NKR: NKR National Statistics Service

NKR NATIONAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Oct 10 2005

DEMOGRAPHIC INDICES. From January to September 2005 1525 children were
born in NKR against 1619 in the same period in 2004, death rate is
977 against 1004 in 2004. The rate of juvenile death under 1 year was
15 against 16 in 2004. The rate of natural increase of population was
548, dropping by 67 or 10.9 per cent since 2004. In the same period
by official data 677 people arrived in Karabakh and 627 people left
Karabakh. The rate of migration totaled 50. From January to September
2005 548 marriages were registered against 573 in the same period of
2004, and the divorce rate was 96 against 61 in 2004. From January to
September 2005 the ratio of marriages to divorces was 100 to 18 against
100 to 11 in 2004. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. From January to September
in 2005 the CPI totaled 100.4 per cent against the same period in
2004, including food (as well as alcohol drinks and tobacco) 99.2 per
cent, consumer goods 104.8 per cent, services 101.4 per cent. In the
mentioned period a rise was reported in ready-made clothes and cloth,
petrol and education. In September 2005 the CPI totaled 95.6 per cent
against December 2004, and 109.4 per cent against 2002.