U.S. birthrate falls to its lowest rate in decades in wake of the pandemic
5/5/21
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from The Washington Post,
5/5/21:
The birthrate in America fell 4 percent last year, marking the biggest annual decrease in almost half a century — suggesting the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated an already existing trend.
New data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the birthrate in 2020 dropped for the sixth-consecutive year to its lowest point since U.S. government began tracking it.
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