Cuadro N° 8.06  Perú: Tendencias de la fecundidad, según departamentos
agrupados por regiones naturales, 1961 - 1993

+-------------------+---------------------------------------+----------------+
|                   |    Tasa global de fecundidad (TGF)    | Disminución (% |
|   Departamentos   +---------+---------+---------+---------+                |
|                   |  1961   |  1972   |  1981   |  1993   |     61 - 93    |
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------------+ 
                                                                                   
   TOTAL                6.8       6.2       5.1       3.4           49.4         
                                                                                   
  Callao                4.9       4.3       3.2       2.2           55.7         
  Lima                  4.8       4.3       3.5       2.3           51.9         
                                                                                   
   COSTA                                                                           
                                                                                   
  Moquegua              7.0       5.5       4.5       2.3           66.6         
  Tacna                 6.0       5.2       4.4       2.4           60.3         
  Ica                   6.9       5.7       4.7       2.9           57.5         
  Lambayeque            7.8       6.6       5.1       3.1           60.5         
  La Libertad           6.6       5.9       5.2       3.3           49.7         
  Tumbes                7.6       7.1       5.5       3.3           57.0         
  Piura                 8.3       7.3       6.0       4.0           52.0         
                                                                                  
   SIERRA                                                                          
                                                                                   
  Arequipa              6.5       5.5       4.5       2.7           58.8         
  Ancash                7.4       6.5       6.1       3.9           47.3         
  Junín                 7.0       6.2       5.7       4.0           43.1         
  Pasco                 8.1       7.1       6.7       4.3           46.9         
  Puno                  6.7       6.7       6.4       4.5           33.0         
  Cusco                 6.9       7.1       6.3       4.6           33.3         
  Cajamarca             7.8       7.5       6.8       5.0           36.5         
  Ayacucho              7.4       7.5       6.5       5.2           29.9         
  Huánuco               7.6       7.1       6.6       5.4           28.9         
  Apurímac              7.4       8.0       7.4       5.9           20.3         
  Huancavelica          7.5       7.5       7.9       6.5           13.9         
                                                                                   
   SELVA                                                                           
                                                                                   
  San Martín            8.7       7.5       4.0       3.5           59.7         
  Madre de Dios         8.7       7.2       6.1       4.2           52.1         
  Ucayali                                   6.4       4.6           28.6 (a)     
  Loreto                8.3       7.6       6.2       5.3           36.3         
  Amazonas              7.8       8.1       7.1       5.4           30.8         
                                                                                   
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  (a)  Disminución  81-93                                                          
  Fuente: INEI - PERU: Niveles y Tendencias de la Fecundidad, 1995