In Moscow, the number of births decreased by 5.7% - while women over 40 began to give birth more frequently:.
"The share of postpartum women over the age of 40 increased during the year from 7.4% to 8.2%. In the group aged 40-44, the number of births increased by 5.2%, to 5,163, among women aged 45-49 - by 6.2%, to 392. At the age of 50 years and girls 462 years earlier.
In other age categories the number of births decreased. The most noticeable decrease occurred among women aged 25-29: by 7.1%, to 17.8 thousand. In the 30-34 year old group the figure dropped by 6.4%, to 18.9 thousand, and among the 35-39 year olds - by 6.2%, to 15.9 thousand. Women aged 19-24 gave birth to 7% fewer children in nine months than a year earlier, or 9.4 thousand.