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Get the Facts: What's behind lower birth rates in the US?
Births to women ages 30 to 44 rose, but declines among younger women left the national rate down 1%, the CDC said.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 1% decline in the national birth rate to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, extending a downward trend spanning two decades.
- Declining birth rates among women ages 15 to 29 drive the overall drop, as Pew Research Center cites later marriage, increased college degrees, and lower teen pregnancy rates as contributing factors.
- Conversely, births to mothers over 40 surged to nearly 150,000 in 2023 compared to around 50,000 in 1990; rates for women aged 30 to 44 also trended upward.
- Staff at Aurora report an uptick of mothers over 40 in delivery rooms, with the majority experiencing minimal complications and most conceiving naturally without IVF.
- Illustrating this demographic shift, 43-year-old Olivia Lou conceived naturally after ending IVF treatments, exemplifying the evolving landscape for women increasingly pursuing childbirth in their later years.
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Get the Facts: What's behind lower birth rates in the US?
The U.S. birth rate declined again in 2025 as births among teenagers kept falling, while rates for women 30 and older edged up.
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U.S. Birth Rate Falls to Record Low in 2025, Officials Report
The U.S. birth rate dropped to a new low in 2025, according to provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics released in early 2026. The general fertility rate fell to 53.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, the lowest since record-keeping began in the 1930s, officials said [16]. Total births in 2025 were […]
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