The study, carried out in Finland, observed that while only 67 per
cent of children born in the 1860s survived to adulthood the figure rose to 94 per cent during the 1940s.
Forty six per
cent of the children born to women who began their periods at age 10 were boys.
The report found that 47 per
cent of children born into the poorest families achieved a good level of development by age five, compared to 59 per cent of children in London.
Not exact matches
The research by the Marriage Foundation found in the north - east
of England and Wales, nearly 60 per
cent of children were
born to parents who were not married.
Eastern European Jews (who constitute some 90 per
cent of America's Jewish population)
born here in the «20s have
children who grew to maturity in the «60s.
Moynihan's report hypothesised that these penalties increased the number
of low - income black
children born outside marriage — which then stood at 25 per
cent.
In the 1960s, fewer than 10 per
cent of children were
born outside marriage.
Compared to
children born vaginally following spontaneous labor, the combined adjusted relative risk
of being «developmentally high risk» was 26 per
cent higher for a planned birth at 37 weeks and 13 per
cent higher at 38 weeks.
Compared to
children born vaginally following spontaneous labor, the adjusted relative risk
of being «developmentally high risk» was seven per
cent higher for labor induction or pre-labor cesarean section.
Mrs. Alarbi said studies showed that for babies
born to HIV - infected mothers, the use
of niverapine drug combined with baby formulas to prevent mother - to -
child transmission, could reduce
child mortality to only two per
cent of under - five mortality and morbidity while the use
of insecticide - treated bed nets could reduce it by six per
cent.
In the US, the drug is expected to reduce the percentage
of infected
children born to these women from more than 14 per
cent to 7 per
cent.
5 - 15 per
cent of women
of child -
bearing age are affected by PCOS, making it one
of the most common endocrine disorders.
A world in which ectogenesis — the artificial development and «birth»
of human embryos outside the womb — is the norm, «and less than 30 per
cent of children are...
born of woman», a world
of ectogenetic parents selected to improve the quality
of the gene pool, advancing each generation in any desired respect «from the increased output
of first - class music to... decreased convictions for theft».
Of the 8000
children born to these veterans, the proportion with defects rose from 1.1 per
cent born to veterans with no known exposure, to 1.9 per
cent for light exposure, 2.2 per
cent for moderate exposure and 5.1 per
cent for high exposure.
Estimating its global impact is difficult but in some populations almost 2 per
cent of children are
born with mental retardation caused by mercury poisoning.
In this cohort
born after 2007, the number
of children with poor outcome is lower at 34 per
cent (11 per
cent death and 23 per
cent survived with disability).
Seventy per
cent of these pregnancies are terminated, while increased mortality and serious diseases affect the
children who are
born.
And drug manufacturers failed to look for interactions with oral contraceptives in 88 per
cent of the drugs in the survey, although one quarter
of all American women
of child -
bearing age take them.
It cites figures showing just 21 per
cent of boys and 16 per
cent of girls met recommended guidelines for moderate exercise per day and that British
children born today were on course to be 35 per
cent less active by 2035.
In England, 49 per
cent of summer -
born children who start school in September having just turned four achieve a «good level
of development» in their first year, compared with 71 per
cent of autumn -
born pupils, who are nearly five when they start.
U.S. government statistics tell us that over a third
of all American
children are not living in two - parent homes: forty per
cent of children are
born out
of wedlock and between 33 - 50 per
cent of children of divorce lose complete contact with one parent within three years.