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birth rate [2 records]

Record 1 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Animal Biology
DEF

The number of young born in a given unit of time …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie animale
CONT

[…] les épaulards du Pacifique Nord-Ouest souffrent d'un manque de nourriture qui se répercute sur les femelles en gestation et, donc, sur le taux de natalité […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birth Rate
CONT

... countries in which people are well fed, in which infant mortality is low, in which women have access to education are countries in which the birth rate and the rate of increase are the lowest.

OBS

... America has experienced a modest but steady fall in the birth rate. In part, this was because of a temporary drop in the ratio of women of childbearing age to total population. More significant for the longer-run trend is the fact that the fertility and net reproduction rates have been dropping slightly among married women of every age.

Key term(s)
  • natality rate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natalité
DEF

Taux exprimant le rapport entre le nombre des naissances et le chiffre de la population dans un lieu et une période déterminés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tasa de natalidad
DEF

Número de nacidos vivos por cada 1.000 habitantes de una población en un año.

OBS

Los países más desarrollados tienen tasas más bajas. Restando la tasa de mortalidad se obtiene la tasa de crecimiento natural de la población.

OBS

tasa de natalidad: término, definición y observación extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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