Fourteen per cent decrease in live births in Europe nine months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdowns (IMAGE)

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Fourteen per cent decrease in live births in Europe nine months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdowns

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Combined variation rates of live births in Europe compared to 2018–2019. Variation rate between the monthly live births ob- served during 2020 and 2021 and the mean of the 2018–2019 monthly live births were weighted by the number of births in each country to present cumulative rates of change, corresponding to the total variation observed in Europe.

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