Health: 2013 record low for births, worst figure for 33 years - Focus

Rome, December 30 – (Reuters) – The year 2013 was the year of the ‘empty cradles’ in Italy: 62 infants less per day compared to 2012. The data of births, down time, is in fact the lowest since 1980. With some geographical difference: the clans hold better than the province. And as for the large cities expands Rome, Milan recovers, Florence is stable. While, surprisingly, the confidence comes from the earthquake-hit areas in Emilia where there was, although only in some municipalities affected, an increase of birth rate. A “auspicious sign of hope,” according to the pediatrician Italo Farnetani that sets the scene for the processing of births in 2013 Reuters Health Istat data.