Meanwhile, eight U.S. state health departments provided complete preliminary data for last year - Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon - and all of them showed declines. This means, in these eight states, there were more than 86,167 fewer births last year compared to one year prior. For example, Illinois, New York and Texas - three of the most populous states - have yet to report preliminary 2020 data. 'If the declines are as big as the ones we're seeing in the preliminary data, this is much more substantial than has been the historical tend,' he said. What's more, a report from the Brookings Institution predicts that between 300,000 and 500,000 fewer children will be born in the US in 2021 due to the pandemic.

Source: Daily Mail March 02, 2021 21:59 UTC