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US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the queue-the-slow-jazz dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The birthrate fell for nearly every group of women of reproductive age in the U.S. in 2017, reflecting a sharp drop that saw the fewest newborns since 1978, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 3,853,472 births in the U.S. in 2017 -- "down 2 percent from 2016 and the lowest number in 30 years," the CDC said. The general fertility rate sank to a record low of 60.2 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 -- a 3 percent drop from 2016, the CDC said in its tally of provisional data for the year. The results put the U.S. further away from a viable replacement rate -- the standard for a generation being able to replicate its numbers. "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971," according to the report from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. "The decline in the rate from 2016 to 2017 was the largest single-year decline since 2010," the CDC said. The 2017 numbers also represent a 10-year fall from 2007, when the U.S. finally broke its post-World War baby boom record, with more than 4.3 million births.

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  1. Feminism at work by Reverend+Green · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new sexless, soulless, joyless Feminist overlords.

    1. Re: Feminism at work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      But we don't need to be racist towards our Indian brethren.

      A banker, a worker, an immigrant and a politician are sitting around a table with 10 cookies on it. Without warning the banker grabs 9 cookies and shoves them all in his mouth. Everybody looks perplexed and is silent for a second, then the politician leans over to the worker and says "Watch out, that immigrant is eyeing your cookie".

    2. Re:Feminism at work by VFA · · Score: 4, Funny

      A ton of people is about 100 - 200 people.

    3. Re:Feminism at work by Gilgaron · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wait, so what you're saying is that I can setup a harem of highly educated women in high paying jobs that are hard up for worthy mates? "Sorry, honey, it is my duty to the public to pick up the slacks from all the incel guys"

  2. Re: The Trump Effect by Reverend+Green · · Score: 1, Funny

    Naw brohamley, feminists just love having sex. Kinda like Quakers love to drink, environmentalists love pollution, and Orthodox Jews just can't get enough pork.