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #4

What a weird comment to make bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #3

Because people like Enron pay bottom dollar Johonny Mar 31 #5

Creepy incel... I'm not sure I want to know/care to know why he is as he is... but it is creepy hlthe2b Mar 31 #7

He's even starting to speak like T. Boomerproud Mar 31 #8

He should keep his botched implant in his pants. NameAlreadyTaken Mar 31 #9

And yet, according to actual FACTS, the Earth's population continues to grow relentlessly. eppur_se_muova Mar 31 #10

8 billion people on this planet and he wants more. travelingthrulife Mar 31 #11

One of the biggest reason birth rates have been declining overall Wiz Imp Mar 31 #12

Thank you !! I did not know that, and it needs to be more widely known. It should be noted that the data ... eppur_se_muova Mar 31 #13

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