birthrate
the proportion of births to the total population in a place in a given time, usually expressed as a quantity per 1000 of population.
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How to use birthrate in a sentence
Public concern about the difficulty of getting—and staying—ahead appear to be contributing to major structural problems, such as a plunging birthrate as parents worry about rising educational and property costs.
The pandemic isn’t entirely to blame for declining birthrates, but it has magnified systemic problems that make motherhood in particular look like a bad deal.
On this Mother’s Day, the crisis for working moms is hard to miss | Karla Miller | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostThe story is similar in the northern nations of Europe, where low birthrates and aging populations are out of step with the projected needs of agriculture and other industries.
The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Sergey Ponomarev | December 16, 2020 | ProPublicaIn the past year, approximately 19,500 immigrants arrived and the country's birthrate came in at 1.8 percent.
So beefier benefits mean that you need more investment to make up for the falling birthrate--and instead get less of it.
Sorry, Folks: One Way or the Other, You'll Never Be Able to Completely Count on Retirement | Megan McArdle | March 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
So what we have is something good and welcomed by most, a falling birthrate, and no clue as to why.
Is Less Sex or More Abortion to Blame for Fall in U.S. Birth Rate? | Kent Sepkowitz | December 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe decreased birthrate in Taiwan is, along with an increase in infertility, often attributed to marriage delays.
We need not worry therefore lest the race shall die, because of a decreasing birthrate as we see it on the physical plane.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadStatistics show a remarkable increase in the Welsh birthrate as compared with previous years.
Wargentin, in Sweden, first called attention to the periodicity of the birthrate in 1767.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) | Havelock EllisDuring the entire century a decline of the birthrate was noticeable.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelThe decline of the birthrate then was confined entirely to the legitimate births.
Woman and Socialism | August Bebel
British Dictionary definitions for birth rate
the ratio of live births in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, etc, usually expressed per 1000 population per year
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Scientific definitions for birth rate
The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birth rate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year.
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