By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 05:00 BST, 15 May 2019 | Updated: 05:00 BST, 15 May 2019
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The US fertility rate has plummeted to a record-low, new CDC data reveal.
The new report, a first-look at national birth records for 2018, shows last year saw the fewest number of births since 1987, with a little more than 3.7 million babies born, down 2 percent from 2017.
The total fertility rate (i.e. how many babies the average female is expected to have based on trends) also hit a record low.
Gretchen Livingstone, a fertility analyst at Pew Research Center, told DailyMail.com the figures are 'striking'.
The fact that the rate keeps falling, Livingstone says, seems to reflect a general, enduring trend of men and women delaying parenthood until later, rather than a reaction to hard times.
