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Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set.
This shows correlation between higher rates of breastfeeding and lower rates of inpatient admissions for infants under 1 year.
Most popular first names for baby boys and girls, from all live births
January 2018 monthly publication of experimental statistics from the new Maternity Services Data set
Annual birth statistics including birthweight, gestation, ethnicity, place of birth, multiple births and stillbirths. Summary birth statistics for the UK by area of usual residence are also included.
Executive summary of the antenatal and newborn screening (ANNB) quality assurance (QA) visit to York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust held on 23 October 2019.
Annual statistics on live births including countries of birth for non-UK-born mothers and fathers.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Presents data on infant deaths that have been linked to their corresponding birth record and birth notification for infants born in a given calendar year.
Annual birth registrations by mothers' age and birth registration type: within marriage, jointly or solely by the mother.
Annual live births in England and Wales by age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC). The associated publication that uses the 2018 data has...
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.
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