Sunday, January 23, 2011

Baby-making another hard-hit Michigan industry

The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Michigan economy has taken its toll on another manufacturing sector -- babies.

Just 117,309 babies were born in Michigan in 2009, the smallest supply of newborn Michiganders since the end of World War II. That's 11.8 babies per 1,000 Michiganders, the lowest birthrate since the 1870s.