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00:00And about 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year.
00:06According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
00:10the fertility rate was highest among women in their early 30s.
00:14The data showed the 1% increase comes amid a long-term decline
00:19that began during the Great Recession in 2008.
00:24Asian and Hispanic women contributed to the rise in births,
00:28whilst the number of births slightly declined among black women and also white women.