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HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 3/FIGURE 5
- In 1999, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for B.C. was 1,413 births per 1,000 women of child bearing age (15 to 44 years of age), based on the provincial 1999 age-specific rates.
- Based on these TFRs, the average woman in 1999 would have 1.4 live births in her lifetime, the lowest fertility rate in recent years. This is a significant decrease from the peak in 1959, when the average woman would have had 4.0 live births in her child bearing years.
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