04/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/24/2024 22:12
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The general fertility rate in the United States decreased by 3% from 2022, reaching a historic low. This marks the second consecutive year of decline, following a brief 1% increase from 2020 to 2021. From 2014 to 2020, the rate consistently decreased by 2% annually.
These statistics and others from provisional 2023 birth data were released by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The new report, "Births: Provisional Data for 2023," analyzes data from more than 99% of birth certificates issued during that year. The report shows a 2% decline from 2022, with 3,591,328 births recorded in 2023.
Other findings in the new report:
The report is available on the NCHS website at www.cdc.gov/nchs.