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  "path": "/fall-in-birth-rates-but-significant-rise-in-death-rates-as-dorset-population-shrinks/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T12:20:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://dorseteye.com",
  "tags": [
    "Dorset",
    "Removing the smokescreen - Dorset East",
    "Removing the smokescreen - Dorset North",
    "Removing the smokescreen - Dorset South",
    "Removing the smokescreen - Dorset West",
    "Birth rates",
    "Death rates",
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    "Fall in Birth Rates But Significant Rise in Death Rates As Dorset Population Shrinks",
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  "textContent": "Dorset’s demographic story is often told as a single, simple imbalance — fewer births, more deaths — but that simplicity hides a more revealing truth. When the county is broken down into its natural geography — North, South, East and West — a clearer picture emerges of how unevenly that change is unfolding. From the […]\n\nThe post Fall in Birth Rates But Significant Rise in Death Rates As Dorset Population Shrinks appeared first on Dorset Eye.",
  "title": "Fall in Birth Rates But Significant Rise in Death Rates As Dorset Population Shrinks"
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