Marriage Statistics: 2005


TABLE 2  Number, Daily Average, and Daily Index of Marriages by Month
         of Occurrence: 2005

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                              Number | Daily Average |   Daily Index
Month              ------------------|---------------|---------------
                      2005      2004 |  2005    2004 |  2005    2004
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Total              518,595   582,281   1,421   1,591   100.0   100.0

January             57,217    65,150   1,846   2,102   129.9   132.1
February            42,756    56,767   1,527   1,957   107.5   123.0
March               37,507    57,663   1,210   1,860    85.2   116.9
April               55,962    65,168   1,865   2,172   131.3   136.5
May                 60,097    64,548   1,939   2,082   136.4   130.9
June                50,335    52,204   1,678   1,740   118.1   109.4
July                33,136    35,901   1,069   1,158    75.2    72.8
August              27,245    28,864     879     931    61.9    58.5
September           33,274    36,018   1,109   1,201    78.1    75.5
October             37,988    37,816   1,225   1,220    86.2    76.7
November            27,022    27,555     901     919    63.4    57.7
December            56,056    54,627   1,808   1,762   127.3   110.8

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

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