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'06 a Mini Baby Boom for US

4.3M births highest in 45 years, go against trends in industrialized world

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 16, 2008 10:38 AM CST

(Newser) – The US experienced a mini baby boom in 2006, with the largest number of children born since the 1960s. The AP reports 4.3 million births that year, giving the US a higher birth rate than Europe, Australia, Canada, or Japan. Hispanics accounted for a...   Read full story »

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