Highlighted below are five other findings from the report.
1. The U.S. birth rate increased to 62.9 births per 1,000 women in 2014, up from 62.5 births per 1,000 women in 2013. Prior to 2014, the birth rate had been declining since 2007.
2. In 2014, the birth rates also rose for women who are Asian or Pacific Islander (3 percent increase) and non-Hispanic white (1 percent increase).
3. Birth rates declined in 2014 to historic lows for teenagers (9 percent decrease) as well as for women who are American Indian or Alaska Native (3 percent) and Hispanic women (1 percent).
4. The cesarean birth rate fell 1.5 percent in 2014 to 32.2 percent of all births. Specifically, C-section rates for African American, Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander women fell for the first time since 1996, by about 1 percent.
5. The preterm birth rate (the percentage of infants born before 37 weeks of gestation) declined by half a percent in 2014, to 9.57 percent, which is 8 percent lower than its high point in 2007.
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