The fertility rate in the United States reached its lowest level ever in 2024, and the detection of the Disease Control Center data

Countries like Italy and Japan were struggling to raise their births to preserve its elderly residents, and it turned out that the United States may not work well as well.

New CDC data This month reveals that while the number of births in the United States increased by 1 % from 2023 – to 3628,934 in 2024 – the general fertility rate decreased by 1 %. It is now at 53.8 births per 1,000 females between the ages of 15 and 44 years. a little. Data depends on American birth certificates.

the general Fertility rate – the number of live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (about 15 to 44 years) – can decrease even with an increase in the total number of births, because while there are more women who have children, a percentage is smaller than all women do it.

The data also shows that from 2023 to 2024, birth rates for women decreased between 15 and 34 years, she remained stable for women between 35 and 39 years, and increased women between 40 and 44 years. The percentage of women who relied on medicaid decreased as a main source of delivery for delivery in the three age groups, by 3 % from 2023 to 2024. Between 2007 and 2024, the overall fertility rate witnessed a 22 % decrease.

Temporary birth Data It was also released in April also presented an insight into the United States talk the total The fertility rate-the average number of children that women will generate in their life according to the fertility rates for age. The total fertility rate of the United States in 2024 was 1626.5 births per 1000 women, or 1.6 per woman. This is below the replacement level, “in which a specific generation can replace itself,” which is 2.1 children per woman, according to the data.

The United States used to be one of the few developed countries with a total fertility rate at or higher than the replacement rate, according to what he said. Associated Press. Since 2007, the rate has been constantly less than replacement. For comparison, Italy and Japan were in 1.2 children for every woman in 2023France was in 1.7, Spain was 1.1, and Germany in 1.4. Karen Jozo, director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, told Associated Press that husbands delay marriage and anxiety from having enough resources to raise children.