New Delhi, Aug 25 - Delhi registers over 900 births and nearly 300 people die in the national capital every day, revealed an annual report Tuesday.

The annual report on births and deaths in Delhi-2008 was released by Delhi government's Finance, Planning and Urban Development Minster A.K. Walia Tuesday.

'The report revealed that average number of births per day in Delhi were 915 in 2008 as against 882 in 2007 and the average number of deaths per day in Delhi was 295 in 2008 as against 277 in 2007,' an official statement said.

The report revealed that in nearly 50 percent cases of birth, the mother belonged to the 20-24 age group.

'Age group of the mother at the time of delivery was analyzed and it was observed that in nearly 50 percent cases, it was 20-24 years and in 36.23 percent cases the age group was 25-29 years,' the statement said.

'The report also observes an inverse relationship between the level of education of the mother and birth order. As per the report higher the birth order lesser will be the level of educational attainment,' it added.

The report also marks an increase in sex ration in Delhi.

'There is a remarkable increase in sex ratio in Delhi from 820 in 2005 and 848 per 1,000 in 2007 to 1,004 in 2008. This is because of number of registrations of female birth which increased due to implementation of 'Laadli' scheme,' Walia said.

'There have been 19,000 more female births registered in Delhi compared to last year. Numbers of total female births registered were increased from 1.