Example sentences for: birthrate

How can you use “birthrate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • With the introduction of the birth-control pill, the province’s birthrate dropped from the highest to lowest in the nation, causing conservatives to worry at the waning influence of the Catholic Church and the prospect that French-Canadians would drown in a sea of Anglos.

  • The Japanese government claims that the pill is unsafe (it isn't), that it would quicken the spread of AIDS (it hasn't in other countries), and that Japan's falling birthrate must be reversed (this doesn't justify an infringement on rights).

  • Highlights: The African-American teen birthrate is down 21 percent since 1990--its lowest level ever.

  • These trends are already starting to appear--the percent of black births that are out of wedlock has finally stopped growing, and the black teen birthrate has dropped 26 percent since 1991, to its lowest level since record-keeping began.

  • If this is indeed true, then the piece should have made that point high up and supported it with more year-by-year birthrate stats.


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