Pandemic baby bust: Births drop by fastest rate in 50 years
| The number of American women who gave birth last year fell precipitously over 2019, as provisional government data show a national baby bust getting worse during the coronavirus pandemic.
A new report from the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found births in the United States declined 4 percent between 2019 and 2020, the steepest annual decline since 1973. |
