conception rate
Britishnoun
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In the UK, the birth rate has gone down more quickly than the conception rate, as a higher proportion of those who are pregnant are choosing to have an abortion than in previous years.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2014
Egan points out that from 1998 to 2008, the teenage conception rate in the UK fell by 13.3% for under-18s and by 11.7% for under-16s.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2013
This was due largely to a 1999 government plan aiming to halve England's under 18 conception rate by 2010.
From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2013
Those of you who still think the same, consider this: Among fertile women who have regular intercourse without birth control, the conception rate approaches 100 percent within two years.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2012
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