Source: TheEpochTimes.com
The U.S. fertility rate dropped to its lowest level in U.S. history, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics said in a new report that the final data from 2023 showed the fertility rate declining by 3 percent from the year prior, to 54.5 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 44.
That’s the lowest rate on record.
The rate was 56 births per 1,000 females in 2022 and 56.3 births per 1,000 females in 2021.
When asked by The Epoch Times why its experts believe the fertility rate has dropped so low, the CDC declined to answer.
The number of births also dropped from 3.66 million in 2022 to 3.59 million in 2023, according to the report. That’s the lowest number since 1979.
The peak was in 2007, when 4.3 million births were recorded….