SOLUTION: On the internet, what site can I find the total number of babies born female in 2009? Thank you, Autumn

Question 534059: On the internet, what site can I find the total number of babies born female in 2009?
Thank you, Autumn
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi Autumn -
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Maybe this information will help you a little. I'm guessing that you are interested in this figure for the United States. If not, then more research would need to be done. The actual information you are looking for is not really firm for 2009 which is relatively current. But with a little detective work we can get close to it.
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Go to:
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http://www.babycenter.com/0_surprising-facts-about-birth-in-the-united-states_1372273.bc?page=1
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This is a relatively new report. The site was updated in August 2011. On page 3 of this document it says:
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"Boys vs. girls
With about 1,048 male babies born for every 1,000 female babies born in 2008, boys are keeping the edge in a ratio that's stayed about the same over the past 60 years."
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This means that if 2048 babies were born, about 1000 would be females. Dividing 2048 into 1000 tells us that about 48.83% of all births in the United States are female.
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An article in Wikipedia at:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Birth_rate
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confirms this information. It says:
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"Sex ratios
at birth: 1.048 male(s)/female"
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This Wikipedia article also says:
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"Birth rate
13.5 births/1,000 population (2010 est.). This is the lowest in a century. There were 4,136,000 births in 2009."
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So if 2009 saw 4,136,000 births in the United States and 48.83% of these births were females, then the number of females born in the United States in 2009 would be:
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0.4883 * 4,136,000 = 2,019,531
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Keep in mind that this is an approximation based on educated estimates and not on accurate counts of records.
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Hope this helps you with whatever you are working on.
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