Births decreases in the first quarter
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In the first quarter of 2019, 18 235 mothers delivered 18 352 children
(births). Compared with the same period of the previous year, mothers decreased
by 321 (1.7 percent), new born
babies decreased by 319 (1.7 percent). In the first quarter of 2019, there were
4 304 reported deaths, indicating a decrease of 38 (0.9 percent) compared with
the same period of the previous year.
In the first
quarter of 2019, crude birth rate per 1000 population was 5.6, whereas crude
death rate per 1000 population was 1.3, and the natural increase rate per 1000
population was 4.3.
Compared with
the same period of the previous year, crude birth rate per 1000 population was
decreased by 0.2 point, crude death rate decreased by 0.1 point, and the
natural increase rate decreased by 0.1 point.
Crude birth
rates per 1000 population in Ulaanbaatar and Bayan-Ulgii, Govisumber, Dornod,
Orkhon, Khovd provinces were 0.3-1.2 point higher than the national average and
crude birth rate per 1000 population in Govi-Altai province was equal to the
national average. Whereas these rates in other provinces were 0.2-3.0 points
lower than the national average.
Crude death
rates per 1000 population in Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Khuvsgul, Dornogovi, Govi-Altai,
Arkhangai, Bulgan, Darkhan-Uul and Sukhbaatar provinces were 0.1-0.2 point
higher than the national average, and crude death rate per 1000 population in
Bayankhongor, Orkhon, Dundgovi, Tuv, Dornod provinces and Ulaanbaatar was equal
to the national average. Whereas crude death rates per 1000 population in other
provinces were 0.1- 0.5 point lower than the national average.
The natural
increase rates per 1000 population in Ulaanbaatar, Bayan-Ulgii, Govisumber,
Khovd, Orkhon, Dornod and Umnugovi provinces were 0.1-1.0 point higher than the
national average and natural increase rates per 1000 population in other
provinces were 0.1-3.0 points lower than the national average.
Source: National
Statistics Office of Mongolia