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  • noun Plural form of demographer.

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Examples

  • But the premature, or preterm, birth rate fell from 12.8% in 2006 to 12.3% in 2008, the researchers, demographers from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, reported in a data brief.

    Premature birth rate drops 2nd year in a row, CDC finds 2010

  • They are frequently used by social scientists, such as demographers, to study mortality, fertility and migration.

    The Prize in Economics 2000 - Information for the Public 2000

  • By then, only what demographers today call the "oldest old" - the 85-and-over crowd - will be thought of as truly "old."

    Future US Senior Citizens Face Big Changes 2011

  • We human beings like to live in densely populated areas, and demographers tell us that more and more of us are doing it every year; in 2008, for the first time in human history most people in the world lived in urban environments.

    Ben H. Winters: In Defense of Bedbugs Ben H. Winters 2011

  • There are some singular dimensions to Cupertino's story, demographers and residents say.

    Cupertino's Asian Population Surges Don Clark 2011

  • By then, only what demographers today call the "oldest old" - the 85-and-over crowd - will be thought of as truly "old."

    Future US Senior Citizens Face Big Changes 2011

  • Architecture of truly green buildings must incorporate a range of professionals including economists, biologists, chemists, and a range of social-science experts such as demographers, anthropologists and geographers.

    Tom Mallory: Green Design: Top 10 Smartest Buildings Tom Mallory 2011

  • The project has commissioned teams of economists, epidemiologists and demographers to research the costs and benefits of different responses to the epidemic.

    Rethinking the Fight Against AIDS Bjørn Lomborg 2011

  • Architecture of truly green buildings must incorporate a range of professionals including economists, biologists, chemists, and a range of social-science experts such as demographers, anthropologists and geographers.

    Tom Mallory: Green Design: Top 10 Smartest Buildings Tom Mallory 2011

  • The nation's total fertility rate—the number of children any woman is expected to have in her lifetime—dropped to 1.9, slipping under the 2.1 rate that demographers agree is required for a population to replace itself.

    Birth Rate Continues to Slide Among Teens Timothy W. Martin 2011

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