U.S. Births decreased in 2019, "Lowest number of births since 1985"

From the National Center for Health Statistics: Births: Provisional Data for 2019 . The NCHS reports: The provisional number of births for the United States in 2019 was 3,745,540, down 1% from the number in 2018 (3,791,712). This is the fifth year that the number of births has declined after the increase in 2014, down an average of 1% per year, and the lowest number of births since 1985. The provisional general fertility rate (GFR) for the United States in 2019 was 58.2 births per 1,000 females aged 15–44, down 2% from the rate in 2018 (59.1), another record low for the nation. From 2014 to......(read more)

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