The number of live births in the Sultanate by the end of 2016 reached 88 thousand and 346, including 81 thousand and 868 Omanis and 6 thousand and 478 expatriates compared to 86 thousand and 286 births, including 79 thousand and 926 Omani and 6 thousand and 360 at end of 2015 with a death toll of 8 thousand and 167, according to the statistics published by the (NCSI).
The ratio of male births to total live births was 50.9%, or 44,965 male births. The report pointed out that 92.7% of Omani births are males, of which 41,647 are live births, while male births represent 51.2% of the total number of births, equivalent to 3 thousand and 318 newborns. According to the bulletin, the number of live births increased in 2016 by 242 per day, up from 2015 by about 6 live births per day, bringing the birth rate to 10 live births per hour. The number of Omani births continued to rise by 18 thousand and 987 live births between 2011 and 2016 with a change rate of 30%. The highest increase among Omanis between 2012 and 2013 was 6 thousand and 143 live births, while the number of Omani births increased by a smaller amount in previous years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 to reach 3,236 and 1,942 live births respectively.
The rate of change in births rose from 247 births between 2013 and 2014 to 69 live births between 2014 and 2015, and 118 live births between 2015 and 2016. The highest rate of childbearing in the 25to 29 age group was 32.7% in 2015 and 32.1% in 2016. The birth rate of women of childbearing age (over 35 years) was 21.4% in 2016, up from 1.1% in 2015. The governorates of Muscat and North Al Batinah accounted for the largest percentage of Omani live births (40.2%) while the lowest percentage was in the Al Wusta and Musandam governorates (1.9%). More than half the births of expatriates in Muscat Governorate were 53%, while the lowest in the Al Wusta and Musandam governorates (1.7%). August also recorded the highest percentage of live births by 9.2% and the lowest of 7.7% was in February and April . The number of deaths in the Sultanate in 2016 was 8 thousand and 828 deaths, including 7 thousand 399 Omani and 1 thousand 429 expatriates.
Omani deaths constitute 83.8% of the total deaths in the Sultanate. The percentage of males was 60.9%, which is equivalent to 4 thousand 507 deaths, while expatriate deaths constitute 16.2% of the Sultanate's total mortality. Males account for 81.4% of the total number of deaths in the Sultanate. The monthly death rate in 2016 was about 735 deaths, while the daily average was 24 deaths. Statistics indicate that there were an additional 52 deaths for Omanis between 2011 and 2012, but it decreased by 366 deaths between 2012 and 2013, rising by 226 and 326 deaths between 2013 and 2014 and 2014 and 2015, respectively, which continued to rise by 65 deaths between 2015 and 2016. Deaths of expatriates continued to rise until 2013, but declined by 76 deaths between 2013 and 2014, rising again by 22 and 94 deaths between 2014 and 2015 and 2015 and 2016, respectively. Between 2011 and 2016, the number of infant deaths rose by 220, with a change of 36.8%. The number of under-five mortality cases increased by 284, with a change of 39.1%. In contrast, the number of youth deaths decreased by 43-. North Al-Batinah Governorate accounted for 22.5% of deaths in the Sultanate, followed by Muscat Governorate by 17.3%, while Al Wusta and Musandam governorates represented the lowest percentage of deaths in the Sultanate by 1.8% while March recorded the largest percentage of deaths by 9.4%.
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