Birth rate down.(GENERAL)(Brief article)

From: Community Action | Date: August 21, 2006 | Copyright information

Canada's crude birth rate (the number of live births for every 1,000 people in the population), edged downward to another record low in 2004--despite a second straight increase in the number of live births. The crude birth rate declined from 10.6 live births...

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