The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children.
The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century....
birth rateRecession may have pushed US birth rate to new lowHeadlines from the Associated Press Fri, 08/27/2010 - 09:00
Puerto Rico struggles with high preterm birth rateHeadlines from the Associated Press Sat, 05/15/2010 - 10:43
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The first thing Dr. Marta Valcarcel notices on a walk through a nursery full of tiny, heavily bandaged babies is the empty incubator in the corner.... In down economy, older moms' births still up in USHeadlines from the Associated Press Tue, 04/06/2010 - 12:53
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. Why the U.S. Gets a 'D' on Preterm Birth RatesTIME: Top Science and Health Stories Tue, 11/17/2009 - 16:15
Among the many reasons for the high preterm birth rate in the U.S.: lack of insurance, cigarette smoking and elective cesarean section deliveries that are scheduled too early Birth-Rate Study: In Recession, Fewer Women Having KidsTIME: Top Science and Health Stories Thu, 09/24/2009 - 13:15
A new study suggests that more women are factoring economic anxieties into their decisions about getting pregnant Spina Bifida Birth Rate Still SlowingMedPage Today Infectious Disease Thu, 01/08/2009 - 14:42
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- A decade after the 1998 federal mandate to fortify the food supply with folate, the spina bifida rate in the U.S. continues to decline, according to the CDC. |
