The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of FactsSanger, Margaret
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The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of Facts
Sanger, Margaret
Birth control; Eugenics
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│ FOREIGN MARRIED MOTHERS.
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AGE OF MOTHER AT │ │ Live-born
BIRTH OF CHILD IN │ Total. │ children.
1911. │ │
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│ │Number. │Average.
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All ages │ 664│ 2,763│ 4.2
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Under 20 years │ 19│ 26│ 1.4
20 to 24 years │ 198│ 425│ 2.1
25 to 29 years │ 193│ 725│ 3.8
30 to 39 years │ 219│ 1,292│ 5.9
40 years and over.│ 35│ 295│ 8.4
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The next table shows all losses of pregnancy sustained by 628 mothers
and the rate of loss per 1,000 births for mothers having different
numbers of births or reportable pregnancies. For all mothers it was
188.4. “Loss,” as here used, means the sum of infant deaths (or deaths
in first year) and stillbirths.
TABLE 41.—AGGREGATE NUMBER OF BIRTHS, LOSSES, AND RATE OF LOSS PER
1,000 BIRTHS, ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF BIRTHS PER MOTHER.
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NUMBER OF BIRTHS PER │ Aggregate │ Aggregate │ Rate of loss
MOTHER. │ number of │ number of │ per 1,000
│ births. │ losses. │ births.
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Total │ 5,617│ 1,058│ 188.4
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1 │ 335│ 53│ 158.6
2 │ 554│ 87│ 157.0
3 │ 648│ 113│ 174.4
4 │ 748│ 109│ 145.7
5 │ 740│ 133│ 179.7
6 │ 576│ 119│ 206.6
7 │ 574│ 104│ 181.2
8 │ 432│ 102│ 236.1
9 │ 324│ 65│ 200.6
10 or more │ 686│ 173│ 252.2
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