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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 212 191 403
Alt Empordà 700 687 1,387
Alt Penedès 648 567 1,215
Alt Urgell 103 77 180
Alta Ribagorça 30 25 55
Anoia 705 652 1,357
Bages 994 899 1,893
Baix Camp 1,091 1,039 2,130
Baix Ebre 383 323 706
Baix Empordà 649 619 1,268
Baix Llobregat 5,157 4,617 9,774
Baix Penedès 504 487 991
Barcelonès 11,057 10,365 21,422
Berguedà 168 154 322
Cerdanya 110 91 201
Conca de Barberà 95 88 183
Garraf 763 766 1,529
Garrigues 78 59 137
Garrotxa 263 234 497
Gironès 1,174 1,040 2,214
Maresme 2,526 2,346 4,872
Montsià 366 326 692
Noguera 169 187 356
Osona 923 860 1,783
Pallars Jussà 43 54 97
Pallars Sobirà 34 32 66
Pla d'Urgell 195 172 367
Pla de l'Estany 167 154 321
Priorat 30 31 61
Ribera d'Ebre 70 68 138
Ripollès 124 98 222
Segarra 119 118 237
Segrià 1,045 1,038 2,083
Selva 815 752 1,567
Solsonès 82 88 170
Tarragonès 1,441 1,362 2,803
Terra Alta 41 35 76
Urgell 184 175 359
Val d'Aran 64 48 112
Vallès Occidental 5,534 5,193 10,727
Vallès Oriental 2,371 2,203 4,574
Catalonia 41,227 38,320 79,547
Metropolità 28,056 26,057 54,113
Comarques Gironines 3,892 3,584 7,476
Camp de Tarragona 3,373 3,198 6,571
Terres de l'Ebre 860 752 1,612
Ponent 1,790 1,749 3,539
Comarques Centrals 2,872 2,653 5,525
Alt Pirineu i Aran 384 327 711
Barcelona 30,849 28,615 59,464
Girona 3,983 3,666 7,649
Lleida 2,162 2,089 4,251
Tarragona 4,233 3,950 8,183
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.