3-5  Natural Change of Population by Region (2009)
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	10.96	6.11	4.86	103.30	57.52	45.78
Jinan	9.39	6.78	2.61	5.67	4.09	1.58
Qingdao	8.27	6.75	1.52	6.30	5.14	1.16
Zibo	8.06	7.23	0.84	3.39	3.04	0.35
Zaozhuang	11.59	3.51	8.07	4.46	1.35	3.11
Dongying	8.22	5.07	3.15	1.52	0.93	0.58
Yantai	6.78	7.36	-0.58	4.42	4.80	-0.38
Weifang	10.03	6.22	3.81	8.68	5.38	3.29
Jining	14.18	5.39	8.78	11.73	4.46	7.27
Tai'an	8.97	6.51	2.46	4.98	3.61	1.36
Weihai	6.18	7.35	-1.17	1.56	1.86	-0.30
Rizhao	10.69	6.46	4.23	3.05	1.84	1.21
Laiwu	7.33	6.64	0.68	0.92	0.84	0.09
Linyi	10.51	5.56	4.96	10.91	5.77	5.14
Dezhou	12.45	5.34	7.10	7.05	3.03	4.02
Liaocheng	11.84	5.26	6.59	6.96	3.09	3.87
Binzhou	10.13	6.70	3.43	3.82	2.52	1.29
Heze	19.17	6.17	12.99	17.87	5.76	12.12
a)Data in the brackets are taken from the annual reports of public security departments.