UAE citizen birth rate drops 13.5% as total population births continue to rise

Official statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Prevention show a significant decline in the number of births ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

Homeowning newlyweds' birth rate 9.4%p higher than non-homeowners

Newlywed couples who own a home have been found to have a birth rate 9.4 percentage points higher than those without a home. As statistics confirm the reality that even high-income couples hesitate to ...
ZME Science

America’s Birth Rate Is Plummeting but Is Men’s Infertility Really to Blame?

Although the science is unsettled, the White House has embraced core tenets of the ‘sperm count decline hypothesis.’ ...
The New York Times

These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...
wwmt

'This is totally unprecedented': Declining birth rates could start impacting West Michigan

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A change happening in society could start impacting West Michigan school districts and the workforce. Around the world, across the country and in local counties, birth rates are ...
Becker's Hospital Review

US report card on preterm birth rates: Grades by state

The U.S. again received a “D+” grade in March of Dimes’ annual report card on maternal and infant health. This marks the fourth consecutive year the U.S. has received a “D+”, pointing to stalled ...
CounterPunch

Why Low Birth Rates are Key to Our Future

The United States, once an outlier among industrialized countries with respect to its high birth rate, has caught up with the low fertility trend. As birth rates decline even among its large immigrant ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa's birth rate is declining. Immigration helps to sustain its population

Postville's meatpacking plants have attracted many immigrants and helped to sustain its population. During a busy lunch hour at Postville’s Junior Senior High School, Brendan Knudtson, the ...
Catholic News Agency

Putin signals concern for ‘falling birth rates’ in Russia, seeks state solutions

Russian President Vladimir Putin is voicing concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in his own country and suggesting state action to address the issue. Putin said in an ...
NPR

Finland's stubbornly low birth rate shows why a population shift may be inevitable

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...
Grand Forks Herald

As North Dakota birth rates decline, experts say work needs to be done to prepare for future impacts

GRAND FORKS – North Dakota birth rates have declined 35% since 2016, a trend some say is caused by economic uncertainty, a shift in social norms and a post-oil boom lull. Unless residents start having ...