Divorces per 1,000 total population
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
Divorce Rates
1963
Source: US National Center for Health Statistics,
Vital Statistics of the United States
As of 1998:
Ave length of US
marriages 7.2 years.
50+% 1
st
marriages
end in divorce.
68% of 2
nd
marriages
end in divorce.