「later the birth rate started to increase, but not by much, 」 he added.
「未来人口出生率会转而增长,但增长率不会很高」他补充道。
but for all that they have increased child benefits and provided day-care centres in the past 30 years, the birth rate has remained stubbornly low.
但是,尽管在过去30年间,政府增加了孩子的福利,提供托儿所,出生率还是保持低的水平。
the centers for disease control and prevention released data recently showing that in 2009 the preterm birth rate declined, for the third year in a row, to 12.18 percent of all births.
疾病控制和预防中心最近发布的资料表明近三年来早产的比例连续在下降并在2009年下降到占总出生率的12.18%。
the rise has been caused by an increase in the birth rate and greater longevity.
人口的增加主要是因为出生率的上涨和寿命的延长。
but in shanghai, where the birth rate is well below the national average, the city government is now encouraging couples entitled to more than one child to take full advantage.
但是在上海,其出生率已经低于全国平均水平。上海市政府正在鼓励夫妇们,让他们充分利用权利,不再只生一个孩子。
spiegel: well, most young arabs can now read and write, but how is the birth rate actually developing?
镜报:大多数阿拉伯年轻人都有读写能力,那么出生率到底是如何演变的呢?
although the male-like females have an overall lower birth rate than other females, they do still mate and reproduce, maintaining the mimicry in the damselfly population.
尽管这样的类雄性雌性的出生率低于那些普通雌性,它们仍然会交配和生育,在蜻蜓种群中延续这种拟态。
some of his ideas – such as increasing the birth rate in western countries by banning abortion, and giving more cultural power to the church – are also not unheard of among the far right in europe.
他的一些想法——比如通过禁止堕胎提高西方国家的出生率,以及给予教堂更多的文化权力——在欧洲的极右组织中也并非没有听过。
tajikistan had an particularly high birth rate and the highest rate of population increase of all the former soviet republics.
塔吉克斯坦有着特别高的出生率,也是所有前苏联国家中人口增长最快的。
this is all the more worrying because the low birth rate means the country is ageing more rapidly than any other rich country.
这种状况让人愈加担忧,因为人口的低出生率意味着韩国比其他富裕国家要更快的步入老龄化。
between 1947 (when abortion was legalised) and 1957, the birth rate was cut in half due to abortions.
1947年(当时人工流产已经合法化)到1957年间,因为流产手术,出生率减半。
statistics show scotland to be one of the least enterprising parts of britain, with a business birth rate about a third lower than the average.
数据表明苏格兰是英国最不具事业心的地区之一,该地区的新生企业数量比平均水平要低三分之一。
they're more likely to have children of low birth rate and more birth complications.
高龄人群可能会导致低出生率和更多的出生并发癥。
although the overall birth rate in the east is low, highly educated women do not have fewer babies, as in the west.
尽管东部的总体新生儿出生率低,但是和西部一样,受过高等教育的妇女拥有的小孩并不少。
america’s weak economy, and the falling birth rate in mexico further reduce the incentives to cross.
美国的疲软经济和墨西哥不断降低的出生率使得越境不再那么充满诱惑力。