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Births. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Boys Girls Total
2010 43,566 40,449 84,015
2009 44,103 40,746 84,849
2008 45,984 43,040 89,024
2007 43,130 40,586 83,716
2006 42,424 39,653 82,077
2005 41,227 38,320 79,547
2004 39,424 37,263 76,687
2003 37,752 35,228 72,980
2002 35,253 33,062 68,315
2001 33,265 31,457 64,722
2000 32,669 30,820 63,489
Source: Idescat. Natural movement of population.

Last update: October 13, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Birth
According to the International classification of diseases (9th revision), complete expulsion or extraction from the body of the mother the product of conception, either living or dead, after six or more months of gestation.
Live birth
According to the International classification of diseases (9th revision), complete expulsion or extraction from the body of the mother the product of conception, which, after this separation, breathes or shows any other sign of life regardless of the duration of the gestation period.

Methodological aspects

The Births Statistics provide information on the births, deliveries and late foetal deaths of people residing in Catalonia according to their demographic and social characteristics.

The original source of the data is the Statistical Bulletin of Births (BEP), filled in by the parents or persons obliged by law to declare the birth or, if this is not possible, by the civil registrar.

The data include all births of women residing in Catalonia, both those registered in the civil registers of Catalonia and those registered in the civil registers of other autonomous communities. In 2011 and previous years, the data refer only to births of women residing in Catalonia registered in the civil registers of Catalonia.

The data are disseminated annually in two phases: provisional data and definitive data, which incorporate a greater exhaustiveness of the file and the filtering of the main variables.

Idescat compiles this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.