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birthrate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sociology
birth·rate /ˈbɜːθreɪt $ ˈbɜːrθ-/ noun [countable]  SSthe number of births for every 100 or every 1,000 people in a particular year in a particular place 出生率 the rising birthrate 上升的出生率
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birthrateIn California, the average birthrate was just slightly above the national pace.Shrinking numbers Falling birthrates and statistical ambiguities aside, there has none the less been a major exodus.Even if birthrates decline it will be necessary to generate millions more jobs, more schoolrooms, more acres of agriculture.But with no corresponding drop in birthrates the population line was propelled into the demographic stratosphere.It was a time when teen birthrates soared.Each extra year of school also reduces the birthrate and cuts maternal deaths.The birthrate could only just keep pace.
birth·rate nounChineseSyllable
the Corpus births number every for every 100 of or 1,000


birthrate
birthrate /ˈbɜːθreɪt $ ˈbɜːrθ-/ noun [countable]
the number of births for every 100 or every 1,000 people in a particular year in a particular place:
    the rising birthrate