A new CDC report shows the U.S.birth rate hovering near the record low. Dr.Thoại Ngô, a population scientist, told 60 Minutes ...

The fertility rate in the U.S. was on a constant decline between 2014 and 2020 and has fluctuated since then, CDC reports.

In 1991, the most recent national peak in teen births, 61.8 births occurred per 1,000 15- to 19-year-olds, but that number was down to 12.7 births by 2024, a record low. Through the 1990s and into ...

Births in the United States increased by just 1% in 2024, still near the record low rates ... birth: Much of the long-term trend can be attributed to the substantial reductions in teenage ...

Women in the United States are less likely to have babies than ever before, but key figures in the Trump administration seem ...

Sociologists generally agreed that low fertility or birth rates aren’t an inherent problem. In fact, they said, the decline in teen birth rates is a positive trend. “It’s good news when ...

Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, has said the low birth rate keeps ... Conversely, teen births and births among women in their early 20s declined to record lows ...

That’s only a one percent increase from 20-23, when birth rates hit a record low. The CDC report also shows a shift toward older mothers. President Donald Trump has called for a “baby boom ...

The fertility rate last year – 54.6 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age – increased less than 1% from the record low ... 1,000 teen girls, a 3% drop from 2023. And the birth ...