The average age that American women have their first baby continues to rise, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
From 2000 to 2014, the age of first-time mothers increased 1.4 years -- from 24.9 years old on average to 26.3 years, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While age at first birth has been inching up for some time, “we have seen sharper increases since 2009,” said lead author T.J. Mathews, a demographer at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
