US Birthrate Dips Slightly in 2022 After Rebound in Prior Year
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The US birth rate declined slightly last year after picking up in 2021 from a multi-decade low in 2020, when the pandemic struck.
US births dipped to 3,661,220 last year from 3,664,292 in 2021, according to provisional 2022 birth data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.