birthrate

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also birth rate B0279700 (bûrth′rāt′)n. The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birthrate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year. Also called natality.

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(ˈbɜrθˌreɪt)

n. the proportion of births to the total population in a place in a given time. [1855–60]

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Noun

birthrate - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per yearbirth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natalityrate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"

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出生率

birth

(bəːθ) noun1. (an) act of coming into the world, being born. the birth of her son; deaf since birth. 诞生，出生 2. the beginning. the birth of civilization.开始birth control prevention of the conception of children. 节育，计划生育 ˈbirthday noun the anniversary of the day on which a person was born. Today is his birthday; (also adjective) a birthday party.生日ˈbirthmark noun a permanent mark on the skin at or from birth. She has a red birthmark on her face.胎记ˈbirthplace noun the place where a person etc was born. Shakespeare's birthplace.出生地ˈbirthrate noun the number of births per head of population over a given period. 出生率give birth (to) (of a mother) to produce (a baby) from the womb. She has given birth to two sets of twins. 生（孩子）

Birthrate

the renewal of a population as a result of new births; in statistics, the frequency of births within a certain group of a population. Along with infant mortality, mortality, and longevity, birthrate is an important index of the natural movement of population. The birthrate is measured by the birthrate coefficient—the ratio between live births and individuals per thousand population—and by the total fertility coefficient—the ratio between the number of births and the number of women of childbearing age (15–49 years). The birthrate is influenced by social, economic, legal, historical, ethnographic, geographic, and biological factors. Examples of such factors include the degree of participation of women in societal labor, the availability of child-care facilities, the cultural level of the population, the level of development of public health, the average age of individuals at marriage, and intrafamily regulation of births.

The birthrate has been falling in economically developed countries since the beginning of the 20th century. However, high birthrates continue to characterize developing countries. In 1972 the average birthrate per thousand population was 18.9 in developed countries (for example, 15.9 in the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, 17.2 in the Polish People’s Republic, 16.5 in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 16.2 in Great Britain, 17.3 in the United States, 14.1 in Sweden, and 19.2 in Japan) and 39.0 in developing countries (for example, 48.0 in Syria). The high birthrate in developing countries is explained by the demographic explosion (see DEMOGRAPHY).

Table 1. Dynamics of birthrate in the USSR (per thousand population)
1913	1926	1940	1950	1960	1970	1973
45.5	44.0	31.2	26.7	24.9	17.4	17.8

Table 1 shows the dynamics of the birthrate in the USSR. In the republics of the USSR the birthrate per thousand population varies from 14 in the Baltic countries to 35 in Middle Asia. The source of data on birthrates in the USSR is birth registrations, which are compiled on the basis of information provided by medical institutions.

REFERENCES

Batkis, G. A., and L. G. Lekarev. Sotsial’naia gigiena i organizatsiia zdravookhraneniia. Moscow, 1969.
Belitskaia, E. Ia. Problemy sotsial’noi gigieny. Leningrad, 1970.
Lisitsyn, Iu. P Sotsial’naia gigiena i organizatsiia zdravookhraneniia. Moscow, 1973.

O. G. FROLOVA

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noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area

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