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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces 2004
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 203 170 373
Alt Empordà 644 639 1,283
Alt Penedès 624 561 1,185
Alt Urgell 74 74 148
Alta Ribagorça 16 12 28
Anoia 657 619 1,276
Bages 954 839 1,793
Baix Camp 1,006 968 1,974
Baix Ebre 359 337 696
Baix Empordà 671 604 1,275
Baix Llobregat 4,928 4,500 9,428
Baix Penedès 467 415 882
Barcelonès 10,819 10,200 21,019
Berguedà 173 159 332
Cerdanya 89 86 175
Conca de Barberà 84 93 177
Garraf 777 727 1,504
Garrigues 72 56 128
Garrotxa 266 241 507
Gironès 1,100 1,069 2,169
Maresme 2,408 2,264 4,672
Montsià 292 266 558
Noguera 167 178 345
Osona 849 805 1,654
Pallars Jussà 45 53 98
Pallars Sobirà 29 31 60
Pla d'Urgell 171 162 333
Pla de l'Estany 159 162 321
Priorat 20 22 42
Ribera d'Ebre 39 36 75
Ripollès 103 103 206
Segarra 98 116 214
Segrià 1,018 984 2,002
Selva 766 772 1,538
Solsonès 73 65 138
Tarragonès 1,312 1,231 2,543
Terra Alta 45 37 82
Urgell 192 168 360
Val d'Aran 39 40 79
Vallès Occidental 5,263 5,174 10,437
Vallès Oriental 2,353 2,225 4,578
Catalonia 39,424 37,263 76,687
Metropolità 27,172 25,651 52,823
Comarques Gironines 3,709 3,590 7,299
Camp de Tarragona 3,092 2,899 5,991
Terres de l'Ebre 735 676 1,411
Ponent 1,718 1,664 3,382
Comarques Centrals 2,706 2,487 5,193
Alt Pirineu i Aran 292 296 588
Barcelona 29,803 28,077 57,880
Girona 3,788 3,652 7,440
Lleida 2,006 1,959 3,965
Tarragona 3,827 3,575 7,402
Source: Idescat. Natural movement of population.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

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.

From 2012 onwards, as well as births by resident mothers taking place within Catalonia, this also includes births by mothers resident in Catalonia taking place in other autonomous communities.

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.