NCHS Will Report 2026 Births Outside 3.59 Million to 3.62 Million

Policy shops will pivot hard when NCHS will report total US births in 2026 outside the 3.59 million to 3.62 million window. The full-year total will appear in the NCHS annual provisional births report for 2026, expected in April 2027, and it will supersede earlier quarterly estimates that relied on…