During the past half century, fertility declines have been pervasive in Asia and Latin America. Between the early 1950s and the early 2000s, the total fertility rate (TFR)-the average number of live births a woman would have during her lifetime, assuming constant fertility rates-dropped from 5.7 to 2.4 births per woman in Asia and from 5.9 to 2.3 births per woman in Latin America.1 Only a handf...

BACKGROUND Population growth is determined by fertility, mortality and migration rates. Fertility is the prime determinant of population growth, which is highly associated with family planning, literacy, urbanization, and expansion of health system. In many part of Africa, its level is more than twice the replacement level. In Ethiopia, a significant decline in fertility mainly in the urban set...

Bangladesh has been passing through a critical phase of fertility transition. The level of fertility started to decline since mid-seventies. The decline occurred at a rapid pace during the period 1975 to 1993/94. The total fertility rate was 6.3 in 1975 and decreased to 3.4 in 1993/94. However, since 1993/94, the level of total fertility appears to be unchanged at a level of 3.3, as observed fr...

It is frequently assumed by the general public and also by some population experts that the value of replacement-level fertility is everywhere an average of 2.1 lifetime births per woman. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The global variation in replacement fertility is substantial, ranging by almost 1.4 live births from less than 2.1 to nearly 3.5. This range is due almost entirely to c...

North and South Korea have both experienced demographic transition and fertility and mortality declines. The fertility declines came later in North Korea. In 1990, the population was 43.4 million in South Korea and 21.4 million in North Korea and the age and sex compositions were similar. This evolution of population structure occurred despite differences in political systems and fertility dete...

INDIA Health information system is needed at small area such as sub-centres (SC), Primary Health Centres (PHC) or district level for health planning. This includes monitoring of maternal and child health services, providing warning signals to identify specific problematic areas and improving them through necessary interventions. One of such problematic situations has been the high levels of fer...

Background: Fertility in England fell substantially during the past decade. The total fertility rate reached its historically lowest level 2020.

BACKGROUND Fertility is one of the three principal components of population dynamics. High fertility and rapid population growth exert negative influences on economic and social development. This study was aimed to estimate the level and trends of fertility among (15-49 years) old women in kersa demographic surveillance and health research center, kersa district Eastern Ethiopia. METHODS The ...