Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See birthrate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
- n. The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.
from The 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Etymologies
Examples
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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
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A revolution is best described as "natality" or the birth of ideas, a new beginning towards political freedom.
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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.
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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.
Allen Hershkowitz: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining: The National Research Council Should Investigate
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Does the claim that the welfare state reduces natality go beyond casual empiricism?
Have More Children?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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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
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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...
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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
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Open borders are certainly one solution for low natality in rich countries.
Audience Questions, 2, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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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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