Definition
Calculation
Relevant dimensions and subgroups
Preferred data type and data source
Data availability
Data periodicity
Rationale
Remarks
References
Work to do
DOCUMENTATION SHEET FOR: Indicator: 2. Birth rate, crude SHORTLIST sub-division: A) Demographic and socio-economic factors Status: implementation section Date last modification of documentation sheet: 21-06-2010 |
Definition |  |
The ratio of the number of births during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants. |
Calculation | |
The crude Birth Rate is calculated as the number of resident live births in a country during a calendar year divided by the average population for the country multiplied by 1000. The average population during a calendar year is generally calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on 1 January of two consecutive years (it is also referred to as the mean population). |
Relevant dimensions and subgroups | |
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Preferred data type and data source | |
Preferred data type national population censuses, population registers Preferred data source Eurostat |
Data availability | |
Data are available for EU-27 and the rest of the countries participating in the Joint Action. No regional data according to ISARE recommendations are available. |
Data periodicity | |
Data are updated annually. |
Rationale | |
Basic demographic data. An indicator needed for calculating population growth (together with crude mortality rate). |
Remarks | |
Instead of mean population the number of person-years lived by the population in the same period can be used as the denominator. |
References | |
Work to do | |
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