DEATH-RATE GROWS IN SYUNIK REGION
Noyan Tapan
Feb 06 2007
KAPAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. 1658 births were registered in 2006 in
Syunik marz, 602 out of them in Kapan, 527 in Goris, 367 in Sisian,
162 in Meghri regions. In 2006 as compared with 2005 the number of
births in the region increased by 2, while as compared with 2004 it
decreased by 28. As compared with the previous year, a 12% and 19%
growth of number of births was registered in 2006 in Kapan and Meghri
regions and a 16% and 13% fall in Goris and Sisian, respectively.
Death-rate grew in 2006 in Syunik marz as compared with the previous
two years and made 1339 cases (in 2005 1217, in 2004 1210).