Social Medicine · MU Sofia

23. Fertility indicators: birth rate, worldwide trends and regional variation, family planning and reproductive behavior

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Topic 23 of 50 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Social Medicine (Medicine, Years 2 and 3). The free AceMed note covers it in 1 section, about 75 words (1 min of reading), with 14 flashcards.

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  1. Fertility related indicators. Birth rate - definition, worldwide trends and regional variation. Family planning and reproductive behavior.

Fertility related indicators. Birth rate - definition, worldwide trends and regional variation. Family planning and reproductive behavior.

Fertility related indicators:

  • fertility is the actual bearing of children
  • Fertility depends on several factors such as education, economic status, nutrition, family planning, culture, industrialization, urbanization, health contrition and others

Birth rate:

  • Crude birth rate is the simplest indicator of fertility and is defined as “the number of life births per 1000 estimated mid-year population in a given year”

Tendency of Crude birth rate in Bulgaria: (per 1000 population)

Crude birth rate in selected countries

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