Live births inKeralarecorded the highest drop in a decade in 2021, showed civil registration figures given by the local self-government department. The number of live births dipped by 71,000 between 2020 and 2021, and for the first time in the past decade, the state’s live births went below four lakh.
Ernakulam was the lone exception among the districts. While live births decreased by 1,000 to 16,000 in other districts, in Ernakulam it increased from 26,190 in 2020 to 27,751 in 2021. The steepest drop was evident inMalappuram,KannurandKozhikode, which recorded a decline of 18%, 22% and 26%, respectively. Districts like Trivandrum,KollamandThrissurrecorded
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