Revision of previous Births in England and Wales: 2022 publication and dataset with updated populations and corrections. Associated User Guide publication will also be updated.
Publications
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Births in England and Wales: 2022 (refreshed populations)
Annual summary statistics of live births, stillbirths and fertility rates.
Data
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Births in England and Wales: summary tables
Live births and stillbirths annual summary statistics, by sex, age of mother, whether within marriage or civil partnership, percentage of non-UK-born mothers, birth rates and births by month and mothers' area of usual residence.
Methodology
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User guide to birth statistics
Supporting information for birth statistics, which present figures on births that occur and are then registered in England and Wales. Figures are based on information collected at birth registration.
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
- meet identified user needs
- are well explained and readily accessible
- are produced according to sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.