Current Events > U.S. fertility rate falls to all-time low, says CDC

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/24/health/fertility-rate-births-2018-cdc-study/index.html

The general fertility rate in the United States continued to decline last year, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

"The 2018 general fertility rate fell to another all-time low for the United States," the researchers wrote in the report, published Wednesday.

The report found that the general fertility rate dropped 2% between 2017 and 2018 among girls and women age 15 to 44 nationwide.

US fertility rate is below level needed to replace population, study says

In 2017, the total fertility rate for the United States continued to dip below what's needed for the population to replace itself, according to a separate report published by the National Center for Health Statistics in January.

America's fertility rate and the number of births nationwide have been on the decline in recent years. A report of provisional birth data published by the National Center for Health Statistics in May showed the number of births last year dropping to its lowest level in about three decades.

Now the center's latest report presents selected highlights from that 2018 birth data.
For the report, researchers examined birth certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System's Natality Data File, taking a close look at births among white, black and Hispanic women in 2018.

America just had its lowest number of births in 32 years, report finds

When examined by race, the data showed that fertility rates declined 2% for white and black women, and 3% for Hispanic women, between 2017 and 2018.

The data also showed that the teen birth rate, for ages 15 to 19, fell 7% from 2017 to 2018. When examined by race, the data showed that teen births declined by 4% for black teenagers, and 8% for white and Hispanic teens.

Also among all births, the percentage delivered at less than full term, or 39 weeks, increased -- with preterm births climbing from 9.93% of births in 2017 to 10.02% in 2018, and early-term births rising from 26% in 2017 to 26.53% in 2018.

The percentages of births delivered at full-, late- and post-term declined, according to the data. Full-term births were down from 57.49% of births in 2017 to 57.24% in 2018, the data showed, and post-term births declined from 6.58% to 6.2%.

Overall, a rise in preterm births might be linked with a rise in births among women in their late 30s and 40s, since a later maternal age is a risk factor, Dr. Rahul Gupta, chief medical and health officer for March of Dimes, a nonprofit focused on the health of mothers and babies, said in May. He was not involved in the new report.

"The continuing shift toward increased maternal age at first birth is something that does increase the risk. However, it does not fully explain the increase in the preterm birth rate. So that's one of the challenges here, I think, for the nation," he said. "There is a lot more work that needs to be done as the preterm birth rate continues to rise."

So... why do you think Americans aren't having sex?
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Rob Cesternino posted...

So... why do you think Americans aren't having sex?

Who says they aren't?
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NEET life is BEST life tbh
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The US now is significantly more educated on sex ed than it was 10+ years ago, and cost of living is increasing in the worst way.
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Oh, dropped by 2%, not dropped to 2%.

lol
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Funkydog posted...

Rob Cesternino posted...

So... why do you think Americans aren't having sex?

Who says they aren't?

studies every month are published on how people younger than 30 are having less sex, it has to do with people still living with their parents because they cant afford homes of their own.
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Funkydog posted...

Rob Cesternino posted...

So... why do you think Americans aren't having sex?

Who says they aren't?

This. People still be fuckin'... they just use things like condoms, or god forbid, pulling out... because people are broke enough just paying for simple things like every day life. Not to mention college tuition and god forbid they want a house one day down the road.

Not saying kids aren't worth it, but in a monetary sense, they're not worth it. So a lot of people are waiting longer... or just not having them at all. It's just people adapting to the fact that living a normal every day life has become a luxury in itself... bringing kids into the picture makes that a more strenuous task.
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Millennials simply can't afford to breed like the Boomers did. In most parts of the country, you can't support a family on a single income, never mind a family of seven.
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Polycosm posted...

Millennials simply can't afford to breed like the Boomers did. In most parts of the country, you can't support a family on a single income, never mind a family of seven.

Is there any place in the US at all today where a person can work 40 hours a week at an entry level job with two kids and a stay-at-home spouse, without massive financial stress?
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average man unfuckable
average woman blasted limitless chad dick
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We don't need more people, get the population # back to like 6 billion imo
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Awesome posted...

Funkydog posted...

Rob Cesternino posted...

So... why do you think Americans aren't having sex?

Who says they aren't?

studies every month are published on how people younger than 30 are having less sex, it has to do with people still living with their parents because they cant afford homes of their own.

No, it really doeasnt. That study only applied to man. Unless you seriously think woman under 30 are having less sex

The more career options a person has, the less likely they are to settle down young and have children. This is why the birth rate in developed 1st world countries are far lower then 3rd worlds. And why the lower classes are far less adverse to having children then those in higher. Becuase they receive enough in benefits to take care of so many children.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Isn't this literally how Handmaids tale began?

That was more then people just choosing to have less kids though.
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More people are practicing safe sex, and more women are getting careers instead of having babies.

Educated women rather have a career then have a baby, its how we solve over population.
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GregShmedley posted...

creativerealms posted...

Bullet_Wing posted...

Isn't this literally how Handmaids tale began?

That was more then people just choosing to have less kids though.

But the study is specifically referring to fertility rates. Or does that not actually refer to whether someone is fertile or not?

Fertility rate, in statistics and epidemiology, refers to the number of births per population over a time period. It's nothing to do with the biology of getting pregnant. The fertility rate is more like what you think of as a "birth rate"
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

More people are practicing safe sex, and more women are getting careers instead of having babies.

Educated women rather have a career then have a baby, its how we solve over population.

This is the core of it tbh. It happens all over the world. If you want to reduce overpopulation, the best ways to do it are:
1) Improve access to sexual health and contraception
2) Improve obstetric and paediatric care to reduce infant and childbirth mortality
3) Improve access to education for women
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Oh no white genocide.

I can't have kids cause I refuse to manspread
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At least my wifes bf bought me a switch
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no but for real, I'm nowhere near ready to have a healthy relationship let alone marry and raise a kid or two
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The economy sucks. People arent fucking as much. People who are arent getting married and settling down because they dont have the means. Among other reasons
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the average man is unfuckable

the average woman gets blasted by limitless chad dick
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