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1. Every 42 seconds, there is one divorce in America, That equates to 86 divorces per hour, 2,046 divorces per day, 14,364 divorces per week, and 746,971 divorces per year

2. Every 16 seconds, there is a marriage in the U. S. That equates to 230 marriages per hour, 38,762 marriages per week and 2,015,603 per year.

3. There are nearly 3 divorces in the time it takes for a couple to recite their wedding vows (2 minutes).

4. More than 172 divorces occur during your typical romantic comedy movie (2 hours).

5. 430 divorces happen during the average wedding reception (5 hours).

6. There are 5,975,768 divorces over the course of an average first marriage that ends in divorce (8 years).

7. Over a 40 year period, 67 percent of first marriages terminate.

8. Among all Americans 18 years of age or older, whether they have been married or not, 25 percent have gone through a marital split.

9. 15 percent of adult women in the United States are divorced or separated today, compared with less than one percent in 1920.

10. The average first marriage that ends in divorce lasts about 8 years.

11. 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce

12.73 percent of all third marriages end in divorce