U.S. Births Fell to Lowest Level in 32 Years in 2018

The United States is confronted by its lowest number of births in 32 years, according to provisional data released by the National Center for Health Statistics.
The total fertility rate (which represents the number of births per woman), is steadily decreasing, and remains under its replacement level of 2.1 per 1,000, where it has been since 2009. However, all states are not equal when it comes to the diversity of their new generation of toddlers.
One way to look at the matter is to dive into national statistics.
According to NCHS data, a total of 3,788,235 babies were born in the United States in 2018. The Census Bureauestimated the population of the United States to be 327,167,434 in 2018, meaning that the birth rate for that year was of 11.58 babies per 1,000.
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