Definition of Natality

1. Noun. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.

Exact synonyms: Birth Rate, Birthrate, Fertility, Fertility Rate
Generic synonyms: Rate

Definition of Natality

1. Noun. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year. ¹

2. Noun. (philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Natality

1. birth rate [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Natality

1. The birth rate; the ratio of births to the general population. Origin: see natal (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Natality

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nat
nata de coco
natal
natal cleft
natal clefts
natal day
natal plum
natal teeth
natal tooth
natalism
natalist
natalists
natalitial
natalities
natality (current term)
natalizumab
nataloin
nataloins
natals
natalyite
natamycin
natanite
natant
natantly
natation
natations
natator
natatores
natatoria

Literary usage of Natality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"The Decline of natality in Great Britain. By EDWIN CANNAN, MA, LL. ... The decline of natality does not seem to have been due to a decline of nuptiality, ..."

2. The Evolution of Modern Germany by William Harbutt Dawson (1911)
"... population counteracted by a decreasing death-rate—Vitality statistics of towns and country districts compared—natality and mortality rates of Prussia, ..."

3. The Decline in the Birth-rate of New South Wales and Other Phenomena of by Timothy Augustine Coghlan (1903)
"... natality. Such a table has been compared to a joint-life table ; between the two there is, however, but a surface resemblance. ..."

4. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"... ECOLOGY Reproduction and natality Wolverines exhibit delayed implantation, during which development of the embryo is arrested at the blastocyst stage. ..."

5. The Family and the New Democracy: A Study in Social Hygiene by Anna Mary Galbraith (1920)
"Why is a Woman a Woman; The Relation of Sex to Nutrition; the natality and Mortality of the Two Sexes; the Importance of Sexual Selection on the Development ..."

6. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"Advance Report of Final natality Statistics 1982, Monthly Vital Statistics Report Vol. 33, No. 6, Supplement, Sep 28, 1984, Department of Health and Human ..."

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