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GENERAL FERTILITY RATE: &nbsp; The ratio of the number of live births during a given period, usually a calendar year, to the average women of child-bearing age (aged 15 to 49) in that period (usually expressed as the number of live births per 1000 (10^3) women of child-bearing age).
REFERENCE PERIOD: &nbsp; Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).

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General fertility rate (‰)

Characteristic	Description
Name	General fertility rate (‰) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2002); Annual
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Demographic indicators
First available period	1992
Last available period	2013
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence (NUTS - 2002)
Concepts	GENERAL FERTILITY RATE: The ratio of the number of live births during a given period, usually a calendar year, to the average women of child-bearing age (aged 15 to 49) in that period (usually expressed as the number of live births per 1000 (10^3) women of child-bearing age). REFERENCE PERIOD: Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule	GFR = [LB(t-1,t)/ARFP(15,49)]*10^n; LB(t-1,t)=Live births between the moments (t-1) e t; ARFP(15,49)=Average resident female population aged between 15 and 49 years old; n=2 ou 3.
Measure unit (symbol)	Permillage (‰)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	16/06/2014