Post by Daniel on Aug 10, 2018 17:13:15 GMT -5
Israeli hospitals witness record-breaking baby boom
10 August 2018
Several Israeli hospitals have reported record-breaking numbers of deliveries of newborns.
Maternity wards in most of the country’s hospitals are at capacity, with some mothers being referred to other departments and others having their babies being delivered in hallways, the Ynet news website reported Thursday.
Maternity wards in most of the country’s hospitals are at capacity, with some mothers being referred to other departments and others having their babies being delivered in hallways, the Ynet news website reported Thursday.
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The uptick is connected to rising fertility rates and the fact that there is a significantly higher number of births during the summer months compared to winter, according to the report.
August usually has the highest number of births of the year — 16,540 of them in August 2016 nationwide, compared to approximately 14,000 in February.
In 2016, Israel had 181,405 deliveries and a fertility rate of 3.11 children per mother. This figure is by far the highest fertility rate among the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a club of 34 industrialized nations. Israel had a fertility rate of four children per mother in 1970, but it had dropped to 2.9 by 1999 before climbing up to its current level.
The average fertility rate within the OECD is 1.7 children per mother.
August usually has the highest number of births of the year — 16,540 of them in August 2016 nationwide, compared to approximately 14,000 in February.
In 2016, Israel had 181,405 deliveries and a fertility rate of 3.11 children per mother. This figure is by far the highest fertility rate among the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a club of 34 industrialized nations. Israel had a fertility rate of four children per mother in 1970, but it had dropped to 2.9 by 1999 before climbing up to its current level.
The average fertility rate within the OECD is 1.7 children per mother.
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