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

Deaths (1). By sex. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Men Women Total
2010 30,276 28,793 59,069
2009 30,302 29,342 59,644
2008 30,114 29,371 59,485
2007 30,562 28,790 59,352
2006 29,569 27,687 57,256
2005 31,475 29,654 61,129
2004 29,728 27,368 57,096
2003 30,735 29,341 60,076
2002 29,497 27,781 57,278
2001 29,095 26,697 55,792
2000 28,879 26,459 55,338
1999 30,141 27,571 57,712
Source: Idescat. Natural movement of population.
Note: (1) Data corresponding to place of residence of the deceased.

Last update: June 6, 2012.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Deaths
Death of a person born alive. Until 1974 this was considered to be the death of a person who had lived for 24 hours.
Most tables reflect the municipality of residence of the deceased, which is the most significant variable, as opposed to the place where it is registered, as most deaths occur in health centres that could be located in a municipality that could be different to that of residence. However, it was only in 1991 that it was authorised that deaths should be registered in the municipality of residence of the deceased.

Methodological aspects

The Death Statistics provide information on the deaths of people residing in Catalonia according to their demographic and social characteristics.

Idescat carries out this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE and the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya, based on data from Medical Death Certificates and the Death Statistics Bulletin issued by the Civil Registry. Until 2011, the data refers to the registrations made in Catalonia of people who reside there. From 2012 onwards, it includes all events involving residents in Catalonia who have been registered in other autonomous communities.

From 2012 onwards, the data is reported annually in two phases: the provisional data, based on events concerning residents registered with civil registries of Catalonia, and the definitive data, with events concerning all residents (including those registered with civil registries in other autonomous communities).

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".