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US births increased in 2021 for 1st time in 7 years: CDC
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The number of births in the United States increased in 2021 for the first time in seven years, reversing trends that continued during the pandemic, according to new federal data. A report published early Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics showed there were 3,664,292 babies born in 2021, which is a 1% increase from 2020.

The figure marks the first increase seen since 2014. Between 2014 and 2019, births were declining by an average of 1% per year, and there was a decline of 4% from 2019 to 2020. The report did provide reasons for the increase, but Pew Research Center polls suggest women in the U.S. delayed having babies during the first year of the pandemic due to public health and economic uncertainty, so the rising number could be the result of a rebound.

The report also found the fertility rate for women in the U.S. rose by 1% from 2020 to 2021, sitting at 56.3 births per 1,000 women who are of reproductive age. It's also the first increase since 2014 after the rate declined from 4% from 2019 to 2020 and by 2% per year on average from 2014 to 2019.



Although the overall number of births rose from 2020 to 2021, the figure was still lower than the 7.74 million recorded in 2019, according to federal data. When researchers looked at the number of births by race/ethnicity, disparities could be seen. Among white and Hispanic women, the number of births rose 2% for each group between 2020 and 2021. For Black and Asian women, the number of births declined by 2% from 2020 to 2021, and for American Indian/Alaskan Native women, the number of births declined 3%, the report showed.
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China seeks 'bold' steps to lift birth rate

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A senior health official in Beijing has urged China's local leaders to find ways to boost the country's birth rate.

Yang Wenzhuang said officials must take active steps to tackle the detrimental effects of China's long-standing anti-population growth policy.

He also urged officials to "make bold innovations" in tackling the cost of childcare and education.

China reported in January that its population had fallen for the first time in 60 years.

In 2022, there was just 6.77 births per 1,000 people in China, the lowest birth rate on record and down from 7.52 births in the previous year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64594469
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wjfox wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:53 pm China seeks 'bold' steps to lift birth rate

9 hours ago

A senior health official in Beijing has urged China's local leaders to find ways to boost the country's birth rate.

Yang Wenzhuang said officials must take active steps to tackle the detrimental effects of China's long-standing anti-population growth policy.

He also urged officials to "make bold innovations" in tackling the cost of childcare and education.

China reported in January that its population had fallen for the first time in 60 years.

In 2022, there was just 6.77 births per 1,000 people in China, the lowest birth rate on record and down from 7.52 births in the previous year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64594469
I struggle to see it having any meaningful impact as China continues to become a more educated country particularly in more rural areas this will more than offset any increases in childbearing due to government incentives, not to mention the time it will take to overcome ingrained cultural attitudes to family sizes (if they can be overcome). Look at the Nordic countries for example where all these child friendly government policies already exist and they're still below replacement levels.
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More than half of the world will be overweight or obese by 2035
Source: Reuters
The World Obesity Federation's 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world, or more than 4 billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years.

Rates of obesity are rising particularly quickly among children and in lower income countries, the report found.

The cost to society is significant as a result of the health conditions linked to being overweight, the federation said: more than $4 trillion annually by 2035, or 3% of global GDP.

However, the authors said they were not blaming individuals, but calling for a focus on the societal, environmental and biological factors involved in the conditions.

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The United States will soon drop out of the Top 50 Nations in terms of life expectancy

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Global Population May Tumble to Just 6 Billion People By 2100
by Tom Hale
March 27, 2023

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(IFL Science) A new estimate suggests that the world’s population will likely peak in the next few decades and will decline significantly by the end of the century, perhaps slumping as low as 6 billion people. If the work is correct, this will be the first time the global population has seen a decline since the Black Death in the mid-14th century.

The world’s population recently tipped over 8 billion. In their latest working paper, researchers underline two hypothetical scenarios that explain how the next chapter of global population change might pan out.

Under the “Giant Leap” scenario, significant improvement in economic development, education, and health will see the population peak at 8.5 billion people around 2040 before declining to around 6 billion people by 2100.

Alternatively, under the “Too Little Too Late” scenario, the world continues to develop economically in a similar way to the last 50 years, resulting in the global population peaking at 8.6 in 2050 and then declining to 7 billion in 2100.

The report comes from the Club of Rome, a collective of intellectuals who are well-known for their controversial 1972 publication “Limits to Growth.” Using computer models, they speculated that civilization will be threatened with collapse if it continues to undergo exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources.
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caltrek’s comment: I became very skeptical of the Club of Rome’s forecasts when it became apparent to me that their 1972 predictions were entirely too pessimistic. Still, they have had time to correct their methodology and have been at it for quite a while, so I guess they at least deserve a hearing.
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This is a sign of how much republican voters have fallen as a people. They simply don't give a shit about standards are doing what is right anymore. It is starting to bite them in the ass but they can't feel it because they're dumber then dog shit.
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More than 500,000 flee California since 2020 https://trib.al/Xjrbo7t
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