The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted a record low in birth rates but has also made some unsettling observations with respect to preterm births.
In the 2016 provisional data made public by the CDC, birth rates for women aged under-30, notably teenage, hit a record low. Accordingly, 3,941,109 births were recorded last year, representing a 1 percent drop over previous year. This is the second straight year that the total number of births has dropped. This also reflected in record-low general fertility rate in 2016, CDC stated in its report.
“The provisional 2016 general fertility rate for the United States was 62.0 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, a decline of 1% from the rate in 2015 (62.5) and a record low rate for the country.”
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