vsbull2

Table 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS, STILL BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, MATERNAL DEATHS AND THEIR RATES

District	Rural/ Urban	Estimated mid year population (000)	Live Births			Deaths
			Number	Rate		Number	Rate
			Number	2003	2002	Number	2003	2002
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Thiruvananthapuram	Rural	2343	9520	4.06	4.06	8367	3.57	4.07
	Urban	968	42631	44.04	52.57	12875	13.30	10.64
	Total	3311	52151	15.75	18.25	21242	6.42	5.99
Kollam	Rural	2177	21187	9.73	11.24	11614	5.33	5.00
	Urban	454	19347	42.61	44.66	3433	7.56	8.01
	Total	2631	40534	15.41	17.01	15047	5.72	5.52
Pathanamthitta	Rural	1122	9710	8.65	8.80	7453	6.64	6.00
	Urban	125	9196	73.57	81.6	2110	16.88	15.34
	Total	1247	18906	15.16	16.12	9563	7.67	6.94
Alappuzha	Rural	1791	3174	1.77	1.56	9342	5.22	4.80
	Urban	346	24951	72.11	76.44	4004	11.57	13.55
	Total	2137	28125	13.16	13.72	13346	6.25	6.22
Kottayam	Rural	1823	21817	11.97	14.03	11155	6.12	6.52
	Urban	161	9511	59.07	60.58	1647	10.23	9.67
	Total	1984	31328	15.79	17.78	12802	6.45	6.78
Idukki	Rural	1100	12907	11.73	10.44	4968	4.52	3.68
	Urban	48	5417	112.85	131.17	627	13.06	12.66
	Total	1148	18324	15.96	15.42	5595	4.87	4.05
Eranakulam	Rural	2258	8720	3.86	3.91	10268	4.55	4.54
	Urban	914	41773	45.70	53.43	10568	11.56	10.21
	Total	3172	50493	15.92	18.21	20836	6.57	6.17
Thrissur	Rural	2486	16201	6.52	6.57	14948	6.01	5.56
	Urban	549	37672	68.62	59.11	7562	13.77	13.01
	Total	3035	53873	17.75	16.08	22510	7.42	6.91
Palakkad	Rural	2417	20281	8.39	6.92	11898	4.92	4.48
	Urban	258	22723	88.07	92.23	3215	12.46	11.86
	Total	2675	43004	16.08	15.16	15113	5.65	5.19
Malappuram	Rural	3416	46596	13.64	14.70	12077