Fertility issues are on the rise in the country including Andhra Pradesh, thanks to change in lifestyle among the young couples, noted fertility specialist Sujatha Vellanki has said.
Quoting the National Family and Health Survey 2019-21, she said the total fertility rate (TFR) which was four some 40 years ago has fallen below 2.1 in the country now. TFR is the average number of children born to a woman at the end of her reproductive phase of life.
“The national TFR in the NFHS 2015-16 survey was put at 2.2 and the number came down from 2.7 in the NFHS 2005-06 survey. The same has now declined to 2.1 in rural areas and 1.6 in urban areas. Lack of physical exercise, stress, late marriage, postponement of conception have led to the rise in infertility in the country,’‘ said Dr. Sujatha Vellanki.
