The breakdown of births is as follows:
Boys — 98.5 thousand
(51.5%);
Girls — 92.6 thousand
(48.5%).
By geographic location:
Urban areas — 93.7
thousand (49.1%);
Rural areas — 97.4 thousand
(50.9%).
During this
period, the crude birth rate stood at 20.2
per 1,000 populations (20.2 pro mille).
