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Infant Mortality , Definition
The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a given population. In 2002, t… Multiple Births , Nearly one in every hundred deliveries is a twin birth. Triplet, quadruplet, and higher order deliveries occur far less frequently–only 1 in 10,000 d… you'll find our current interest rate very competitive. , rate1 / rāt/ • n. 1. a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure: the crime rate rose by 26 perc… Mortality , mortality, mortality rate The death-rate, usually standardized by age and sex, to facilitate comparisons between areas and social groups. It provides… Demographic Transition , The term "demographic transition" denotes the effects on population of the social and economic
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changes of the Industrial Revolution, which t… Childlessness , Childlessness, according to the International Union for the Scientific Study of Populations (IUSSP) demographic dictionary, "refers to the state of a…
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