A city bursting at its seams has received some good news: the number of births in Greater Mumbai has dropped by 4.8% over five years from 2005 to 2009. Demographers and health experts are attributing the phenomenon to improved family planning measures and increased awareness among young couples about the better quality of life that can be provided if there are fewer children in a family.

While the number of male births decreased by 4.9%- from 96,063 in 2005 to 91,355 in 2009-the number of female births dropped 4.7%-from 88,108 to 83,943-over the same period. Overall, births in the city dropped by 8,873, from 1,84,171 to 1,75,298, in the same five-year period...........click for more

Source Web Page: The Times of India