Last produced for Monthly Bulletin of Statistics No. 12/2011

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
XI/2010-X/2011			*	165,206	125,889	39,317	121,150	34,800	2,548	2,028	2,484	*			XI/2010-X/2011
2010		I		14,152	10,773	3,379	10,391	2,993	217	166	219		I		2010
		II		12,416	9,443	2,973	9,104	2,645	164	133	195		II
		III		13,515	10,202	3,313	9,831	2,908	181	152	249		III
		IV		12,944	9,855	3,089	9,473	2,752	192	155	182		IV
		V		12,788	9,673	3,115	9,293	2,787	181	146	181		V
		VI		12,933	9,620	3,313	9,221	2,945	198	152	216		VI
		VII		14,184	10,563	3,621	10,153	3,242	233	171	208		VII
		VIII		15,042	11,278	3,764	10,799	3,349	243	189	225		VIII
		IX		14,682	10,898	3,784	10,469	3,383	235	185	215		IX
		X		15,106	11,356	3,750	10,910	3,318	232	186	245		X
		XI		14,200	10,841	3,359	10,439	2,968	225	178	213		XI
		XII		14,293	11,003	3,290	10,590	2,931	210	172	187		XII
2011	*	I		14,189	10,953	3,236	10,518	2,882	180	142	212		I	*	2011
		II		12,591	9,642	2,949	9,294	2,641	176	129	179		II
		III		13,566	10,325	3,241	9,976	2,875	213	172	193		III
		IV		12,783	9,738	3,045	9,401	2,730	182	147	168		IV
		V		12,852	9,940	2,912	9,602	2,558	193	157	197		V
		VI		12,668	9,744	2,924	9,406	2,594	174	133	197		VI
		VII		13,879	10,375	3,504	9,948	3,122	228	182	199		VII
		VIII		14,817	11,100	3,717	10,651	3,271	251	197	249		VIII
		IX		14,520	10,920	3,600	10,460	3,148	268	217	235		IX
		X		14,848	11,308	3,540	10,865	3,080	248	202	255		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
XI/2010-X/2011			*	21.3	20.5	24.8	20.8	26.1	16.5	16.3	19.3	*			XI/2010-X/2011

(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.