13.2  BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY RATE - GUJARAT
Sr.		Year	Live Birth Rate				Death Rate				Infant Mortality  Rate
No.			Rural	Urban	Com-		Rural	Urban	Com-		Rural	Urban	Com-
					bined				bined				bined
1		2	3	4	5		6	7	8		9	10	11
1		1980	37.3	31.8	35.8		13.0	10.0	12.2		119	94	113
2		1981	36.1	29.8	34.5		12.4	10.7	12.0		123	89	116
3		1982	35.6	31.2	34.3		13.2	8.3	11.7		120	89	111
4		1983	35.2	31.8	34.2		12.8	9.0	11.6		120	71	106
5		1984	34.6	30.9	33.4		12.0	8.2	10.8		126	56	106
6		1985	33.8	31.2	33.0		11.8	8.7	10.8		112	64	98
7		1986	32.9	30.8	32.2		11.3	8.6	10.5		124	66	107
8		1987	31.6	29.0	30.8		10.8	7.6	9.8		113	59	97
9		1988	30.1	28.1	29.5		11.8	9.2	11.0		101	64	90
10		1989	29.6	26.6	28.7		10.0	8.9	9.7		92	70	86
11		1990	30.2	28.3	29.6		9.6	7.2	8.9		79	54	72
12		1991	28.2	25.9	27.5		8.8	7.9	8.5		73	57	69
13		1992	29.5	24.6	28.1		9.5	8.3	9.2		72	53	67
14		1993	29.1	25.8	28.0		8.9	6.8	8.2		65	42	58
15		1994	28.5	24.5	27.1		9.6	6.9	8.7		70	51	64
16		1995	27.9	24.0	26.7		8.3	6.2	7.6		68	47	62
17		1996	26.9	23.0	25.7		8.3	6.2	7.6		68	46	61
18		1997	27.0	22.6	25.6		8.3	6.2	7.6		69	46	62
19		1998	27.0	21.9	25.5		8.6	6.3	7.9		71	46	64
20		1999	27.0	22.0	25.4		8.8	5.9	7.9		70	45	63
21		2000	26.8	21.9	25.2		8.3	5.8	7.5		69	45	62
22		2001	26.7	21.5	25.0		8.9	5.6	7.8		68	42	60
23		2002	26.5	20.5	24.6		8.3	6.3	7.6		68	37	60
Source :-(1) Sample Registration Bulletin, Registrar General of  India, Ministry of
Home Affairs, New Delhi.
(2) Commissionerate  of  Health,  Medical Services and Medical Education
		(Health), Gujarat State, Gandhinagar.