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

Deaths. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Men Women Total
Alt Camp 233 186 419
Alt Empordà 574 543 1,117
Alt Penedès 405 416 821
Alt Urgell 116 107 223
Alta Ribagorça 24 10 34
Anoia 519 469 988
Bages 887 874 1,761
Baix Camp 778 725 1,503
Baix Ebre 442 401 843
Baix Empordà 604 552 1,156
Baix Llobregat 2,944 2,760 5,704
Baix Penedès 396 356 752
Barcelonès 10,369 10,756 21,125
Berguedà 249 276 525
Cerdanya 79 66 145
Conca de Barberà 119 118 237
Garraf 549 537 1,086
Garrigues 127 101 228
Garrotxa 306 286 592
Gironès 687 663 1,350
Maresme 1,720 1,812 3,532
Montsià 343 328 671
Noguera 261 210 471
Osona 683 661 1,344
Pallars Jussà 121 104 225
Pallars Sobirà 48 26 74
Pla d'Urgell 172 149 321
Pla de l'Estany 132 146 278
Priorat 63 72 135
Ribera d'Ebre 151 144 295
Ripollès 148 183 331
Segarra 100 106 206
Segrià 882 880 1,762
Selva 633 570 1,203
Solsonès 79 66 145
Tarragonès 836 858 1,694
Terra Alta 84 76 160
Urgell 218 184 402
Val d'Aran 32 31 63
Vallès Occidental 3,176 3,079 6,255
Vallès Oriental 1,439 1,362 2,801
Catalonia 31,728 31,249 62,977
Metropolità 19,648 19,769 39,417
Comarques Gironines 3,084 2,943 6,027
Camp de Tarragona 2,029 1,959 3,988
Terres de l'Ebre 1,020 949 1,969
Ponent 1,760 1,630 3,390
Comarques Centrals 1,898 1,877 3,775
Alt Pirineu i Aran 420 344 764
Penedès 1,869 1,778 3,647
Barcelona 22,942 22,997 45,939
Girona 3,144 2,995 6,139
Lleida 2,197 1,993 4,190
Tarragona 3,445 3,264 6,709
Source: Idescat, from the INE's Natural movement of population.
Note: From 2012 onwards, as well as deaths taking place within Catalonia of the resident population, this also includes deaths of the population resident in Catalonia taking place in other autonomous communities.

Last update: March 30, 2015.

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 "..".