3-4  Natural Change of Population by City(2008)
Region Birth Rate
(‰)
Death Rate
(‰)
Natural Growth
Rate
(‰)
Population of
Birth
(10 000 persons)
Population of
Death
(10 000 persons)
Population of
Natural Growth
(10 000 persons)
             
Total 10.13 6.81 3.32 94.94 63.79 31.15
Jinan 9.86 6.60 3.26 5.96 3.99 1.97
Qingdao 9.06 7.33 1.73 6.89 5.57 1.32
Zibo 8.79 6.44 2.35 3.69 2.71 0.99
Zaozhuang 10.86 6.28 4.58 4.15 2.40 1.75
Dongying 8.99 6.10 2.89 1.65 1.12 0.53
Yantai 7.60 8.56 -0.96 4.95 5.58 -0.63
Weifang 9.34 6.76 2.58 8.04 5.82 2.22
Jining 11.64 7.19 4.45 9.55 5.90 3.65
Tai'an 10.12 6.85 3.27 5.60 3.79 1.81
Weihai 6.86 7.66 -0.80 1.73 1.93 -0.20
Rizhao 10.01 6.76 3.25 2.84 1.92 0.92
Laiwu 8.14 6.98 1.16 1.02 0.88 0.15
Linyi 10.44 5.50 4.94 10.76 5.67 5.09
Dezhou 12.57 8.91 3.66 7.07 5.02 2.06
Liaocheng 10.95 6.40 4.55 6.38 3.73 2.65
Binzhou 10.05 7.68 2.37 3.77 2.88 0.89
Heze 11.83 5.32 6.51 10.88 4.90 5.99
             
             
a)Data in the brackets are taken from the annual reports of public security departments.