https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14506
- (in demography) Number of live births in a defined administrative jurisdiction in a calendar year divided by a midyear population of the jurisdiction, with the customary multiplier of \(\pu{1000}\) to produce a whole number rather than a decimal or a fraction.
Note: An alternative statistic is total fertility rate, the average number of children born to each woman over the course of her life. In general, the total fertility rate is a better indicator of fertility rates because, unlike the crude birth rate, it is not affected by the age distribution of the population. - (in ecology) Number of births, \(B\), in a population of a defined size, \(N\), during a specified time interval \(\Delta t\). The rate is calculated from the formula \[B = \Delta N/\Delta t\] where \(\Delta N\) is the change in the number of births in a limited time period \(\Delta t\).
See also: per capita birth rate