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From 2001 to 2002, there was a decrease of 6.6% in the number of births in Tasmania. This decrease came after an increase of 13.0% in the number of births between 2000 to 2001.

Between 1998 and 2002, the Greater Hobart-Southern Region recorded the largest increase in the number of births, 6.5%, followed by the Northern Region, 0.9%. The Mersey-Lyell Region recorded a decrease in the number of births of 11.9%.

Between 1998 and 2002, the Flinders local government area recorded the largest percentage increase in the number of births, 100.0% (from 6 births to 12), followed by Brighton, 24.8%, George Town, 23.9%, and Kingborough 23.4%. The Tasman local government area recorded the largest decrease in births over this period, 56.6% (from 53 births to 23).

Note: These figures have subsequently been revised at the state level, but the updated figures are not available at the regional level.

BIRTHS, Tasmanian local government areas
		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Local government area		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	226	286	250	260	282
	Central Highlands	32	29	31	23	28
	Clarence	555	546	545	652	581
	Derwent Valley	136	121	132	116	144
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	48	46	47	48	47
	Glenorchy	530	602	527	645	577
	Hobart	510	456	442	581	486
	Huon Valley	194	216	191	217	200
	Kingborough	308	351	331	377	380
	Sorell	159	185	135	188	178
	Southern Midlands	77	83	77	69	87
	Tasman	53	16	20	23	23
	Total	2,828	2,937	2,728	3,199	3,013
Northern
	Break O'Day	56	63	58	82	53
	Dorset	122	96	102	82	92
	Flinders	6	14	11	12	12
	George Town	92	85	81	84	114
	Launceston	737	781	720	903	802
	Meander Valley	219	263	224	246	209
	Northern Midlands	157	186	162	160	123
	West Tamar	232	229	194	246	231
	Total	1,621	1,717	1,552	1,815	1,636
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	299	273	299	218	274
	Central Coast	266	218	245	259	255
	Circular Head	133	124	100	133	109
	Devonport	367	297	291	334	302
	Kentish	82	60	68	73	61
	King Island	22	25	24	19	14
	Latrobe	82	93	105	94	103
	Waratah/Wynyard	174	162	163	171	142
	West Coast	90	93	99	96	74
	Total	1,515	1,345	1,394	1,397	1,334
Tasmania(a)		5,978	6,032	5,692	6,430	6,003
(a) Includes overseas, no fixed place of abode and undefined. Source: Demography, Tasmania (cat. no. 3311.6) and Demography, Tasmania - Electronic Publication (3311.6.55.001).