Birth rates in the U.S. have dropped by more than half since the post-World War II baby boom and are at a record low, according to the CDC.
Birth rates in the U.S. have dropped by more than half since the post-World War II baby boom and are at a record low, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
The report also concluded: “Except for 2006 and 2007, the TFR [total fertility rate] has been below the level needed for a generation to replace itself since 1971.” Adds Lynn Westphal, ob/gyn and director of the Stanford Fertility Preservation Program: “Women are having their children later so they’re not having as big a family related to that.”
But the drop in birth rates isn’t all bad news. Teen pregnancies — which are at a record low in the U.S. — likely account for some of the decline.
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