AdvertisementThere Were More Deaths Than Births In Alabama Last Year, A Grim First For The StateUpdated September 21, 2021Nell ClarkfacebookEmailDr. Scott Harris, Alabama's state health officer, discusses his state's vaccination data on June 29 in Montgomery, Ala. He said last week that the state saw more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time in more than a century. (AFP via Getty Images)This article was originally published on September 20, 2021.