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New CDC data shows the U.S. fertility rate continues to fall, dropping 1% last year and down about 23% from its 2007 peak.

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New data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows fertility and birth rates continue to fall across the U.S., while cesarean section procedures increased and preterm birth ...

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Fewer women of child bearing age are married today than ever before. That is the reason the fertility rate is falling.