Births

4   Confinements of single and multiple births, by sex.1 1991-2000
Sex of children 1991-1995 1996-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Confinements, total 259 589 358 761 659 454 459 585 60 263 459 041 557 644 458 463 458 393
                   
Single births 58 745 57 780 58 575 58 659 59 350 58 081 56 716 57 410 57 344
1 boy 30 244 29 712 30 161 30 133 30 676 29 872 29 034 29 530 29 449
1 girl 28 501 28 068 28 414 28 526 28 674 28 209 27 682 27 880 27 895
Twin births 821 957 847 910 886 931 903 1 031 1 033
2 boys 288 322 288 330 309 310 306 330 353
1 boy and 1 girl 274 334 289 305 302 321 321 366 362
2 girls 258 301 270 275 275 300 276 335 318
Triple births 22 23 29 15 27 28 23 21 15
3 boys 3 6 5 - 2 9 5 7 6
2 boys and 1 girl 7 7 9 7 13 8 8 3 3
1 boy and 2 girls 8 6 9 6 8 9 4 5 4
3 girls 4 4 6 2 4 2 6 6 2
1  The number of confinements includes both live births and late foetal deaths.
2  Including 8 quadruple births in the five-year period.
3  Including 5 quadruple births in the five-year period.
4  Including 1 quadruple birth.
5  Including 2 quadruple births.
6  Including 3 quadruple births.

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