birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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The country’s population has shrunk for the past two years, with 2023 marking the lowest birth rate since the founding of Communist China in 1949.
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Laura He, CNN, 23 July 2024
South Korea has invested more than $270 billion in fertility initiatives since 2006, but its birth rate keeps declining.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 7 July 2024
The preterm birth rate in Wisconsin in 2022 was 10.3%, slightly better than the national rate of 10.4%, according to March of Dimes, a nonprofit group working to improve maternal and infant health.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
In 1997, when Labour last won a general election with a landslide in Britain, the birth rate was falling.
—Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
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Laura He, CNN, 23 July 2024
South Korea has invested more than $270 billion in fertility initiatives since 2006, but its birth rate keeps declining.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 7 July 2024
The preterm birth rate in Wisconsin in 2022 was 10.3%, slightly better than the national rate of 10.4%, according to March of Dimes, a nonprofit group working to improve maternal and infant health.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
In 1997, when Labour last won a general election with a landslide in Britain, the birth rate was falling.
—Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
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birthrate
noun
birth·rate
-ˌrāt 
: the number of births for every hundred or every thousand persons in a given area or group during a given time
Medical Definition
birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time often expressed as number of live births per hundred or per thousand population per year
called also natality
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