In a 17-state region, that also includes Washington D.C., Oklahoma had the second largest drop in its fertility rate.

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Births dropped in eight of the countries in those regions within the last decade, including a 34% drop in Uruguay, 32% drop ...

Compared with 50 years ago, life expectancy is greater in every country. Three of every four children who would have died ...

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