natality

[ ney-tal-i-tee, nuh- ]

noun

1. birthrate.

natality

/ neɪˈtælɪtɪ /

noun

1. another name (esp US) for birth rate

Word History and Origins

Origin of natality¹

1885–90; < French natalité; natal, -ity

Example Sentences

Later he was branch chief of natality statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics.

From Washington Post

Slowly tallying mortality and natality figures, Dobyns continued to be impressed by what he found.

From Literature

"To come back to the population it was before 2002, based on their natality rates, it could take nearly a century to recover," Wrege said.

From Reuters

And its probable cause: influenza recycling See Azambuja MI: Influenza recycling and secular changes in mortality and natality.

From New York Times

My interest in it derives from a belief that every new generation of men and women possesses the power to open up fresh possibilities of political thinking and action -- what Hannah Arendt often called “natality.”

From BusinessWeek

Related Words

• beginning
• childbirth
• creation
• delivery