The Most Basic Measure of Fertility Is the Cultivated Birth

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The most basic measure of fertility is the cultivated birth rate-the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a given year.In 2004,the cultivated birth rate in the United States was 14.0.

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Property, Plant

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