US Birth Rate Drop Drastically Amid Pandemic Stress
May 6, 2021
4:57 am
People living in the United States had the lowest number of babies in more than 40 years, a feat which could be coming because the COVID-19 pandemic forced more people to take care of sick family members or deal with job losses.
The birth rate in the United States fell 4 percent in 2020 to about 3.6 million babies, its sixth-straight annual decline and the lowest since 1979, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.
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