“Fertility levels” sounds like a medical term to me. So, I don’t like the term “fertility level” but the numbers are interesting. The correlation makes sense for a lot of reasons.
Reminds me of a stand-up routine I heard a while back. (Chris Porter from Last Comic Standing)
Basically the premise was that women are responsible for high gas prices because they tend to not sleep with men who drive fuel-efficient cars. You ladies start going for the guys driving the toyota tercel, honda civics and diesel rabbits instead of SUVs and sports cars and we can turn this economy around.