Births, Deaths and Other Vital Events - Quarterly Figures

Correction of Table Q4

Unfortunately, there were some minor errors in a few of the figures for the first quarter of 2011 in the version of Table Q4 that was available until it was corrected on the morning of 18 October 2012. The reasons for the errors, and how they were corrected, are now explained in footnotes 3 and 5 of the table. We apologise for any problems that may have been caused by these errors.

Correction of Table Q6

Unfortunately, the version of Table Q6 that was available between 9.30am and about 12.30pm on Thursday 14th June was wrong. Due to an error in the computer procedure for producing the table, the columns for most of the NHS Boards contained figures that were actually for other NHS Boards (correct values were given for Scotland and a few of the NHS Boards). Therefore, any figures which were taken from Table Q6 that morning (and any copies of the table that were made then) should be replaced by what is in the corrected table, which was made available that afternoon. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

First Quarter 2012

This release presents provisional figures for vital events which were registered in Scotland in the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012, inclusive. The tables (available below) provide statistics of births, stillbirths, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, including:

• quarterly figures for Scotland for each of the past ten years;
• the totals for each Local Authority and NHS Board area for the latest quarter; and
• more detailed analyses of the numbers of deaths (e.g. cross-classified by sex, cause and NHS Board area) for the latest quarter.

Statistical Service in Scotland

Tables

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Commentary

More detailed commentary on the final Vital Events statistics for calendar years as a whole (including some comparisons of the figures for different years, for parts of Scotland and for some other countries) can be found in the following areas of our website:

• the relevant chapters of Scotland's Population - the Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends

Note

This is a quarterly publication. The dates of future publications will be announced in our Future Publications page.

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