3-5  Natural Change of Population by Region (2012)
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	11.74	8.33	3.40	112.51	79.88	32.63
Jinan	11.75	8.08	3.67	7.14	4.91	2.23
Qingdao	9.75	8.18	1.57	7.49	6.28	1.21
Zibo	9.13	8.40	0.72	3.87	3.56	0.31
Zaozhuang	19.96	9.02	10.93	7.87	3.56	4.31
Dongying	8.81	7.00	1.81	1.64	1.30	0.34
Yantai	8.17	9.89	-1.71	5.32	6.44	-1.12
Weifang	10.67	8.82	1.85	9.37	7.74	1.63
Jining	14.10	7.87	6.24	11.94	6.66	5.28
Tai'an	11.98	8.94	3.04	6.70	5.00	1.70
Weihai	7.26	8.62	-1.36	1.84	2.19	-0.35
Rizhao	10.15	7.85	2.30	2.93	2.27	0.66
Laiwu	8.50	8.11	0.39	1.08	1.03	0.05
Linyi	11.19	8.15	3.04	12.12	8.83	3.29
Dezhou	12.96	9.03	3.92	7.47	5.21	2.26
Liaocheng	13.26	7.50	5.76	7.95	4.50	3.45
Binzhou	10.99	10.51	0.49	4.19	4.00	0.19
Heze	14.13	6.66	7.47	13.59	6.41	7.18
a)  Data in the table are registration data of the public security department.