Definition of "birthrates" [birthrates]

• Plural form of birthrate. (noun)

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• "Now evidence is accumulating that Latino migrants are returning to their home countries because of the housing bust construction jobs have disappeared, tougher immigration law enforcement, and a longer-term demographic trend that may be having an effect: a sharp decline in birthrates in Mexico and other Latin countries about 18 years ago."
• "An accelerating exodus of American-born blacks, coupled with slight declines in birthrates and a slowing influx of Caribbean and African immigrants, have produced a decline in New York City's black population for the first time since the draft riots during the Civil War, according to preliminary census estimates."
• "The increase in out-of-wedlock birthrates is more dramatic: In 2005, 59 percent of all first-born French children were born to unwed parents, most by choice, not chance."