Fertility and Mortality

The reports included in this section analyze data from the Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Census Bureau to provide insights into changes in fertility and mortality.

2408, 2023

Utah’s Declining Fertility Rate

August 24th, 2023|

Fertility in the U.S. and Utah has steadily declined almost every year since the Great Recession in 2008. Final 2021 data revealed that the U.S. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) increased for the first time since 2014, along with 29 other states and Washington D.C. However, Utah’s TFR remained the same at 1.9.

2707, 2022

A Decade of Declining Fertility in Utah, the Intermountain West, and the Nation: 2010-2020

July 27th, 2022|

Utah’s declining fertility rate made state headlines in 2016 when it no longer ranked highest in the  country. Since then, Utah’s total fertility rate of 1.92 births per woman has declined nationally from highest to fourth highest, with rates in South Dakota (1.98), Nebraska (1.94), and North Dakota (1.93) exceeding Utah’s.

1210, 2021

Utah’s Demographics and COVID-19 Death Rates: A Data Update

October 12th, 2021|

Utah has a lower COVID-19 per-capita death rate (also called the crude death rate, or CDR) than the U.S. as a whole. The national cumulative CDR for the year of April 1, 2020, through March 31, 2020, was 167 deaths per 100,000 people, while the Utah rate was 65 deaths per 100,000 people. A 2020 report attributed a quarter of the CDR difference up through July 1, 2021, to Utah’s younger population.

1106, 2021

Fertility in Utah Fact Sheet: Recent Changes

June 11th, 2021|

Despite having the highest total fertility rate in the nation for many years, Utah’s total fertility rate is now the 3rd highest in the nation, behind North Dakota and South Dakota. Increases in fertility rates for mothers age 30 and over in the Dakotas, combined with substantial decreases in fertility rates for young mothers in Utah, have driven this shift.

2410, 2017

Fertility in Utah since the Great Recession: The New Normal or a Pregnant Pause?

October 24th, 2017|

Utah is currently experiencing strong economic growth and has clearly recovered from the Great Recession; however, it appears the recession has left a lingering imprint on the state’s demographics. Starting in 2008, fertility rates in the state began to significantly decline and those declines continue. While Utah continues to have the highest fertility rate, youngest population, earliest age at first marriage, and largest household size in the nation, the shifts that began in 2008 may indicate a new trend in fertility rates for the state. We conclude Utah’s lower fertility rate is likely not a pregnant pause, but rather a [...]

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