Number of births in Flanders continues to decline

Number of births in Flanders continues to decline

In 2013 65.484 deliveries in Flanders were recorded. Compared with the figures for 2012 (66.822) is a decrease of 1,338 births, or 2 percent. It appears from the report that the non-profit Centre for Prenatal Epidemiology (SPE) has announced. 

Each year, the SPE will - in collaboration with the Flemish Agency for Care and Health - at the start of the new year, the total number of deliveries in the 65 children's hospitals in Flanders. The SPE registers 100 percent of hospital births. http://uploadingit.com/forum/thread/360

Least babies in Limburg

In the past year 2013 65.484 deliveries were recorded. All provinces experienced in 2013, a decrease in the number of births. The largest decrease is in the province of Limburg (- 4.11 percent). The provinces of East Flanders (- 1.98 percent) and Antwerp (- 1.88 percent) fluctuate around the average, followed by the province of West Flanders (- 1.62 percent). The province of Ontario falls this year, the least (- 0.98 percent).