Maternity services were to be reduced as a consequence of falling birth rates.

孕产服务因下降的出生率而将被削减。

Lower birth rates, low juvenile survivorship, and low growth rates follow, so there is a corresponding decline in hare abundance.

随之而来的是较低的出生率、较低的幼兽存活率，以及较慢的生长速度，使得野兔数量相应减少。

Perhaps birth rates will bounce back.

或许出生率会反弹。

Even in poor countries, birth rates are now falling fast.

目前甚至是在贫穷的国家，出生率下降也很快。

For instance, India, Somalia and Sudan have large positive birth rates.

例如，印度、索马里和苏丹人口出生都呈正增长，且增长率高。

The other is that India has higher birth rates, and hence a younger population.

另外还有印度出生率较高，故人口较年轻。

There are plenty of reasons why reducing birth rates might not be desirable.

降低出生率可能并不可取，这有很多原因。

With ageing populations and low birth rates, the European Union needs more people.

随着欧洲的老龄化群体的增多以及出生率的下降，欧盟需要更多人口（来补充）。

The country has one of the world's lowest birth rates, lower even than neighbouring Japan.

韩国是世界上人口出生率最少的国家之一，甚至比邻邦日本还要低。

Already there are signs of a revival in birth rates in France, Sweden, Britain and even Italy.

而且已经有迹象表明法国，瑞典，英国甚至意大利的人口出生率都将会再上升。

It is not just Asian countries that find it hard to boost birth rates once they are in decline.

当生育率下降的时候，不仅仅是亚洲国家发现要提高它很难。

The increased value placed on the idea of the family also helps to explain this rise in birth rates.

不断受到重视的家庭观念也有助于解释出生率的上升。

They are rare examples of bucking the trend that, as countries get richer, their birth rates fall.

他们是反对国家富裕，出生率降低这一信条的不可多得的范例。

In contrast, Japan, France and Russia have negative birth rates, and the U.S. is slightly positive.

(相反，日本、法国、俄罗斯出生率为负，美国出生率很低)。

The country has one of the world "s highest birth rates; the average Yemeni woman bears seven children."

国家的出生率是世界最高的。平均每个也门妇女有七个孩子。

But however birth rates and migration patterns change, America's geographical size will be a huge advantage.

但无论出生率和迁移模式怎样变化，美国的地理广度都将是巨大的优势。

The total number of births also has been dropping, as have birth rates among all women except those 40 and older.

全国所有的女性群体中，总生育率也都在下降；只有一个例外，那就是年龄超过40岁的妇女，生育率在升高。

He said experts would typically expect to see live birth rates of around 15 per cent in a group of 40-year-old women.

他说，专家们通常希望40岁的女性患者能达到15%左右的活产率。

Stronger health systems, girls' education among factors that contribute to fewer maternal deaths, lower birth rates.

加强卫生体系和女童教育是推动减少孕产妇死亡、降低生育率的关键因素。

The UK has one of the highest still-birth rates in the developed world. Every year here 4, 000 babies are still-born.

在发达英国的死产率是最高的，每年都有4000个胎儿死产。

Inother words, a planet that grays indefinitely is clearly asking for trouble. But birth rates don't have to plummet forever.

换句话说，一个灰白的星球显然会陷入麻烦之中，但是出生率不见得会一直下降。

Although most Swedish women work, the country has one of the highest birth rates in Europe, thanks to generous laws on parental leave.

尽管大多数瑞典女性工作，这个国家依然拥有欧洲最高的出生率，这归功于人性化的产假法律。

As world nears 7 billion population mark, high birth rates deter nations from achieving better maternal and child health outcomes.

随着世界人口接近70亿的里程碑，高出生率致使各国不能更好地实现母婴健康的目标。

But Kroehnert says that in the case of declining birth rates, it will be difficult to make up for them simply by adjusting policy.

但是Kroehnert说，按现在这种递减的出生率走下去，仅仅靠改变政策很难解决问题。

Ms Coronado notes that household size shrank over recent decades first as birth rates declined, then as baby boomers' children moved out.

科罗纳女士指出，近数十年来家庭规模的缩小，首先是由于出生率的下降，还有就是由于婴儿潮时期出生的孩子都搬出去了。

Already, birth rates the world over have halved from an average of five children per women to just 2.6 today-a baby bust replacing the baby boom.

世界生育率已经降低了一半，从每个妇女平均五个孩子到如今的2.6个。婴儿潮已然退去。