Another presentation reviewed fertility trends in Russia since 1979.3 The total fertility rate climbed from 1.9 lifetime births per woman in the early 1980s to 2.2 per woman in 1987; it then began a steep decline, stabilizing at 1.4 births per woman in 1993 and 1994. The decline occurred among women of all ages, including those younger than 20, the only age-group whose fertility rate had increased steadily since the mid-1960s.