"Figure 1: Birth and death rates of businesses","" "UK, 2012 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. 2013 – The growth in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) schemes coincided with the introduction of HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Real Time PAYE report system. " "Unit","% rate" "","" "","Births","Deaths" "2012","11.4","10.6" "2013","14.1","9.7" "2014","13.7","9.7" "2015","14.3","10.4" "2016","14.6","10.2" "2017","13.1","12.2"