Table 1. Number of live births from 2013 to 2019 and change rate (%) in the four monitoring cities.
| Cities | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Average from 2014 to 2019 |
| Beijing | ||||||||
| Live births | 86,938 | 112,854 | 74,457 | 111,142 | 95,409 | 84,259 | 86,040 | 94,027 |
| Change rate (%) | ref | 29.8 | −14.4 | 27.8 | 9.7 | −3.1 | −1.0 | 8.2 |
| Wuhan | ||||||||
| Live births | 99,493 | 109,304 | 109,855 | 130,334 | 127,512 | 120,726 | 120,191 | 119,654 |
| Change rate (%) | ref | 9.9 | 10.4 | 31.0 | 28.2 | 21.3 | 20.8 | 20.3 |
| Chengdu | ||||||||
| Live births | 149,695 | 171,637 | 177,553 | 219,460 | 213,616 | 195,197 | 217,107 | 199,095 |
| Change rate (%) | ref | 14.7 | 18.6 | 46.6 | 42.7 | 30.4 | 45.0 | 33.0 |
| Shenzhen | ||||||||
| Live births | 194,010 | 214,826 | 197,679 | 227,876 | 230,449 | 207,323 | 210,699 | 214,809 |
| Change rate (%) | ref | 10.7 | 1.9 | 17.5 | 18.8 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 10.7 |
| All | ||||||||
| Live births | 530,136 | 608,621 | 559,544 | 688,812 | 666,986 | 607,505 | 634,037 | 627,585 |
| Change rate (%) | ref | 14.8 | 5.5 | 29.9 | 25.8 | 14.6 | 19.6 | 18.4 |