More People Leave Karabakh Than Arrive

MORE PEOPLE LEAVE KARABAKH THAN ARRIVE

Lragir, Armenia
Nov 21 2006

We have learned from the NKR National Statistics Service that 1578
children were born in Karabakh in the first three quarters of 2006,
which has increased by 53 or 3.5 percent compared with the first
three quarters of 2005. The death rate was 933 and has decreased by
44 or 4.5 percent. The rate of the natural growth of the population
totaled 645, and has increased by 17.7 percent or 97 compared with
the same period in 2005.

653 people were officially reported to arrive in Karabakh and 899
people to leave it. The rate of mechanical decline totaled 246. By the
way, over the past few years this is the first time when mechanical
decline is reported.

In the first three quarters of 2006 124 families with 444 members
of family, including 197 children moved from Armenia and other CIS
countries to NKR.

The rate of marriage totaled 594, which has increased by 8.4 percent
compared with the first three quarters of 2005, whereas the rate of
divorce was 89, declining by 7.3 percent. The ratio of marriage to
divorce was 100 to 15.