Table: Statistical comparisons1

  Year France Île de France Bassin Parisien Nord – Pas-de-
Calais
Est Ouest Sud-Ouest Centre-Est Méditer-
rannée
EU 15
Popul. (av., 000s) 1994 57900 10961 10431 3991 5111 7604 6065 6865 6873 371007
Inhab. per km2 1994 106 912 72 322 106 89 59 98 102 116
Live births (Rates per 1,000 inh.) 1994 12.3 14.7 12.0 13.6 12.2 11.2 10.1 12.0 10.6 10.9
Deaths (Rates per 1,000 inh.) 1994 9.0 7.0 9.3 8.9 8.6 9.4 10.6 8.7 9.4 9.9
Population change ‰ - 31.12.1994/ 1.1.1994 1994 4.2 1.1 4.1 1.6 9.5 1.7 3.7 7.2 7.0 3.0
Net migration ‰ 1994 0.9 -6.5 1.3 -3.1 5.8 -0.1 4.1 3.8 5.8 2.0
Illegitimate births (% of live births) 1994 37.6 35.5 40.6 37.8 33.5 37.0 41.1 35.0 40.1 23.4
Infant Mortality (%) 1994 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7A
Age structure under 15 (%) 1994 19.8 20.3 20.5 22.9 20.3 19.5 17.0 19.8 18.4 17.8
Age structure 15-64 (%) 1994 65.5 68.6 64.5 64.4 66.2 64.2 64.5 65.8 64.0 67.1
Age structure 65 and older (%) 1994 14.7 11.1 15.0 12.7 13.5 16.3 18.4 14.4 17.6 15.2
GDP per capita in PPS (EUR15=100) 1994 108 161 98 87 100 91 93 102 91 100
Sectoral employment: Agriculture (%) 1996 4.8 0.4 6.2 3.0 2.9 8.9 8.6 4.8 5.1 5.1
Sectoral employment: Industry (%) 1996 26.5 20.5 30.5 31.2 34.7 28.2 23.5 30.2 19.3 29.8
Sectoral employment: Services (%) 1996 68.6 79.1 63.2 65.8 62.5 62.9 67.9 65.1 75.6 65.1
Econ. Activity rate: Total (%) 1996 55.8 61.9 55.7 51.1 55.4 54.6 53.6 57.2 51.0 55.3
Econ. Activity rate: Female (%) 1996 48.6 55.3 48.1 41.8 47.6 48.3 47.0 50.5 42.9 45.3
Unemployment2: Total (%) 1996 12.0 10.7 12.6 16.8 9.6 10.8 11.5 10.7 16.1 10.9
Unemployment2: Females (%) 1996 14.1 11.2 15.6 19.3 11.8 13.5 14.2 12.8 18.6 12.4
Unemployment2: Youth (< 25) (%) 1996 26.1 18.1 30.4 36.4 22.5 25.4 27.8 25.1 28.9 21.5
Sources: EUROSTAT and national statistical publications. Notes: A 1993; 1 Les Départements d’outre-mer have been left out due to missing data and their very different structures which make the interpretation of an average more or less useless; 2 April.