Explaining the sharp decline in birth rates in Canada and the United States in 2020.

Am J Epidemiol · 2025 · PMC11978608 · PMID 39160447

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Furthermore, there was a decreasing trend in births from 2016 to 2019, after which births decreased rapidly in 2020.

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Positive control Births in Hong Kong had an increasing trend from 2005 to 2012, before dropping by 40% in 2013 ( Figure 2 ).

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