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

Births. Live births. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Boys Girls Total
Alt Camp 242 205 447
Alt Empordà 742 756 1,498
Alt Penedès 659 598 1,257
Alt Urgell 79 87 166
Alta Ribagorça 10 15 25
Anoia 625 610 1,235
Bages 1,019 951 1,970
Baix Camp 1,103 1,057 2,160
Baix Ebre 411 329 740
Baix Empordà 701 619 1,320
Baix Llobregat 4,447 4,169 8,616
Baix Penedès 601 505 1,106
Barcelonès 10,823 10,310 21,133
Berguedà 191 155 346
Cerdanya 69 63 132
Conca de Barberà 89 95 184
Garraf 717 675 1,392
Garrigues 79 86 165
Garrotxa 282 263 545
Gironès 1,214 1,110 2,324
Maresme 2,299 2,090 4,389
Montsià 353 288 641
Noguera 213 175 388
Osona 897 841 1,738
Pallars Jussà 58 49 107
Pallars Sobirà 31 33 64
Pla d'Urgell 219 203 422
Pla de l'Estany 207 175 382
Priorat 36 37 73
Ribera d'Ebre 91 93 184
Ripollès 110 103 213
Segarra 127 118 245
Segrià 1,103 1,082 2,185
Selva 830 820 1,650
Solsonès 66 61 127
Tarragonès 1,390 1,363 2,753
Terra Alta 44 31 75
Urgell 185 198 383
Val d'Aran 50 51 101
Vallès Occidental 5,206 4,996 10,202
Vallès Oriental 2,287 2,068 4,355
Catalonia 39,905 37,533 77,438
Metropolità 25,062 23,633 48,695
Comarques Gironines 4,086 3,846 7,932
Camp de Tarragona 2,860 2,757 5,617
Terres de l'Ebre 899 741 1,640
Ponent 1,926 1,862 3,788
Comarques Centrals 2,173 2,008 4,181
Alt Pirineu i Aran 297 298 595
Penedès 2,602 2,388 4,990
Barcelona 29,175 27,464 56,639
Girona 4,139 3,898 8,037
Lleida 2,231 2,168 4,399
Tarragona 4,360 4,003 8,363
Source: Idescat, from the INE's Natural movement of population.
Note: 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.

Last update: March 30, 2015.

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.