birthrate

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English

Definitions

noun

The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year

Related words

Synonyms

natality fertility rate birth rate fertility birth basic reproductive rate respiratory rate race suicide dependency ratio roll rate rhythm method workrate ratio ratiometry rutherford rouse number

Antonyms

Associated

emigration mortality babies abortion lowest infant trend decreased decline rate immigration

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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