Examples of live birth in a Sentence
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The live birth rate among the women who became pregnant was almost 28%.
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Wendy Wisner, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
This rate represents a 52% decrease in the teen live birth rate from 2011 to 2020.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
In Alabama, there were 1,219 IVF procedures and 407 live birth deliveries in 2021, according to the CDC.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
In a study from 2016, women who froze their eggs under the age of 34 had a 60% live birth rate with 10 eggs, whereas women who froze them at 41 to 42 had around a 20% chance of a live birth.
—Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
Each year, the sharks give live birth to about 20 pups each.
—Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
On April 3, 2023, the Health Department denied her application for JJ’s birth certificate, stating the documents the couple provided didn’t sufficiently prove his live birth and her presence in the District at that time.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
In a paper published in 2000, Bick’s method led to a live birth for all but two of his 149 patients.
—Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
Among our fellow mammals, which are less freewheeling because of the twin constraints of lactation and live birth, there are varied connections between gametes and body fat, body size, muscles, metabolism, brain function and much more.
—Agustín Fuentes, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
Wendy Wisner, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
This rate represents a 52% decrease in the teen live birth rate from 2011 to 2020.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
In Alabama, there were 1,219 IVF procedures and 407 live birth deliveries in 2021, according to the CDC.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
In a study from 2016, women who froze their eggs under the age of 34 had a 60% live birth rate with 10 eggs, whereas women who froze them at 41 to 42 had around a 20% chance of a live birth.
—Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
Each year, the sharks give live birth to about 20 pups each.
—Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
On April 3, 2023, the Health Department denied her application for JJ’s birth certificate, stating the documents the couple provided didn’t sufficiently prove his live birth and her presence in the District at that time.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
In a paper published in 2000, Bick’s method led to a live birth for all but two of his 149 patients.
—Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
Among our fellow mammals, which are less freewheeling because of the twin constraints of lactation and live birth, there are varied connections between gametes and body fat, body size, muscles, metabolism, brain function and much more.
—Agustín Fuentes, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
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“Live birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20birth. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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live birth
noun
: birth in such a state that processes of life are manifested after the emergence of the whole body : birth of a live fetus compare stillbirth
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