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BIRTH RATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

Synonyms:

birth rate; birthrate; fertility; fertility rate; natality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("birth rate" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

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 Context examples: 

Scientists have sketched out one of the greatest baby booms in North American history, a centuries-long growth blip among southwestern Native Americans between 500 and 1300 A.D. It was a time when the early features of civilization—including farming and food storage—had matured to a level where birth rates likely exceeded the highest in the world today.

(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)