demographic decline

collocation in English

meaningsofdemographicanddecline

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demographic
adjective
uk
/ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪk/us
/ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪk/
relating to demography (= the study of populations and the different groups that make ...
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈklaɪn/us
/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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(Definition ofdemographicanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Demographicdeclinefrom disease made any colonisation policy look puny.
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Imported diseases, most notably measles and malaria, brought massive suffering anddemographicdecline.
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Yet epidemics only had a major impact on the rate ofdemographicdeclinein the years 1902-7 and 1917-19, when sleeping sickness, smallpox, meningitis and influenza mortality peaked.
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Improving the provisions promoting a work-life balance is one of the ways which can be used to respond to thisdemographicdecline.
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At a time ofdemographicdeclinewe should take particular care of children, particularly in families with many children that are experiencing the most difficulty.
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At the same time, this will help to stem thedemographicdeclineof recent decades.
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I believe that the improvement of provisions aimed at promoting a work-life balance for women is part of the answer to thisdemographicdecline.
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The improvement of provisions to promote a balance between professional and family life helps to address thisdemographicdecline.
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The third factor is that immigration cannot be the only means of tacklingdemographicdecline.
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The second is to accept that thedemographicdeclinecondemns us to a decline in the supply of graduates.
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We will have to face very complex challenges as well as the economic crisis,demographicdeclineand energy shortages.
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That is all the more reprehensible sincedemographicdeclineand empty places in primary schools would have made it relatively easy to transform them into nursery classes.
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Moreover, thisdemographicdeclinewas clearly felt in the cessation of planning work at the end of the 19th century.
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Theirdemographicdecline, aided by conflicts and epidemics, put their very existence into doubt.
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The state has a long history ofdemographicdecline: its current territory had a population of 4,100,000 in 1945.
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Thedemographicdeclineof the 17th century had been reversed.
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This war has caused economic anddemographicdeclineof the municipality.
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However, the tribe experienced significantdemographicdeclineduring the same period due to disease and other factors.
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The city is characterised by rapid aging and a long history ofdemographicdecline, that has shown a partial slowdown in the last decade.
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