US births increased in 2021 for 1st time in 7 years: CDC

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

The number of births in the United States increased in 2021 for the first time in seven years, reversing trends that continued during the pandemic, according to new federal data. A report published early Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics showed there were 3,664,292 babies born in 2021, which is a 1% increase from 2020.

The figure marks the first increase seen since 2014. Between 2014 and 2019, births were declining by an average of 1% per year, and there was a decline of 4% from 2019 to 2020. The report did provide reasons for the increase, but Pew Research Center polls suggest women in the U.S. delayed having babies during the first year of the pandemic due to public health and economic uncertainty, so the rising number could be the result of a rebound.

The report also found the fertility rate for women in the U.S. rose by 1% from 2020 to 2021, sitting at 56.3 births per 1,000 women who are of reproductive age. It's also the first increase since 2014 after the rate declined from 4% from 2019 to 2020 and by 2% per year on average from 2014 to 2019.



Although the overall number of births rose from 2020 to 2021, the figure was still lower than the 7.74 million recorded in 2019, according to federal data. When researchers looked at the number of births by race/ethnicity, disparities could be seen. Among white and Hispanic women, the number of births rose 2% for each group between 2020 and 2021. For Black and Asian women, the number of births declined by 2% from 2020 to 2021, and for American Indian/Alaskan Native women, the number of births declined 3%, the report showed.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-births-increased-2021-1st-time-7-years/story?id=96765124

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CDC's report (PDF) - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf

[Ocelot II]

1. Well, if you're stuck home on lockdown, you need something to do...

[GB_RN]

2. I Figured This Would Happen...

A bit of a Lockdown Baby Boom…

[liberalmuse]

3. We need to decrease births.

There are way too many people on this planet. Unfortunately GOP policies will force births and with it increase poverty, abuse, death rates and misery.

[Scrivener7]

5. Not to mention all the destruction of increasing global warming.

I'm with you.

[maxsolomon]

8. Does AMERICA need to decrease births?

It isn't our population that's exploding exponentially. Good news: the birth rate is declining globally.

https://populationstat.com/continents/

[liberalmuse]

11. Yes! Moreso tha most nations (except China).

The US is the 2nd worst contributor to greenhouse gases. We're 2nd to China in consumption as well. And currently we have some of the dumbest people on the planet in this country on top of that. We're an idiocracy, so it's best we don't reproduce.

[Lonestarblue]

4. The forced birthers will claim credit for this change because the SC overturned Roe.

Even though that decision came too late to make much difference last year. What the total births statistic does not show is that maternal death rates for black and Hispanic women are nearly three times and double the rates of white women. This news will please the white supremacists because they want to ensure more white babies to maintain white dominance.

[iemanja]

10. Not in 2021

Dobbs wasn't officially released until June 2022.

[republianmushroom]

6. these people should have gotten a dog to help with their boredom.

[Historic NY]

7. Post pandemic stress syndrome

repopulate .

[Mysterian]

9. I'm sorry to hear this

Overpopulation is a largely ignored crisis for the human species.

[BigmanPigman]

12. Bad news for the planet.

We need a giant meteor to hit the earth like the one during the dinosaur extinction. It is the only hope for the planet. Sure, plants and animals will die but they will live again in a new form. If humans are part of the equation I hope we will never become a dominate species ever again. Humans kill everything and anyone, animal don't do this.

[Vogon_Glory]

14. The planet is going to survive very nicely

just as it did after the end of the Permian Period and the Chicxulub meteor at the end of the Cretaceous. I suspect that some humans will survive, too. But billions of other humans and many of Earth’s ecosystems won’t be so lucky.

[roamer65]

13. The best birth control method ever invented.

INFLATION.

When it costs more to have children, people don’t have them.

Monetary inflation just may save the human race.

[Igel]

15. Timeline's all wrong.

Inflation kicked in in early 2022.

Note that the trendline is pretty much straight; the increase was to the trendline.

[roamer65]

16. Birth rate way down since 1965.

Dollar has lost 90 percent of its value since then.