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Birth rates are falling all over the world and it's entirely Corona's fault
After many global crises, a "baby boom" phenomenon is often observed, in which there is an increase in the number of births of babies.
According to current estimates, the corona causes the opposite, and even when it ends it is unclear whether the decline in births will remain.
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Friday, 12 March 2021, 07:38
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Although the corona plague is still here and it is difficult to reach unequivocal conclusions about its short- and long-term impact, a number of reports have already shown that some countries are experiencing a sharp decline in the number of babies born in the past year.
It is not clear how widespread this phenomenon is and whether it may spread around the world, but it can already be declared that this is a trend.
Here are some examples given by the iflscience website: Nine months after the epidemic was announced, Spain saw a 22.6 percent drop in births.
According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, 13,000 fewer newborns were registered in Spain between December 2020 and January 2021 compared to the same period last year.
A similar picture emerges in the UK, Italy and France.
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Also in the United States, data from 29 wards in hospitals found a 7.3 percent drop in births in December 2020 compared to the previous year, CBS News reports.
California, the most populous state, reported a 10.2 percent drop in births during December 2020 compared to December 2019, while Hawaii experienced a 30.4 percent drop.
And what about Israel?
The latest data published by the CBS at the end of 2020 showed that the birth rate in Israel remained high and remained almost unchanged from last year - during the year about 176,000 babies were added to the population, compared to 177,000 last year - the birth rate in Israel is the highest among countries Developed OECD.
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And despite the data, the birth rate, even in Israel, has been declining slowly in many countries in recent decades, mainly due to greater availability of contraception.
As early as June 2020, the Brookings Institution for Public Policy in the United States predicted that the COVID-19 epidemic would most likely lead to a large and sustained decline in births. 500,000 fewer births in 2021. In December 2020, they updated this forecast in light of new information and estimated that the decline in births would be closer to 300,000 fewer newborns.
A particularly stressful experience during this period.
A woman in the delivery room with a mask (Photo: ShutterStock)
This trend is likely to occur due to a variety of factors: first and foremost, economic troubles and turbulent labor markets that often cause declines in birth rates, especially unemployment and sudden declines in incomes.
Add to that a bad mood that lowers sexual activity levels in couples living together.
In addition, IVF treatments have been delayed due to COVID-19 closures, which may also play a role in possible present and future declines.
Most researchers do not know how long this trend may last.
Much of this will depend on how the epidemic develops and how quickly the economy recovers.
It may be that when all these things work out, we will experience a "baby boom" in the world, but at the moment there is uncertainty in this matter and in many other issues, economic, social and health alike, that make starting a family particularly unattractive.
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