Projections Show U.S. Birth Rate Declined by 4.3% in 25 States in 2020
On 4/28/21 at 12:25 PM EDT
Associated Press analysis of preliminary data from half the country.
Data from 25 states suggests an 8% decline in births from December 2020 to February 2021. That three-month span had about 41,000 fewer births than the same period a year earlier. Births for all of 2020 were down 4.3 percent from 2019. When there s a crisis, I don t think people are thinking about reproduction, said Dr. John Santelli, a Columbia University professor of population and family health who reviewed the
AP s analysis.
Before the pandemic, the number of babies born in the U.S. was falling, dropping by less than 1% a year over the past decade. The
In this Monday, April 13, 2020 file photo, a couple walks alone in a Kansas City, Mo., park at sunset as stay-at-home orders continue in much of the country in an effort to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. When most of the U.S. went into lockdown in 2020, some speculated that confining couples to their homes with little to entertain themselves would lead to a lot of baby-making. But the statistics suggest the opposite happened.
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NEW YORK When most of the U.S. went into lockdown over a year ago, some speculated that confining couples to their homes with little to entertain them beyond Netflix would lead to a lot of baby-making. But the statistics suggest the opposite happened.
AP analysis: An expected COVID baby boom may be a baby bust
Births have fallen dramatically in many states during the coronavirus outbreak, according to an Associated Press analysis of preliminary data from half the country. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:31 AM PDT April 28, 2021
When most of the U.S. went into lockdown over a year ago, some speculated that confining couples to their homes with little to entertain them beyond Netflix would lead to a lot of baby-making. But the statistics suggest the opposite happened.
Births have fallen dramatically in many states during the coronavirus outbreak, according to an Associated Press analysis of preliminary data from half the country.
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