Abstract

GALINDO, Carlos  and  ORDORICA, Manuel. Estimation of occurred and registered births, Mexico 1950-2000. Pap. poblac [online]. 2007, vol.13, n.54, pp.39-86. ISSN 2448-7147.

Currently Mexico does not have a historic series of occurred and registered births. Hereby we estimate the number of births which annually take place from 1950 to 2000, according to vital statistics. With this aim, we revised all of the statistical yearbooks of the last half century and extrapolate the behavior of the birth registrations by age. We present an evaluation of our estimations by means of historical tendencies and random figures. We quantify Mexican fertility and its descent in the last half century in order to show our estimation's utility and the potential use of vital statistics.

Keywords : vital statistics; fertility; births; Mexico.