Appendix A. Tables

Table 1. Metric Conversion Coofficients and Factors


When you kow	Multiply by	To find
Millimeters	0.04	inches
Centimeters	0.39	inches
Meters	3.3	feet
Kilometers	0.62	miles
Hectares	2.47	acres
Square kilometers	0.39	square miles
Cubic meters	35.3	cubic feet
Liters	0.26	gallons
Kilograms	2.2	pounds
Metric tons	0.98	long tons
	1.1	short tons
	2,204	pounds
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade)	1.8 and add 32	degrees Fahrenheit

Table 7: Moldova: Births and Deaths, 1987-92

Year	Live Births			Deaths
	Number¹	Number per Thousand Population	Number¹	Number per Thousand Population
1987	91,800	21.4	40,200	9.4
1988	88,600	20.5	40,900	9.5
1989	82,200	18.9	40,100	9.2
1990	77,100	17.7	42,400	9.7
1991	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1992	70,100	16.1	44,600	10.2

Source: Based on information from Moldova, Departamentul de Stat pentru statistica al Republicii Moldova, Anuar statistic: economia nationala a Republicii Moldova, 1990 (Narodnoye khozyaystvo respubliki Moldova), eds., N. Pasternacov and V. Frunza, Chisinau, 1991, 30; and The Europa World Year Book, 1994, 2, London, 1994, 2032.

Table 8: Moldova: Population by Rural-Urban Breakdown, 1959, 1979, and 1991

**(in thousands)**
	1959		1979		1991
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Rural	2,242	78	2,396	61	2,293	53
Urban	642	22	1,551	39	2,074	47

Source: Based on information from Nicholas Dima, From Moldavia to Moldova, Boulder, Colorado, 1991, 84; and Moldova, Departamentul de Stat pentru statistica al Republicii Moldova, Anuar statistic: economia nationala a Republicii Moldova, 1990 (Narodnoye khozyaystvo respubliki Moldova), eds., N. Pasternacov and V. Frunza, Chisinau, 1991, 2.

Table 9: Moldova: Marriages and Divorces, 1987-90

Year	Marriages		Divorces
	Number¹	Number per Thousand Population	Number¹	Number per Thousand Population
1987	39,100	9.1	11,600	2.7
1988	39,800	9.2	12,100	2.8
1989	39,900	9.2	12,400	2.9
1990	40,800	9.4	13,100	3.0

Table 10: Moldova: Consumer Goods Availability, 1989, 1990, and 1991

**(in units per hundred families)**
	1989	1990	1991
Televisions	91	91	98
Tape recorders	38	41	45
Refrigerators	94	94	94
Washing machines	74	77	76
Vacuum cleaners	43	44	46
Sewing machines	47	45	43
Automobiles	14	15	15

Source: Based on information from United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1994, Washington, 1994, 61.

Table 11: Moldova: Per Capita Consumption of Selected Foods, 1990-93

**(in kilograms unless otherwise specified)**
	1990	1991	1992	1993
Meat	56	46	58	42
Milk	303	259	198	232
Eggs (units)	203	195	166	n.a.
Fish	12	7	2	n.a.
Sugar	49	41	31	30
Vegetable oil	14	12	8	n.a.
Potatoes	69	69	66	78
Vegetables	112	113	95	n.a.
Grain products	171	175	170	n.a.

Table 12: Moldova: Principal Crops, 1990, 1991, and 1992

**(in thousands of tons)**
Crop	1990	1991	1992
Wheat	1,130	1,056	924
Corn	885	1,501	632
Potatoes	295	291	310
Sunflower seeds	252	169	197
Vegetables	1,177	989	784
Melons, pumpkins, and squash	480	454	450
Grapes	940	774	819
Other fruits and berries	901	698	506
Sugar beets	2,375	2,262	1,970
Tobacco (leaves)	73	69	51

Source: Based on information from The Europa World Year Book, 1994, 2, London, 1994, 2032.

Table 13: Moldova: Freight Turnover by Mode of Transportation, 1970, 1980, and 1990

**(in millions of ton-kilometers)**
Year	Trucks	Railroads	Inland Waterways	Airplanes	Total
1970	10,406	1,036	110	13	11,565
1980	15,171	1,913	299	14	17,397
1990	15,007	1,673	317	19	17,016

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