birth rate

noun

1. 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

birth rate

1. 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.

Example Sentences

The upward trend in the birth rate for unmarried mothers has reversed—dropping 14 percent, according to a new CDC report.

From The Daily Beast

The birth rate to unmarried mothers has, with a few pauses, steadily climbed since the 1940s.

From The Daily Beast

Japan is wrestling with a declining birth rate and growing elderly population.

From The Daily Beast

Like the rest of Asia, South Korea is experiencing a falling birth rate and shrinking population.

From The Daily Beast

“We are reaching a point where deaths from poaching and natural mortality are overtaking the birth rate,” Cathy Dean said.

From The Daily Beast

A declining birth rate may be redeemed by a declining death rate and the superior progeny of mature marriage.

From Project Gutenberg

As things are now, with our vanishing birth rate, we can't afford to lose people in a war.

From Project Gutenberg

But the perseverance of the white man and the declining birth-rate of the Indian tribes began to create a new situation.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the old problem of half-life is taking its toll, and we cant even hope to keep up with the birth rate any more.

From Project Gutenberg

And it said that we New Englanders have the smallest birth rate in the civilized world except France, which is the same as ours.

From Project Gutenberg