birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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In a fascinating article that appeared last week in Science Daily, researchers at Pennsylvania State University found that, while many factors can and do contribute to low birth rate babies, higher regional incomes can actually correlate to higher birth weights among newborns.
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Daniel Markind, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The teen birth rate has declined continually through good and poor economic times since 1990.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
However, the triplet and higher-order birth rate for Black mothers followed a different trend, climbing 21% from 1998 to 2009 and then not changing significantly from 2009 to 2023, resulting in an overall increase of 25% from 1998 to last year.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Even though the country eased the policy in 2016, the birth rate has continued to plummet.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Markind, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The teen birth rate has declined continually through good and poor economic times since 1990.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
However, the triplet and higher-order birth rate for Black mothers followed a different trend, climbing 21% from 1998 to 2009 and then not changing significantly from 2009 to 2023, resulting in an overall increase of 25% from 1998 to last year.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Even though the country eased the policy in 2016, the birth rate has continued to plummet.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 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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