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Vital Events Reference Tables 2017

Vital Events Reference Tables 2017

Section 3: Births

Information about the basis of these statistics is available from the Vital Events – General Information and the Births – Background Information pages.

Correction to Table 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07(b) and 3.07(c) - 25 September 2018

Due to the correction of mid-year population estimates for 2002 to 2010. The impact on the figures is minimal and does not change any trends substantially.

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Section 3: Births
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Table 3.01a

Live births, numbers and percentages, by age of mother and marital status of parents, Scotland, 1946-50 to 2011-15

Table 3.01b

Live births, numbers and percentages, by age of mother and marital status of parents, Scotland, 2000 to 2017

Table 3.02

Live births, numbers and percentages by marital status of parents and type of registration, Scotland, 1974 to 2017

Table 3.03

Live births outside marriage, numbers and percentages, age of mother and type of registration, Scotland, 1974 to 2017

Table 3.04

Birth rate, gross and net reproduction rates and general and total fertility rates, Scotland, 1971 to 2017

Table 3.05

Fertility rates by age of mother, Scotland, 1971 to 2017

Table 3.06

Age-specific birth rates, per 1,000 female population, Scotland, 1951 to 2017

Table 3.07a

Cumulative fertility, by (assumed) birth cohort and selected age, Scotland, up to 2017

Table 3.07b

Cumulative fertility, for selected (assumed) birth cohorts, Scotland, up to 2017

Table 3.07c

Cumulative fertility, 1935-1999 (assumed) birth cohorts, Scotland, up to 2017

Table 3.08

Live births, numbers and fertility rates by marital status of parents, type of registration and administrative area, Scotland, 2017

Table 3.09

Live births, by country of birth of mother and administrative area, Scotland, 2017

Table 3.10

Live births, country of birth of mother by country of birth of father, Scotland, 2017

Table 3.11

Live births, stillbirths and maternities, by sex of child, marital status of parents and age of mother, Scotland, 2017

Table 3.12

Live birth, stillbirth and maternity rates per 1,000 women, by sex of child and age of mother, Scotland, 2017

Table 3.13

Live births by country of birth of mother, Scotland, 2007, 2012, 2015 to 2017

Table 3.14

Live births, stillbirths and maternities, by sex of child, marital status of parents and age of mother, Scotland and administrative areas, 2017
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Table 3.15

Live births, numbers by age of mother and age of father, and the average ages of mothers and fathers, Scotland, 2017

Table 3.16

Fertility rates (per 1,000 women) by age group and administrative area, Scotland, 2017

 

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