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According to www.fireyourwife.com:

Divorce rate in the United States * In 1998 2.2 million couples married and 1.1 million couples divorced. * In 2000 58 million couples were married, yet separated. * In 2000 there were over 21 million divorces.Divorce rate United States * People between the ages of 25 to 39 make up 60% of all divorces. * Over one million children are affected by divorce each year. * Approximately 1/3 of divorced parents remain bitter and hostile several years after the divorce.DiDivorce rate United States vorce Statistics United States * In 1990 the average female age for re-marriage after divorce was 30.6 years; for males, 33.7 years of age.Divorce rate United States * In 1990 the average female age for a second divorce was 37.3 years; for males, 40.4 years of age.Divorce rate United States * More people are part of second marriages today than first marriages. * One-quarter of all Americans have experienced at least one divorce. Divorce rate is generally calculated by comparing the number of divorces with the number of marriages in a given time period.

* In the United States in 1999 there were 8.4 marriages and 4.2 divorces per 1,000 total population. Divorce rate United States * Thus it can be seen that in 1999 there was one divorce for every two marriages in the United States, a "crude" divorce rate of 50%. The Rutgers National Marriage Project (marriage.rutgers.edu) bases their review of divorce trends on the number of marriages per 1000 unmarried women 15 years of age or older, and the number of divorces per 1000 married women in the same age bracket. Divorce rate United States *

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