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US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023
The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century.
But decline fits the general pattern,” said Dr. Brady Hamilton, a statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of the new report. We had a pandemic, or there’s an economic downturn, let’s say – women in their 20s can postpone having a birth until things improve and they feel more comfortable. These annual reports offer a snapshot in time, he said, but rates can change dramatically depending on the unique situations of the year.
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