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U.S. Birth Rate Hits Lowest Point Since 1985
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May 20, 2020
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0:41Now PlayingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that 3.7 million children were born in the U.S. last year, down 1 percent from 2018 and the lowest total number of births since 1985. Birth rates dropped among women in nearly every age (except women in the early 40s) and race group.
The downward trajectory has been consistent, save for one rise in 2014, since the 2008 financial crisis, and demographers are now thinking it could be a permanent change, since the decline continued even after the economy improved.
Heading into a possibly severe recession because of the coronavirus, experts don't think early predictions of a pandemic baby boom will hold true. "It's more likely that young women will delay becoming pregnant during this time of uncertainty," said one expert.
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