TALLINNAccording to the Estonian Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, the average age of women giving birth to children has increased over the past nine years, but so has the percentage of children born out of wedlock and to unemployed women.The Estonian Birth Register 1992-2001, recently published by the institute, also shows that the number of smokers among pregnant women and Russian-speakers giving birth to children increased during these years.The average age of mothers at childbirth rose from 25.5 years in 1992 to 27.1 years in 2001, and the average age of fathers rose from...
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