Number of Births Drop 5.7% in Armenia During 1st Quarter of 2012

14:51, June 11, 2012

There were 9,569 births registered in Armenia during the first quarter of 2012, a drop of 5.7% over the same period last year.

Karineh Kouyoumjyan, who heads the census and demographics unit at the Department of Statistics, told reporters today that the number of births surpasses the number of deaths by a factor of 1.2, thus ensuring a natural increase of 1,616.

She added that this also constitutes a drop over last year's number of 2,360.

Kouyoumjyan noted that the death rate is slowly increasing while the number of births has been sliding over the past 5-7 years.  Read more... (137 words)

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