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vital index

noun

Etymology

From vital + index

Definitions

  1. The ratio of the number of births to the number of deaths in a population over a specific…

    The ratio of the number of births to the number of deaths in a population over a specific period of time.

    • The epidemic of influenza in 1918 was almost exclusively responsible for the decline of the vital index to 36.31% below the figure of 1912.

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