KYIV, December 29 /UKRINFORM/. A total of 486,519 births have been registered in Ukraine in January-November 2009, 1.16% up against the like period of 2008 (480,840), Justice Minister Mykola Onishchuk has announced this on Wednesday. The highest birth rate was seen in Donetsk region (332,000 - 8.28%), Dnipropetrovsk region (34,483 - 7.08%), Lviv region (28,259 - 5.8%) and the city of Kyiv (29,921 - 6.15%). As reported, more boys than girls are being born in Ukraine and this trend is being kept.