Marriage rates have returned to pre-pandemic highs in 2022, after a year of pandemic lockdowns put many engagements on hold, according to new government data.
by National Center for Health Statistics According to the NCHS, a division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there will be a total of 2,065,905 marriages in 2022, bringing the total to 2 million for the first time since 2019, when there were 2,015,603 marriages. exceeded the number of cases.
The rate increased similarly in 2022, to 6.2 per 1,000 people. This is the highest level since 2018, when the marriage rate was 6.5 per 1,000 people.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 was correlated with a decline in the number of marriages. In 2020, the total number of marriages decreased to 1,676,911, from 6.1 in 2019 to 5.1 in 2020.
The number of marriages increased slightly in 2021 to 1,985,072, and the rate increased from 5.1 in 2020 to 6.0 in 2021.
on the other hand, Marriage level appears Although it is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, marriage rates have been on the decline for the past two decades. In 2000, there were approximately 2,315,000 marriages, and the national population decreased by approximately 50 million people. The marriage rate at that time was 8.2 people per 1,000 people.
of divorce and annulment Interest rates have been slowly declining for the past 20 years, and that trend is likely to continue in 2022. The divorce rate in 2020 decreased from 2.7 in 2019 to 2.3 in 2020. However, in 2021, it returned to 2.5 cases and steadily decreased again to 2.4 cases per 1,000 people in 2022.
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