ATLANTA, May 29 (UPI) -- Last year's preliminary number of U.S. births was 3,957,577 -- an increase of 4,736 births from 2012 -- indicating the baby recession may be over.
A National Vital Statistics Report by Brady E. Hamilton, Joyce A. Martin, Michelle J.K. Osterman and Sally C. Curtin of National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the birth rate declined steadily since 2007, the recent high, by more than 2 percent a year -- coinciding with the Great Recession.