A LITTLE BACKGROUND MUSIC. Lead vocalist in a trio of Cleveland rock bands in her teens, Anne Cochran was putting down demos and jingles before making everything official with a degree in Theater and Voice from Case Western Reserve University.
The UNICEF estimates that an average of 353,000 babies are born each day around the world. The crude birth rate is 18.9 births per 1,000 population or 255 births globally per minute or 4.3 births every second (as of Dec. 2013 estimate) Our current world population is approximately 7.2 billion and growing. It passed the 7 billion mark in 2011.
The second most popular birth month is July, with about 349,000 deliveries. And while September has vied for the top three spots over the years, in 2013, it came in fourth. October actually scored more births that year, the most recent year stats are available, according to the CDC. Why do babies tend to appear in summer and early autumn?