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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 285 271 556
Alt Empordà 864 857 1,721
Alt Penedès 709 691 1,400
Alt Urgell 105 101 206
Alta Ribagorça 25 23 48
Anoia 866 779 1,645
Bages 1,118 1,032 2,150
Baix Camp 1,295 1,179 2,474
Baix Ebre 466 401 867
Baix Empordà 818 808 1,626
Baix Llobregat 5,193 4,855 10,048
Baix Penedès 643 674 1,317
Barcelonès 12,043 11,160 23,203
Berguedà 201 193 394
Cerdanya 96 95 191
Conca de Barberà 104 109 213
Garraf 884 806 1,690
Garrigues 93 90 183
Garrotxa 297 284 581
Gironès 1,356 1,317 2,673
Maresme 2,655 2,544 5,199
Montsià 408 387 795
Noguera 237 212 449
Osona 1,093 964 2,057
Pallars Jussà 63 72 135
Pallars Sobirà 37 34 71
Pla d'Urgell 242 242 484
Pla de l'Estany 183 208 391
Priorat 53 38 91
Ribera d'Ebre 100 89 189
Ripollès 129 103 232
Segarra 139 102 241
Segrià 1,287 1,279 2,566
Selva 1,018 931 1,949
Solsonès 98 78 176
Tarragonès 1,817 1,551 3,368
Terra Alta 49 39 88
Urgell 226 238 464
Val d'Aran 53 57 110
Vallès Occidental 6,043 5,669 11,712
Vallès Oriental 2,593 2,478 5,071
Catalonia 45,984 43,040 89,024
Metropolità 30,120 28,203 58,323
Comarques Gironines 4,665 4,508 9,173
Camp de Tarragona 4,197 3,822 8,019
Terres de l'Ebre 1,023 916 1,939
Ponent 2,224 2,163 4,387
Comarques Centrals 3,376 3,046 6,422
Alt Pirineu i Aran 379 382 761
Barcelona 33,402 31,168 64,570
Girona 4,733 4,593 9,326
Lleida 2,629 2,541 5,170
Tarragona 5,220 4,738 9,958
Source: Idescat. Natural movement of population.

Last update: November 2, 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.

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.