Release: Characteristics of mother 1, England and Wales, 2009

Presents data on birth registrations in England and Wales by characteristics of the mother. This package contains birth statistics by age of mother, type of registration (within marriage, joint, sole), and mean age of mother by birth order.

For information on data quality, legislation and procedures relating to birth statistics, please see Births Metadata and Births Summary Quality Report.

There is also a frequently asked questions on births and fertility document.

In addition, there is an interactive mapping tool which enables trends in fertility to be analysed at the local level.

There is a lookup table to show how the current birth tables relate to former Series FM1 tables.

The Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables provide quarterly and annual births data for the United Kingdom and its constituent countries.

For data for other UK countries please see the latest birth statistics for Northern Ireland and the latest birth statistics for Scotland.

We welcome feedback on the content, format and relevance of this release. The Health and Life Events (HLED) User Engagement Strategy outlines the divisional approach to user engagement.