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by sgk284 3612 days ago
The divorce rate peaked in the 80s and has been declining ever since in the States.

Here's the last 15 years, but can't find the full data set right now: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/marriage_divorce_tables.htm

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It's amusing that these statistics are on the CDC website.
What's amusing about that? Divorce can be devastating to a person's physical and mental health as can many other social problems. So it seems logical to me that the CDC tracks this.
Similar to Global Thermonuclear War in the movie WarGames, the only winning move may soon simply be not to play :O
Yes but marriage rates have also been falling. No marriage no divorce.