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Births & Deaths


What are Birth & Death data?

Births & deaths data are statistics based on the ONS annual recording of births & deaths registered within a specific year; the most current year available is 2009.

What is Birth & death data used for?

Data from ONS has been used to support the following:

  • Life expectancy
  • Birth rates
  • Mortality rates
  • Fertility rates
  • Health needs assessment
  • Health equity audit
  • National Service Frameworks
  • Cancer networks
  • Performance monitoring
  • Profiling of small areas
  • End of Life care




England & Wales births & deaths data facts

  • There were 504,052 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2007
  • Comprising 240,787 males and 263,265 female deaths
  • Age-standardised mortality rates for males and females were 6,949 and 4,921 deaths per million population
  • Compared with the 2006 rates, this represents a fall of 2.4 per cent for males and 1.4 per cent for females
  • The age-standardised death rate for males fell from 25,829 per million in 1901, to 8,477 in 2000.
  • The age-standardised death rate for females fell from 21,705 to 5,679 per million over the same period.
  • In 2007, only 4 per cent of deaths occurred at ages under 45. In 2007, there were 3,345 infant deaths (under one year of age) registered in England and Wales, giving a rate of 4.8 per 1,000 live births.
  • More people die at home and fewer in hospital than 3 years ago - Where people die

 
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Data and analysis
Place of Death
Date Title Format View
3 Aug 2011 Place of death by quarter, broad categories, by PCT and LA - for SQU02 download resource
3 Aug 2011 Place of death by quarter, broad categories, by PCT and LA - for NI129 download resource
Births standard outputs: Numbers and rates
Date Title Format View
7 May 2008 All births by Local Authority 1996 -2006 download resource
3 Apr 2008 Low birthweight and still birth counts and rates by Local Authority 1996 -2006 download resource
10 Jan 2007 Fertility rates by Local Authority 1996 -2006 download resource
Deaths standard outputs: Cancer mortality
Date Title Format View
27 Nov 2008 All cancer mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 Colo-rectal cancer mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource
27 Nov 2008 Lung cancer mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 Prostate cancer mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource
27 Nov 2008 Breast cancer mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 Cervical cancer mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource
Deaths standard outputs: Circulatory disease mortality
Date Title Format View
27 Nov 2008 All CHD mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 All circulatory disease mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 AMI mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 Heart failure mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource
27 Nov 2008 Stroke mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
Deaths standard outputs: Respiratory disease mortality
Date Title Format View
27 Nov 2008 All respiratory disease mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2007 Asthma mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource
27 Nov 2008 Bronchitis, emphysema & COPD mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
27 Nov 2008 Pneumonia mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
Deaths standard outputs: All cause and other mortality
Date Title Format View
28 Nov 2008 Age specific death rates for England and Wales (Quinary age bands, 2001-2007 aggregated) download resource
28 Nov 2008 All cause mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities 1996-2007 download resource
28 Nov 2008 Seasonal mortality / Excess winter Deaths download resource
28 Nov 2008 External cause mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource
28 Nov 2008 Alcoholic liver disease mortality DSRs for East of England Local Authorities (5 year rolling basis 1996-2007) download resource

 
Making a births & deaths data request
What can erpho offer?

The request form is downloadable from here and completed request forms must be sent to the following dedicated address: Please tell us:

Details of the data you require When you need the data by Some information about why you need the data. We will discuss your request in order to refine and confirm the requirement. Please give as much notice as possible.

In general we provide data to allow you to perform further analysis rather than finished products. We provide aggregate data – we cannot provide individual record data except under special circumstances and by agreement with ONS. We are especially interested in work that we can extend to other parts of the region.

  If you would like to call and speak to someone about your request, please contact Doris Hain our Births & Deaths lead on

 

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