(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 16 - Italy's birth rate stayed on a
downward trend in 2019, when 421,913 babies were born here, down
by 20,763 on the 442,676 births registered in 2018, according to
a health ministry report released on Wednesday.
It said 3.06 of every 100 pregnancies in 2019 was the result of
assisted reproductive procedures such as IVF for a total of
12,800 newborns.
That was up from 2.53 pregnancies out of every 100 in 2018.
(ANSA).
Births in Italy down again says report
Use of assisted reproductive procedures up in 2019