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The U.S. birth rate is on the decline — and no, it's not just because of the pandemic

Baby fever has cooled off in the U.S., where the birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since 1979, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with experts speculating that the economy, immigration rates and lacking pro-family policies are possible reasons.   

Per the report released Wednesday, 3,605,201 babies were born in 2020, a 4 percent decrease from 2019, marking the sixth consecutive year of declining births. The report, based on 99.87 percent of all 2020 birth records, showed a total fertility rate (the average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years), of 1,637.5 births per 1,000 women last year, down 4 percent from 2019 and "another record low for the nation." The report also found that last year, the birth rate for teens ages 15 to 19 dropped by 8 percent. 

“On average, every woman of child-bearing years has to birth at least 2.1 children in order for the population to replace itself,” Adina Batnitzky, an associate professor of sociology at University of San Diego, tells Yahoo Life. “The United States is presently moving below replacement fertility levels, which is not good for the economy.” Adds Pamela Smock, a sociologist and demographer at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, "We will eventually have fewer working adults caring for the elderly, which further challenges our Social Security system."




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