Grammar task 1 Ielts !!

Question

In 1990,the percentage of the birth in China surpassed.....USA with 10%.

I have 3 questions:

1. Can I say like this? Is this grammatical sentence?

If not how can I write in the blank "..." before USA? I don't want to repeat the "the percentage of the birth in USA".

2. Can I paraphrase the "birth rate" by "the percentage of the birth"?

3. In the graph, 10% was the birth rate of China in 1990 so can I write "with 10%" ? Is it right grammar?

Thank you !

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

The sentence as it stands is confusing. It is hard to say what is correct without seeing the chart. However, I believe you want to say:

In 1990, the birth rate in China was 10% greater than that of the USA.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

nhung 3121. Can I say like this? Is this grammatical sentence?

No. See Doctor D's suggestion.

nhung 3122. Can I paraphrase the "birth rate" by "the percentage of the birth"?

No.

The birth rate is a standard statistical measure that demographers use to gauge population growth.

It has a very specific definition: the average annual number of live births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear.

A birth is an event, in which a baby is born. The process of giving birth is called "labor." A woman "goes into labor" when she feels contractions.

A percentage of a specific birth ("the percentage of the birth") does not make sense.

nhung 3123. In the graph, 10% was the birth rate of China in 1990 so can I write "with 10%" ? Is it right grammar?

No. Birth rate is not measured in percentage. Please post the graph you are writing about. Perhaps it uses a non-standard definition of this metric.

In 1990, China had a birth rate of 10.

Here is a current world map of birth rates per country.

Here is the historical birth rate graph for China:

It shows the birth rate in 1990 as 21.06. In 1990, China had a birth rate of about 21.

Here is a different source: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CHN/china/birth-rate

Here is the historical birth rate graph for the US:

The USA birth rate in 1990 was 16.7.

Given these two numbers, you can say:

The birth rate of the US was about 80% of China's.

The difference in the two birth rates (China - USA) is 4.3.

China's birth rate exceeded that of the US by about 25%.

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