As in the rest of the country, in the Risralda territory births were reduced in 2023, reaching the lowest figure in the last 5 years.
Last year in the department there were 8,187 births, corresponding to 4,207 men and 3,980 women. This figure shows that there are fewer and fewer people willing to bring babies into this world, since this figure was the lowest in the last half of a decade.
And according to data from the DANE Vital Statistics, in 2022 there were 9,106 births in Risaralda, in 2021 there were 9,996, in 2020 10,039 were registered and in 2019 it reached 9,916.
As can be seen, 2023 has been the only year in the last 5 years that the department dropped below 9,000 births and if this trend continues, in 2024 the figure may drop below 8,000.
Taking into account the number of births this year in Risaralda, the department had an average of 22 births per day.
In colombia
In the country there is a clear trend of decreasing births. From 2019 to 2023 there was a continuous decline.
DANE data indicates that in 2019 there were 642,660 births in the national territory, in 2020 there were 629,402, for 2021 616,914 were registered, in 2022 it dropped to 573,625 and finally last year there were 510,357 births.
The report shows that of the total number of births last year, 3,818 corresponded to mothers between 10 and 14 years of age, 77,917 to mothers between 15 and 19 years of age, 137,036 to women between 20 and 24 years of age. age, 131,623 to women between 25 and 29 years old, 96,008 to women between 30 and 34 years old, 49,639 to mothers between 35 and 39 years old, 13,417 to mothers between 40 and 44 years old, and finally 899 to women between 45 and 54 years old.
Highlights I
Risaralda with 8,187 births in 2023, was the department of the Coffee Axis with the most of these cases, since Caldas had 6,698 and Quindío 4,224.
Outstanding II
Of the 8,187 births that Risaralda had in 2023, 10.6% (871 births) corresponded to low-weight babies, that is, they came into this world weighing less than 2,500 grams.
The amount
1,398 births per day was the average that Risaralda registered in 2023, according to data from DANE Vital Statistics.
Births in Risaralda in 2023
Municipality # births
Pereira 3819
Dosquebradas 1669
Saint Rose of Cabal 579
Rich Town 488
Mistrato 363
Virginia 246
Bethlehem of Umbria 238
Quinchia 230
Marseille 146
Sanctuary 116
Apia 106
Guatic 74
La Celia 60
Balboa 53
Source: DANE Vital Statistics.