[neverdem]

In a population of 850 people one would expect about 3 babies per year;

Where did you get that number from? Assuming all other thing were equal, I would have expected about 12.

The 2004 crude birth rate (14.0 births per 1,000 total population)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/prelimbirth04_tables.pdf

[Old Professer]

Thanks for the link; my point remains the same.