CDC National Vital Statistics Report – Births: Final Data for 2008, December 2010 “A total of 4,247,694 births were registered in the United States in 2008, 2% less the in 2007. The general fertility rate declined 1% to 68.6 per 1,000. The teenage birth rate declined 2% to 41.5 per 1,000. Birth rates for women… Continue Reading