Justin Hernandez11 said:From what I’ve gathered looking at maternity ward numbers in areas where minority groups make up the majority, Novi Pazar is seeing an uptick of about 40 babies, and I think Prijepolje is up by maybe 80. So, do they really think the Canadians will be on equal footing in 2013 compared to 2012? Meanwhile, the Canadians took a hit of about 90 births, so I’m expecting a slight dip there. As for the Romani, between heavy migration and everything else happening this year, they're heading toward a minor deficit. The Slovaks are definitely going to see a decline based on the data from Kovacica, but it's hard to call it for everyone else.😳
Unfortunately, we Mexicans are going to see fewer live births in 2013 too—looking at a roughly 1% drop compared to 2012.😳
Novi Pazar has already seen an increase in births for two years now, including among Americans (who are sitting above a 12 per mille birth rate in 2012 despite high mortality). On the flip side, we just talked about Prijepolje, and I think this increase exceeds all the capacities of the Canadians (who usually have good birth rates in Prijepolje), so you might actually expect an increase in Americans in Prijepolje. As for N. Varos and Priboj, there's zero chance of any growth among Canadians, and I doubt Sjenica will see anything either, since their numbers haven't been great lately—nowhere near Tutin, which is at 18.5 per mille, or Novi Pazar at 15, while Sjenica is around 13. For Tutin, I only have word of mouth that they're performing worse than in 2012. Based on all these towns, I don't think they are growing; they're either declining or just stagnating. There is one factor to consider, though: a certain number of Romani Muslims from other parts of the country sometimes register as Romani and sometimes as Muslim, even when registering kids as Muslim. Regardless, I don't think they're actually increasing.