US fertility rates drop to lowest level ever recorded, CDC said

Fertility rates in America — the number of babies born per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 — are at the lowest levels ever recorded, according to the U.S. CDC. On average, there are fewer than six babies born for every 100 women in this age group, compared to 6.4 births for every 100 women in this group in 2010. This follows a trend in recent years of declining birthrates in the U.S., with general fertility rates declining more than 10 percent since 2007.