78
Source: ProducedbyCONAPObasedondata fromCenters forDiseaseControl (CDC)andPreventionand theNational
Center forHealthStatistics (NCHS), National Vital StatisticsSystem (NVSS), Births, 2012.
Figure67. Averageageofmotherwhengivingbirth tofirst child in theUnitedStates,
byoriginandethnicityor race, 2004and2012
Source: ProducedbyCONAPObasedondata fromCenters forDiseaseControl andPrevention (cdc) and theNational
Center forHealthStatistics (nchs), National Vital StatisticsSystem, Births, 2012.
Figure68. Percentofmotherswhoareunmarriedwhengivingbirth to theirfirst child,
UnitedStates, byoriginandethnicityor race, 2004and2012
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25.2
22.7
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26.6
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Age
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2012
Mexicans
Central andSouth
Americans
Non-Hispanic
AfricanAmericans
Non-Hispanicwhites
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