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Archive Home > 2010 > August > 28 > U.S. birth rate falls again

U.S. birth rate falls again

By Rob Stein / The Bulletin
August 28, 2010

WASHINGTON — The number of babies born in the United States has dropped for the second year in a row, according to new federal statistics released Friday that provide more evidence that the nation's economic troubles are affecting the birth rate.

Provisional data for 2009 found that an estimated....

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