Meaning & use
Natality
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The birth rate of a population, typically measured as the number of live births per thousand people per year.
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Demographers studied the declining natality rate across several European countries.
Government incentives were introduced to help boost natality in rural regions.
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Frequently paired with 'mortality' in demographic and public health statistics as opposite measures of population change.
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birth ratefertility rate
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