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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL
STATEMENT OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN GUATEMALA IN 1823.
| Parishes. | Births. | Deaths. | ||||
| Men. | Women. | Total. | Men. | Women. | Total. | |
| Sagrario | 235 | 250 | 485 | 105 | 116 | 221 |
| Candelaria | 190 | 192 | 382 | 69 | 76 | 145 |
| Remedios | 180 | 196 | 376 | 113 | 138 | 251 |
| S. Sebastian | 159 | 149 | 308 | 59 | 53 | 112 |
| Totals | 764 | 787 | 1551 | 346 | 383 | 729 |
This great excess of the births over the deaths may in some measure be explained by the excellence of the food, the benignity of the climate, and perhaps the morality of the people, as compared with the population of most other large capitals. It is well known that there have been three capital cities all built in different places, as each former one was separately destroyed by earthquake.
