Donegal people are having the least number of babies in the entire country!
Pregnancy rates are down across Donegal
Figures just published by the Central Statistics Office has shown that the birthrate around the country is down considerably.
And couples in Donegal are having the fewest numbers of new babies.
Overall the number of babies born in the first quarter of this year was down by 9% on the same period last year.
But Donegal has recorded the lowest birth rate at 11.4 per 1,000 population.
The figures show there were 17,563 births registered in the first three months of the year compared to 19,313 last year.
This represents an annual birth rate of 15.3 per 1,000 of the population, some 1.6 below the birth rate for the first quarter of 2012.
Fingal, the local authority area for north Dublin, recorded the highest birth rate of 19.6 per 1,000 population.
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