The total number of births registered in Delhi has increased from 3,73,693 in 2014 to 3,74,012 in 2015. The average number of births per day works out to 1,025 in 2015 as compared to 1,024 in 2014. Out of total births registered, 1.97 lakhs (52.7 per cent) are male and 1.77 lakhs (47.3 per cent) are female.
Infant Mortality Rate in Delhi decreased from 25 per thousand live birth in 2012 to 24 in 2013 and then 20 in 2014 as per Sample Registration System (SRS).
The sex ratio at birth in Delhi increased from 896 females per thousand males in 2014 to 898 in 2015.
This has been revealed at the annual report on Registration of Births and Deaths in Delhi for 2015 prepared by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics and released by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday.
Out of total registered births in Delhi, 34.99 per cent were registered in North DMC, 31.80 per cent in South DMC, 20.35 per cent in East DMC, 11.92 per cent in NDMC and 0.94 per cent in Cantonment Board Area.
According to report, the Institutional births in Delhi increased from 81.75 per cent in 2013 to 82.83 per cent in 2014 and then 84.41 per cent in 2015. Out of 3.16 lakhs institutional births, about 2.12 lakhs (67.2%) births occurred in Government Hospitals in 2015 as compared to 2.06 lakhs (66.4%) births in 2014. Age-group of the mother at the time of delivery reveals that in maximum (43.97%) cases it was 20-24 years followed by 38% cases in 25-29 years group and in 15.3% cases the age of mother was more than 30 years.
Sisodia pointed out that the total number of deaths registered in Delhi during 2015 were 1.25 lakhs as compared to 1.21 lakhs in 2014. Average number of deaths registered per day in Delhi works out to 341 in 2015. About 62.7 per cent of the total deaths are reported by the Hospitals and remaining 37.3 per cent by domiciliary deaths. The report reveals that the average number of births per day in Delhi during 2015 is 1025 and average number of deaths per day is 341. Thus the net natural increase in population of Delhi is 684 per day and 2.50 lakhs in a year. The remaining increase in the population of Delhi is due to migration.