Last produced for Monthly Bulletin of Statistics No. 12/2012

C. VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE C/1.- LIVE BIRTHS(1), BY POPULATION GROUP AND RELIGION OF MOTHER

Period				Total(2)	Population group		Religion					Period
					Jews and others(3)	Arabs	Jews	Moslems	Christians	Thereof: Arab Christians	Druze
				Absolute numbers
1996				121,333	85,570	35,763	83,710	30,802	2,678	2,279	2,682				1996
2000				136,390	95,559	40,831	91,936	35,740	2,789	2,333	2,708				2000
2005				143,913	105,112	38,801	100,657	34,217	2,487	2,031	2,533				2005
2006				148,170	109,188	38,982	104,513	34,337	2,500	2,016	2,601				2006
2007				151,679	112,543	39,136	107,986	34,572	2,521	2,032	2,510				2007
2008				156,923	117,473	39,450	112,803	34,860	2,511	2,042	2,534				2008
2009				161,042	121,243	39,799	116,599	35,253	2,514	2,009	2,517				2009
2010				166,255	125,505	40,750	120,673	36,221	2,511	1,985	2,535				2010
2011				166,296	126,550	39,746	121,520	35,247	2,596	2,023	2,469				2011
XI/2011-X/2012			*	170,246	130,168	40,078	125,173	35,743	2,611	1,965	2,356	*			XI/2011-X/2012
2011		I		14,226	10,974	3,252	10,528	2,899	179	141	212		I		2011
		II		12,611	9,653	2,958	9,294	2,651	176	128	179		II
		III		13,596	10,341	3,255	9,972	2,889	214	172	193		III
		IV		12,803	9,748	3,055	9,397	2,741	180	146	168		IV
		V		12,884	9,945	2,939	9,596	2,584	193	158	197		V
		VI		12,710	9,759	2,951	9,408	2,621	175	133	197		VI
		VII		13,933	10,387	3,546	9,944	3,163	229	183	199		VII
		VIII		14,885	11,119	3,766	10,660	3,319	252	198	249		VIII
		IX		14,638	10,962	3,676	10,485	3,224	269	217	235		IX
		X		15,046	11,384	3,662	10,916	3,197	259	207	255		X
		XI		14,328	10,944	3,384	10,461	3,024	226	163	196		XI
		XII		14,636	11,334	3,302	10,859	2,935	244	177	189		XII
2012	*	I		14,634	11,203	3,431	10,785	3,033	213	165	230		I	*	2012
		II		13,136	10,042	3,094	9,677	2,785	174	125	183		II
		III		13,753	10,523	3,230	10,139	2,868	202	157	204		III
		IV		12,935	9,906	3,029	9,549	2,703	175	131	195		IV
		V		13,126	10,065	3,061	9,704	2,708	210	149	203		V
		VI		12,967	9,863	3,104	9,487	2,746	210	161	197		VI
		VII		14,553	11,066	3,487	10,665	3,132	221	169	182		VII
		VIII		15,689	11,789	3,900	11,306	3,484	264	207	207		VIII
		IX		15,287	11,673	3,614	11,259	3,250	231	175	189		IX
		X		15,202	11,760	3,442	11,282	3,075	241	186	181		X
				Rates per 1,000(4) (5)
1996				21.3	18.3	35.0	18.3	37.3	22.0	22.3	28.7				1996
2000				21.7	18.7	35.0	18.7	37.5	20.9	21.2	26.4				2000
2005				20.8	18.9	28.6	19.1	30.4	17.1	17.2	22.2				2005
2006				21.0	19.3	27.9	19.5	29.7	16.9	16.9	22.4				2006
2007				21.1	19.6	27.3	19.9	29.1	16.8	16.8	21.2				2007
2008				21.5	20.1	26.9	20.4	28.5	16.5	16.7	21.0				2008
2009				21.5	20.3	26.2	20.6	27.8	16.7	16.6	20.3				2009
2010				21.8	20.7	26.2	21.0	27.8	16.5	16.2	20.0				2010
2011				21.4	20.5	25.0	20.8	26.3	16.8	16.3	19.2				2011
XI/2011-X/2012			*	21.6	20.8	24.7	21.1	26.2	16.7	15.6	18.0	*			XI/2011-X/2012

(1) See definition in "Explanations, definitions and sources".

(2) Incl. population not classified by religion.

(3) The group "Jews and others" includes

Jews, population not classified by religion and non-Arab Christians.

(4) Annual rates for the average population.

(5) As of 2009, estimates of the average population

are based on 2008 census.