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

Deaths (1). By sex. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
Men Women Total
Alt Camp 216 203 419
Alt Empordà 555 479 1,034
Alt Penedès 446 397 843
Alt Urgell 135 143 278
Alta Ribagorça 11 16 27
Anoia 488 414 902
Bages 823 829 1,652
Baix Camp 750 760 1,510
Baix Ebre 404 350 754
Baix Empordà 517 510 1,027
Baix Llobregat 2,766 2,486 5,252
Baix Penedès 355 263 618
Barcelonès 9,951 10,406 20,357
Berguedà 258 258 516
Cerdanya 62 55 117
Conca de Barberà 141 125 266
Garraf 540 503 1,043
Garrigues 131 128 259
Garrotxa 276 265 541
Gironès 661 619 1,280
Maresme 1,572 1,590 3,162
Montsià 360 284 644
Noguera 245 207 452
Osona 658 666 1,324
Pallars Jussà 90 88 178
Pallars Sobirà 39 30 69
Pla d'Urgell 148 161 309
Pla de l'Estany 144 141 285
Priorat 64 76 140
Ribera d'Ebre 137 125 262
Ripollès 172 163 335
Segarra 104 89 193
Segrià 885 892 1,777
Selva 589 515 1,104
Solsonès 76 62 138
Tarragonès 816 728 1,544
Terra Alta 85 70 155
Urgell 194 184 378
Val d'Aran 24 20 44
Vallès Occidental 2,938 2,841 5,779
Vallès Oriental 1,288 1,230 2,518
Catalonia 30,114 29,371 59,485
Metropolità 19,501 19,453 38,954
Comarques Gironines 2,914 2,692 5,606
Camp de Tarragona 2,342 2,155 4,497
Terres de l'Ebre 986 829 1,815
Ponent 1,707 1,661 3,368
Comarques Centrals 2,303 2,229 4,532
Alt Pirineu i Aran 361 352 713
Barcelona 21,717 21,618 43,335
Girona 2,966 2,732 5,698
Lleida 2,103 2,037 4,140
Tarragona 3,328 2,984 6,312
Source: Idescat. Natural movement of population.
Note: (1) Data corresponding to place of residence of the deceased.

Last update: November 25, 2009.

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 "..".