Opinion | Does the Trump Administration Really Want More Teen Pregnancies?

Creating a moral panic over low birth rates is how we get here: attacks on contraceptive methods and on public funding of family planning. 1/

I loved how Jane Menken called this out for being a “belief” rather than an statement of empirical fact. 🎯

Preach

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Fertility rate calculations: United States, 2024 Age of mother Births Female population Births per 1,000 Multiply by 5 for five years in the group Under 15 years 1,727 29,176,307 - 15-19 years 137,273 10,914,056 12.58 62.9 20-24 years 611,800 :10,970,121) 55.77 278.85 25-29 years 990,817 | 11,069,140; 89.51 447.55 30-34 years 1,112,409 : 11,866,273, 93.75 468.75 35-39 years 622.517 ¡ 11,467,859| 54.28 271.4 40-44 years 141,515 , 11,115,417 12.73 63.65 45-49 years 9,688 10.164.244 - - 50 years and over 1,188 65,029,689 Total births 3,628,934 1.59 Total fertility rate Sum the column and divide by 1,000 Projected births per woman in her lifetime All births Births 3,628,934 Female population age 15-44 / Birth per 1.000 67,402,866 53.8 All births 3,628,934 Total population 340,110,988 From a separate Census report. 10.7 General fertility rate Births per 1,000 women of child-bearing age Crude birth rate Births per 1,000 people in the population of

Periodic reminder to use the right fertility rates and terms
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Totally stuck on this draft for weeks after writing the results but completely flailing around about why anyone should care.

Then, in a one-hour appointment, I more or less fully figured out the introduction and discussion sections.

I do recommend this coaching service!!

ML-NYC Speaker Series and Happy Hour: Matt Salganik Life Trajectories and Life Chances: New Approaches from Population Registries and AI

I'm speaking at ML-NYC on Monday, April 20 4pm at Flatiron Institute. "Life Trajectories and Life Chances: New
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It’s been exactly 20 years since we published these two papers in the Special Collection on ‘Determinants of Diverging Trends in Mortality’:

By Jacques Vallin & France Meslé: www.demographic-research.org/articles/spe...

By France Meslé: www.demographic-research.org/articles/spe...

The Alzheimer’s Pipeline Is Finally Catching Up to the Biology Why we need to shift our horizon, the most promising clinical trials, and how to enroll in them

I really enjoyed this comprehensive explainer of what's in the pipeline for Alzheimer's and what we've learned from past failures. I left feeling optimistic about what we might see in the next decade! drglorioso.substack.com/p/the-alzhei... #medsky #scicomm #episky #dementia

Opinion | GLP-1 Experimentation Is Everywhere, and Science Can’t Keep Up Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up.

“So much of the experimentation with GLP-1s is happening outside of traditional research models, careful clinical trials and even the health system. Given the immense popularity of these drugs, regulators and the medical establishment need urgently to figure out how to best capture and keep pace”

This is the most shocking thing I have read all day 😂

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Third Child

The timing of childbearing has been widely studied by demographers since the 20s. It's newly worth reading the early stuff from the 30s-60s because it handwrings about fertility being "too low" among some: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Such a misleading interpretation of this chart! 🤯

Did you know that people who haven't gone to college by age 18 are more likely to eventually go than people who haven't gone by age 45? Truly shocking!

(Not to mention these #s can't be assumed to apply to younger cohorts now).

This was a little *too* spot on right now 😂😭

at least saying the quiet part out loud...

America’s Op-ed Columnists Brainstorm Future Headlines About the Birth Rate “Experts Warn the Falling Birth Rate Could Have Serious Consequences for Men”

@mcsweeneys.net nails it. Funny/not funny 🫠

There are reasons to believe the record-low U.S. birthrate could be only temporary as today’s young women postpone pregnancy. Several PAA Members featured in @nytimes.com piece: buff.ly/848YtKB
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America’s Op-ed Columnists Brainstorm Future Headlines About the Birth Rate “Experts Warn the Falling Birth Rate Could Have Serious Consequences for Men”

@mcsweeneys.net nails what it feel like to be a demographer these days… 🤌 🎯
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ame...

Does Coffee Really Prevent Dementia? I *love* my coffee, but I’m not convinced.

You’ve probably seen the recent headlines suggesting that drinking coffee (but not decaf) may lower your risk of #dementia. Although it’s tempting to stop at the headlines, it always pays to dig deeper. That’s exactly what coffee lover &TNG alumna @drjenndowd.bsky.social does in this post. 👇

Would love to hear more about this at some point and what was most useful.

And FLOODING support… 🙌🙌

Yes, love these thoughts about how we might make the system less precarious, it’s something that frustrates me but I feel pretty powerless about. I’m all for brainstorming a more creative future that isn’t all or nothing in academia!

As someone who works on demography and health, I have no idea what “demographic health” means…

chart showing percent change in birth rates by women's age.

Updating my birthrate fan chart.

Since 1989, birth rates for US women age 15-17 have fallen 87%. For those age 40-44 birth rates have increased 146%. The total (not shown) has fallen 23%.

Important context on new US fertility numbers… from demographers, not podcast bros :)
#demography

I feel like there are lots of academic tournaments you would have won in the end :) 🤩