49 births every hour in the first quarter of 2024, says Stats Dept

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49 births every hour in the first quarter of 2024, says Stats Dept
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PETALING JAYA: In the first quarter of this year, 49 babies were born every hour, according to the Demographic Statistics released by the Statistics Department.

Dr Uzir noted that the number of live births decreased by 9.4% to 106,386 from 117,413 in the corresponding period of the previous year. Dr Uzir said that mothers aged between 30 and 39 years accounted for the highest number of live births, at 52.5% or 55,864, in the first quarter of 2024, followed by mothers aged 20-29 at 40.0%, and mothers aged 40 and above at 6.0%.Dr Uzir mentioned that Malays constituted 68.8%, or 73,136, of the total live births in the first quarter of 2024, a rise from 67.6% in 2023.

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