Births

4   Confinements of single and multiple births, by sex.1 1991-2001
Sex of children 1991-1995 1996-2000 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Confinements, total 259 589 358 761 459 585 60 263 459 041 557 644 458 463 458 393 455882
                   
Single births 58 745 57 780 58 659 59 350 58 081 56 716 57 410 57 344 54 847
1 boy 30 244 29 712 30 133 30 676 29 872 29 034 29 530 29 449 28 118
1 girl 28 501 28 068 28 526 28 674 28 209 27 682 27 880 27 895 26 729
Twin births  821  957  910  886  931  903 1 031 1 033 1 016
2 boys  288  322  330  309  310  306  330  353  334
1 boy and 1 girl  274  334  305  302  321  321  366  362  346
2 girls  258  301  275  275  300  276  335  318  336
Triple births 22 23 15 27 28 23 21 15 18
3 boys 3 6 - 2 9 5 7 6 1
2 boys and 1 girl 7 7 7 13 8 8 3 3 7
1 boy and 2 girls 8 6 6 8 9 4 5 4 5
3 girls 4 4 2 4 2 6 6 2 5
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.

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