Economics
U.S. Births Fell to Lowest Level in 32 Years in 2018
- Birth rate declined for women aged 15–34, rose for 35-plus
- Births in the U.S. fell 2% from 2017 to 3,788,235 in 2018
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The United States is confronted by its lowest number of births in 32 years, according to provisional data released by the National Center for Health Statistics.
The total fertility rate (which represents the number of births per woman), is steadily decreasing, and remains under its replacement level of 2.1 per 1,000, where it has been since 2009. However, all states are not equal when it comes to the diversity of their new generation of toddlers.