The U.S. birth rate fell again in 2018, reaching the lowest level in more than three decades
The total fertility rate for 2018 was 1,729.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. But in order for the nation to reproduce its population and remain stable, the CDC says there would need to be 2,100 births per 1,000 women.to replace fathers and mothers, as well as account for extra deaths.. Birth rates among women in their 20s and early 30s declined, but they started to increase slightly among women 35 to 44.
The teen birth rate, for girls between the ages of 15 and 19, fell 7 percent, from 18.8 births per 1,000 women in 2017 to 17.4 births per 1,000 in 2018.
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