PETALING JAYA: More baby boys than girls were born in the third quarter of this year, with 64,028 male births recorded compared to 60,122 of females, says the Department of Statistics.
However, it was not quite joyful news when it comes to live birth rates, which shrunk by 3% compared to the third quarter of last year.
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