US births declined in 2023 to the lowest level in more than 40 years, continuing a decades-long trend toward smaller American ...

For the first time in 2023, there were more births among women 40 and older than there were to teenage girls, according to a ...

Total births in the US fell to 3.6 million in 2023, declining by 2% since 2022. The U.S. birth rate hasn't been this low ...

From 2016 to 2023, there was an increase in the rate of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions, according ...

Threefold increase seen in unintentional drug overdose death rates from 2003 to 2019, followed by 58% increase through 2022.

and public health data releases from the National Center for Health Statistics, which tracks myriad health trends, including drug overdose deaths. The CDC was scheduled to publish several MMWR ...

America's opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Rate of Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. By State, 2023. Rate per 100,000 people National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, mortality data file Dr. Magadlena Cerdá ...

Increases seen for each maternal age, race, and Hispanic origin group and gestational age and birth-weight category ...

US births declined in 2023 to the lowest level in more than 40 years, continuing a decades-long trend toward smaller American families.