Kazakhstan's mortality dropped
16:51, 15 November 2012
ASTANA. November 15. KAZINFORM "Death rates have slightly dropped in Kazakhstan.
107,400 people died the countrywide during January-September this year that is 2.1% less against the analogous period of 2011. The crude birth rate made 22.9 births per 1,000 population," head of the Kazakh Statistics Agency Alikhan Smailov told a briefing.
According to him, 3,995 infants younger than 1 year-old died over the said period in 2012 against 4,197 newborns in 2011.