Notices

23 February 2024

In Table 1, the number of maternities in 2018 has changed from 649,626 to 649,624. This is because of an error during analysis of the dataset and this correction brings the figure in line with our 2018 Birth Characteristics figure.

In Table 1, the percentage of live births to non-UK born mothers in 2015 changed from 27.5 to 27.6. This is because of a rounding error.

The impact of these changes is minimal and does not affect the trends seen.

26 February 2024

The 2021 dataset has been revised to denote stillbirth rates in Table 3 based on fewer than 3 births as [x], as rates based on such low numbers are susceptible to inaccurate interpretation. No other figures have been changed.

28 October 2024

This page has been superseded by our Births in England and Wales: birth registrations dataset and our Births in England and Wales: linked births dataset. These are the new titles and locations of the datasets used in our Births in England and Wales: 2023 bulletin and future releases in the series.

About this Dataset

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.

Edition in this dataset

2022 edition of this dataset

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2021 edition of this dataset

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2020 edition of this dataset

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2016 edition of this dataset

2015 edition of this dataset

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2014 edition of this dataset

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2009 edition of this dataset

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