Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See birthrate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Birth.
- n. The ratio of the number of births in a given time, as a year, to the total number of population; birth-rate.
Wiktionary
- n. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
- n. philosophy The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Etymologies
- Latin. Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt. (Wiktionary)
- natal + (mortal)ity. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Will a high tuberculosis mortality, then, be conducive to great fertility, or do we have to fear that a decrease of the natality will be the result of energetic measures against tuberculosis?”
Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians
“Cocooned in the protection of our natality, we are safeguarded for a nanosecond from the intensely complex lives that fan out ahead of us, still untainted by the division and conflict that seems to define the architectural mindscape of our current world.”
The Huffington Post: Heather McCloskey Beck: Dynamic Peace, Quantum Love
“In this most recent study, data were analyzed from the National Center for Health Statistics' natality files by a team of researchers led by Dr. Melissa M. Ahern of Washington State University.”
“Does the claim that the welfare state reduces natality go beyond casual empiricism?”
Have More Children?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“As far as we welfare state reducing natality ... how does that work in the 50+ countries where growth rates are declining and there is no welfare state?”
Have More Children?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Concerning Jeremia and his long dooming predicttion of the demise of Israel, I would like to remind him that the Jewish demographics in Israel (1948+Judea Samaria) are very robust and climbing whereas muslim natality is plunging!”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“Essentially, the thesis is that state efforts to regulate natality have led to under-reporting of births, and we can only make educated guesses as to what the real numbers are.”
Population, Aging, and the Savings Glut, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Open borders are certainly one solution for low natality in rich countries.”
Audience Questions, 2, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“I read recent reports that 2007 had surpassed the baby boom natality rate.”
Harvard AIDS researcher says pope is correct on condom use | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
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