Birth rate and death rate of Tripura (1971-1989): a study of time series.

Abstract

Birth and death rates are two major components of population growth. A time series analysis of birth and death rates in Tripura state was conducted during 1971-89 using rates taken from the Basic Statistics of Northeastern Region, Northeastern Council Secretariat, Shillong. The analysis found that both birth and death rates in the state were changing over time in both urban and rural areas. The birth rate, however, is declining more slowly than the death rate. Birth rates in the state over the period for the overall population, rural areas, and urban centers are more than twice as large as the death rates in any given year, one of the main reasons for population growth in Tripura state. A high rate of immigration from the neighboring country is another likely reason for rapid population growth in the state.