Marriage Statistics: 2004


TABLE 2  Number, Daily Average, and Daily Index of Marriages by Month
         of Occurrence: 2003 and 2004

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                               Number     | Daily Average |     Daily Index
Month                      2004      2003 |   2004   2003 |    2004     2003
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Total                   582,281   593,553    1,591  1,626     100.0    100.0

January                  65,150    63,302    2,102  2,042     132.1    125.6
February                 56,767    50,557    1,957  1,806     123.0    111.0
March                    57,663    50,925    1,860  1,643     116.9    101.0
April                    65,168    51,269    2,172  1,709     136.5    105.1
May                      64,548    67,851    2,082  2,189     130.9    134.6
June                     52,204    57,612    1,740  1,920     109.4    118.1
July                     35,901    38,973    1,158  1,257      72.8     77.3
August                   28,864    32,031      931  1,033      58.5     63.5
September                36,018    40,696    1,201  1,357      75.5     83.4
October                  37,816    42,811    1,220  1,381      76.7     84.9
November                 27,555    33,955      919  1,132      57.7     69.6
December                 54,627    63,571    1,762  2,051     110.8    126.1

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

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