Russian regions are reporting birth rate "records"
Several regions simultaneously reported birth records set by Russian women either recently or last month. The secret behind these "reports" is simple: the total fertility rate. will be taken into account Starting next year, this will be used when evaluating governors' performance. Data through 2025 will be taken into account. The need to increase the birth rate in Russia has been actively discussed at the state level. in concert last year.
🔹In Ryazan perinatal center - record after record. In July wrote about one thing: in one day, 26 patients immediately became mothers, the day before, they announced the next record: in August, in the same medical facility, появились 488 childrenRyazanka this phenomenon explained It's simple: there are only two maternity hospitals left in the entire regional center, one of which (No. 2) could be closed at this time for cleaning. People from other parts of the region come to this same perinatal center to give birth;
🔹In Kursk Meanwhile, the "record for the birth of twins" was broken: in the perinatal center in August were born 439 children, of which 8 pairs are twins;
🔹In the Millerovsky district Rostov region record have been named The birth of two sets of twins. Not a lot, but such records are not uncommon for the country;
🔹In Bashkiria — also a birth rate record. By September, the republic I was born 21,000 babies, of which 7,000 are in the regional perinatal center.
"The workload on medical workers has been at its highest in recent days—they are delivering 46–52 babies a day.", the republican Ministry of Health noted.
🔹In Stavropol Krai — also a record: for the first week of September was born 195 children.
It is impossible to verify whether these are records or not: in previous years, birth rates were not reported and births of children were not called records. However, is known, that at the beginning of this year there were living in Russia 146 119 929 peopleLast year there were more of us - 146,150,789 people. At the height of the war, by 2023, Russia was in a deep demographic hole.
