Births

2   Live births, by month. 1971-2000
Month Annual average 1998 1999 2000
1971-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 Index1 Absolute figures Index1 Absolute figures Index1 Absolute figures
  Index1  
The whole period 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 58 352 100 59 298 100 59 234
                         
January 100 97 95 95 97 97 96 4 742 95 4 768 96 4 838
February 105 103 103 103 103 104 103 4 614 101 4 610 106 4 988
March 108 110 111 106 106 105 105 5 185 106 5 358 106 5 326
April 114 114 112 110 109 109 111 5 317 107 5 207 103 5 185
May 108 106 104 103 104 105 101 5 021 107 5 389 119 5 421
                         
June 102 103 102 102 103 103 104 4 974 104 5 064 98 4 937
July 98 99 101 101 103 104 107 5 319 103 5 208 103 5 201
August 95 97 98 99 99 101 102 5 068 102 5 158 113 5 118
September 99 100 100 102 102 102 106 5 091 103 5 026 97 4 885
October 91 93 92 94 93 93 94 4 641 94 4 710 91 4 575
                         
November 89 89 90 92 91 89 88 4 232 89 4 318 94 4 280
December 90 87 90 92 92 88 84 4 148 89 4 482 89 4 480
1  The index takes into consideration that the number of days per month varies.

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