3-5  Natural Change of Population by Region (2013)
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	12.19	6.23	5.96	116.93	59.82	57.12
Jinan	11.35	6.82	4.53	6.94	4.17	2.76
Qingdao	10.45	7.63	2.82	8.06	5.89	2.18
Zibo	9.18	5.98	3.20	3.90	2.54	1.36
Zaozhuang	18.09	7.05	11.04	7.15	2.79	4.37
Dongying	11.00	5.32	5.68	2.05	0.99	1.06
Yantai	8.01	7.33	0.68	5.21	4.77	0.44
Weifang	10.84	6.41	4.43	9.55	5.64	3.90
Jining	14.09	4.40	9.69	11.94	3.73	8.21
Tai'an	11.76	6.79	4.97	6.57	3.79	2.78
Weihai	6.83	7.81	-0.98	1.73	1.98	-0.25
Rizhao	12.80	4.55	8.25	3.70	1.32	2.39
Laiwu	8.47	6.77	1.70	1.07	0.86	0.21
Linyi	12.49	6.15	6.34	13.58	6.69	6.89
Dezhou	13.14	4.71	8.43	7.60	2.73	4.87
Liaocheng	12.53	5.71	6.82	7.47	3.40	4.07
Binzhou	11.72	5.88	5.84	4.47	2.24	2.22
Heze	16.67	6.57	10.10	15.96	6.29	9.66
a)  Data in the table are registration data of the public security department.