The U.S. birth rate has fallen to a record low after surging during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.CDC) on Thursday.
The provisional number of births in 2023 is 3,591,328, down 2% from 3,667,758 the previous year.
“Last year, the difference was very small. This year it’s around 74,000 cases or so. So it’s quite large,” said CDC report author Brady Hamilton. CBS News.
Fertility rates have declined significantly in some ethnic and racial groups.
From 2022 to 2023, that number decreased by 5% for American Indian and Alaska Native women. The decline for black women was 4%.
The number of births for white women decreased by 3% and for Asian women by 2%, while the number of births for Hispanic women increased by 1%.
New data shows the total fertility rate has fallen by 2 percentage points from 2022. The birth rate for women aged 15-19 and 35-39 will decline in 2023.
According to the report, the caesarean section birth rate rose to 32.4 percent in 2023. This represents a slight increase from 32.1 points in 2022. C-section births increased among Asian, Hispanic, and white women, but were highest among black mothers at 37 births. %, an increase of 0.2 from the previous year.
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