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Teenage pregnancies at lowest level since records began
02-Apr-2013Estimated number of conceptions to women of all ages is the second highest since records began
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1 in 5 women are childless at 45
07-Mar-2013A look at childlessness and fertility patterns over the last 70 years
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The link between under 18 conceptions and unemployment in England and Wales
14-Feb-2013Statistical analysis shows that the strength of the link varies across regions
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Video summary: Childbearing of UK and non-UK born women living in the UK
25-Oct-2012A short video summarising the key points of the article.
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Summary of statistics available about only children
16-Dec-2011The Office for National Statistics does not have the information to determine the number of only children living in the UK, because although there are statistics about children living with any siblings in the same household, it is not possible to determine the number of children with any siblings living elsewhere. However, some insight can still be provided into this subject by examining the number of women who reach the end of their childbearing years having had only one child, and the number of families with only one child living in the household.
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Fertility Summary, 2010
06-Oct-2011Comparison of fertility rates and average age at childbirth in the four UK constituent countries.
Latest Summaries
Latest Publications
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Chapter 1 - Smoking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey)
07-Mar-2013Data on smoking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey including questions on cigarette consumption, type of cigarette smoked, how old respondents were when they started smoking, and dependence on cigarettes.
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Chapter 2 - Drinking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey)
07-Mar-2013Data on drinking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on recent trends over time in drinking behaviour and detailed data for the 2011 survey year.
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Cohort Fertility, England and Wales 2011
07-Mar-2013Presents data on fertility on year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Pre Release Access list for Cohort Fertility 2011 (Pdf 28Kb)
07-Mar-2013Gives details of pre-release access for this release.
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Conceptions in England and Wales, 2011
26-Feb-20132010 Conceptions Statistical Bulletin
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Pre-release Access List: Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables, Spring 2013 Update (Pdf 31Kb)
26-Feb-2013Pre-release list for the Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables February 2013
Latest Data
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Chapter 1 - Smoking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey) (Excel sheet 486Kb)
07-Mar-2013Data on smoking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey including questions on cigarette consumption, type of cigarette smoked, how old respondents were when they started smoking, and dependence on cigarettes.
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Chapter 2 - Drinking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey) (Excel sheet 192Kb)
07-Mar-2013Data on drinking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on recent trends over time in drinking behaviour and detailed data for the 2011 survey year.
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Cohort Fertility, England and Wales, 2011 (Excel sheet 483Kb)
07-Mar-2013Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables (February 2013 Update): Annual Time Series Data (Excel sheet 484Kb)
26-Feb-2013These tables provide annual data for a selection of key statistics under the following themes: births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions. Figures for the latest years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available
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Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables (February 2013 Update): Quarterly Births and Deaths Data (Excel sheet 179Kb)
26-Feb-2013These tables provide quarterly data for births and deaths. Figures for the latest quarters may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available.
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Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables (February 2013 Update): Quarterly Conceptions Data (Excel sheet 229Kb)
26-Feb-2013These tables provide quarterly conceptions data. Figures for the latest quarters and years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available.
