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Argentina's sustained decline in birth rate reflects profound demographic changes
Argentina's birth rate has declined by nearly 40% in the last decade, reaching its lowest level in more than 50 years in 2023 ...
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So you want to increase your country’s birth rate? Experts say it’s tough
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines birth rate as the number of live births in a given year per 1,000 people in ... chief of demographic analysis at the U.N.’s Population ...
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Birth rates are close to a historic low: See charts
Birth rates have fluctuated through 2024, the CDC reported. Other data from the study focuses on fertility rate, or the number of live births ... rate is 16.52 births per 1,000 people.
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As birth rates decline, area school districts grapple with the impact on their bottom line
The birth rate refers to the number of births per 1,000 people. The fertility rate refers to the number of births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 45. In 2023, the birth rate for Olmsted ...
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Teen birth rates remain unchanged in Louisiana, as national rates continue to decline
Louisiana had the third-highest teen birth rate in the country with 23.1 teen births per 1,000 women aged 15 to ... according to analysis from the CDC. Southern states still remain the outliers ...
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Neonatal mortality still high at 20 per 1,000 births
According to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022, the under-five mortality rate has dropped to 31 per 1,000 live births, nearing the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of 25 ...
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Nigeria records 100 deaths per 1,000 births – UN report
It said that in 2023, a child born in the country with the highest under-five mortality rate in the world – 115 deaths per 1,000 live births ... below the poverty line; most people live ...
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Maternal mortality ratio in India has declined by 83 percent to 97 per lakh live births: Health Minister Nadda
India has achieved the National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 target of MMR 100 per lakh live births by 2020 ... Similarly, the Under-Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) in India has decreased by 75%, exceeding ...
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This Country Has the Highest Infant Mortality Rate in the Developed World
Worldwide, the average infant mortality rate is 27.9 deaths per 1,000 live births. In the small European country of San Marino, there are just 1.3 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, the lowest ...
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India hit targeted maternal mortality rate of 100 deaths per lakh live births: Nadda
India has achieved the National Health Policy (NHP) target of a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 100 deaths per one lakh live births, and 83% decline in MMR achieved between 1990 to 2020 ...
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Jigawa: Under-5 mortality dropped to 161 per 1000 live births – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says Jigawa State has made significant strides in child health, reducing the Under-5 mortality rate from 213 to 161 per 1,000 live births between 2018 ...
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Michigan counties with the best and worst infant survival rates.
Michigan’s southeast-most county had a rate of 14.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which was the highest rate among the state’s 83 counties, according to the latest provisional data from ...