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Live births by age of mother and by local health authority.
Annual summary statistics on live births and stillbirths by sex, whether inside marriage or civil partnership, percentage of non-UK-born mothers, birth rates; live births by age of mother and by mothers' area of usual residence.
Hospital deliveries
Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set. This month, we are analysing September 2021 data.
A resource pack 'Preparation for birth and beyond: a resource pack for leaders of community groups and activities', has been developed to help the NHS, local authorities and the voluntary sector in planning or leading preparation for parenthood groups and...
Statistics: Births, Deaths and Marriages Births Cause of Death Deaths Stillbirths & Infant Deaths Registrar General Quarterly Report Registrar General Quarterly Tables
Annual local authority metrics about health visits to pregnant women, children and their families during pregnancy and early childhood.
Form for doctors or midwives to certify that the body of a stillborn child can be cremated.
Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set. This month, we are analysing January 2022 data
Data report for fetal anomaly screening, infectious diseases in pregnancy screening and sickle cell and thalassaemia screening 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set.
Schools and colleges told that parents should be involved in decisions affecting their children.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The most popular baby names that were registered in Northern Ireland in 2018
Update of sexual and reproductive health profile indicators for reproductive health including teenage conceptions, abortions and contraceptive use.
October 2018 monthly publication of experimental statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set
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