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Define the following key term: fertility rate

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At a given age or an age bracket is the number of live children born to women of the age in question in the course of the year
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fertility rate is the ratio between the number of live births in a year and the whole female population of childbearing age (average number of women between 15 and 50 years of age over the year).

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