HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 c743W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many births occurred in each of the last five years in each health and social services board area; and what this was as a percentage of the total population in each area. [22922]

Sir John Wheeler

The general register office for Northern Ireland collects information on the population and the number of births occurring in each of the district council areas in Northern Ireland. The figures have been aggregated for each of the four health and social services board areas.

As the most recent information available is for 1994, the data requested are as follows:

Live births occurring in each area
Health and social services board area 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Eastern 10,133 10,273 9,888 9,511 9,179
Northern 6,196 6,038 6,052 5,918 5,881
Southern 5,301 5,248 5,007 4,844 4,868
Western 4,869 4,706 4,625 4,636 4,361
Northern Ireland 26,499 26,265 25,572 24,909 24,289
Live births occurring in each area as a percentage of the total population in each area
Health and Social Services Board Area 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Eastern 1.56 1.57 1.5 1.43 1.38
Northern 1.57 1.52 1.5 1.46 1.44
Southern 1.86 1.82 1.72 1.65 1.64
Western 1.87 1.79 1.74 1.73 1.62
Northern Ireland 1.67 1.64 1.58 1.53 1.48