Release: Characteristics of Mother 2, England and Wales, 2009

Presents data on birth registrations in England and Wales by characteristics of the mother. This package contains live birth statistics by marital status, first live births within marriage by marriage duration, live births within marriage by age of mother and number of previous live-born children.

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.