CDC Researchers Report 10% Decline In Fertility From 1990 To 2014.

) reports CDC researchers writing in the National Vital Statistics Reports found “overall fertility rates and reproductive rates have fallen among U.S. women from 1990 to 2014,” by about 10% from 2,081.0 births per 1,000 women in 1990 to 1,862.5 per 1,000 in 2014. During the period there was a 5% decline from 1990 to 1997, followed by an 8% spike from 1997 to 2007, with another 12% decline from 2007 to 2014. The researchers pointed out that fertility was “below replacement level” in every year except 2006 and 2007. Fertility rates also declined “among all races and Hispanic subgroups” except Cuban American women. http://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/63320