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Vital Statistics for England and Wales

Full name of the series in original language
Vital Statistics for England and Wales
Abstract

The purpose of the Vital Statistics for England and Wales data is to record the numbers of conceptions, live births, stillbirths, deaths and causes of death for persons in England and Wales, by gender and age. Data are available aggregated to local authority, health authority and ward level, depending on the year. Individual studies in the series record various parts of these data. Changes have been made over time to the way in which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects vital statistics data, resulting in some variation in the content of later studies in the series. The UK Data Service holds Vital Statistics data from 1981 onwards. Data are available from 1981 to 2006.

The purpose of the Vital Statistics for England and Wales data is to record the numbers of conceptions, live births, stillbirths, deaths and causes of death for persons in England and Wales, by gender and age. Data are available at local authority, health authority and ward level. Individual studies in the series record various parts of these data. Changes have been made over time to the way in which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects vital statistics data, resulting in some variation in the content of later studies in the series. Further information may be found in the Key Population and Vital Statistics reports available from the ONS web site.

During 2006, Sam Smith and colleagues at ESDS Government carried out work on various studies in the series prior to 2002, to improve the data format. The resulting files have been redeposited at the UKDA. More information is available in the documentation for the studies concerned.

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Time method
Cross-section
Time period
1981
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2006

Types of available microdata

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students
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foreign researches
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Access mode

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Update date
15/09/2021