A CDC report released in April 2025 shows U.S. birthrates continued to decline in 2023. For the first time, parents aged 40 and older gave birth at higher rates than teens. Experts point to ...

A CDC report released in April 2025 shows U.S. birthrates continued to decline in 2023. For the first time, parents aged 40 and older gave birth at higher rates than teens. Experts point to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the fertility rate in the U.S. is about 1.6 births per woman.

Few Americans see falling birth rates as a national priority, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. When asked in the Thursday survey about ...

And the birth rate for women ages 20 to 24 – about 56 births for every 1,000 women – was just slightly above the rate for women in their late 30s.The small increase in births last year ...