Births

寿命延长和婴儿出生减少带来的社会和经济影响正波及全球各国。适应是关键。在 Japan，现在有专门清洁独居老人公寓的公司，这些老人去世数周或数月才被发现；与此同时，成人失禁垫的销量十多年来已超过婴儿尿布。在 Italy，人口减少的村庄正以 1 欧元的价格出售房屋，以吸引新居民并维持服务运行。在 UK，学生人数的下降已导致 London 部分地区的学校和教室关闭。这些并非孤立的奇闻，而是大部分发达国家正在发生更广泛转变的迹象。Oxford Institute of Population Ageing 主任 Prof Sarah Harper 表示：“2024 年在 EU，27 个国家中有 21 个国家的死亡人数多于出生人数。”在整个亚洲和美洲——从 Japan 和 South Korea 到 Cuba 和 Uruguay——许多国家也正呈现出同样的模式。继续阅读...

Latest ONS figures also suggest lower population growth in coming decades than previously expectedDeaths are projected to outnumber births in the UK every year from 2026 and the population is expected to grow at a slower rate over the next few decades than previously reported, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).About 1.7 million people are projected to join the population between 2024 and 2034, pushing the total up 2.5% from 69.3 million to 71.0 million, before it starts to decrease in the mid-2050s. Continue reading...

• CDC data shows 3.6 million US births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024, with fertility rate at 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15-44, down 23% since 2007. • Trump administration downplays contraception in Title X grants, mentioning it once as overprescribed with side effects, amid efforts to reverse birth decline. • High maternal mortality of 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024, with 4 in 5 pregnancy deaths preventable, contrasts lower risks of contraception.

Simulations of Australopithecus hominins’ anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing