Births, Deaths and Marriages in Quarter 1 2006
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Quarter 1
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2005
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2006
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| Births |
15,334
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15,958
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| Average age of mothers (all births) |
30.9
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30.9
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| Average age of mothers (first births) |
28.6
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28.5
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| Deaths |
7,352
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7,320
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| Marriages |
2,909
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3,267
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| Population |
4,043,800
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4,130,700
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Almost 3 in 5 births to mothers over 30
Almost 3 in 5 (59.2%) births registered in the 1st quarter of 2006 were to mothers aged 30 years and over. Over a quarter of births registered (25.1%) were to mothers aged 35 years and over.
These figures are contained in the Central Statistics Office's Vital Statistics First Quarter 2006 report.
Of women having their first child, 44% were aged 30 and over, while over 1 in 8 (13.6%) women having their first child were aged 35 and over. See Table 3 of report.
The oldest mothers were in Roscommon, with an average age of 32.6 years. The youngest mothers were in Limerick City, with an average age of 29.2 years. See Table 4 of report.
There were 15,958 births registered in quarter 1 2006, an increase of 624 on the quarter 1 2005 figure. This corresponds to a birth rate of 15.5 per 1,000 population.
Over two in five (41.1%) births were to first time mothers. Just over one-third of births (34.3%) were outside marriage. See Table 3 of report.
The report also shows that 7,320 deaths were registered in quarter 1 2006, 32 less than quarter 1 2005. This works out as a death rate of 7.1 per 1,000 population.
Over 4 in every 5 deaths were from either diseases of the circulatory system (36%), cancer (28%), or diseases of the respiratory system (17%). There were 2,665 deaths due to circulatory diseases (which include heart disease and stroke), 2,063 deaths due to cancer, and 1,208 deaths due to respiratory diseases. See Table 8 of report.
The natural increase (births minus deaths) for quarter 1 2006 was 8,638, which is 656 higher than in quarter 1 2005, and well over twice the natural increase of 3,745 recorded in quarter 1 1997.
There were 3,267 marriages registered in Quarter 1 2006, 358 more than in Quarter 1 2005.
Vital Statistics First Quarter 2006 is priced at €6.00 and is available on our website www.cso.ie (PDF 128KB) (PDF 127KB) .
Hard copies available from the:
Central Statistics Office, Information Section, Skehard Road, Cork,
Government Publications Sales Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2,
or through any bookseller.
For more information contact Joseph Keating (LoCall 1890 313 414 ext 5121).
Internet address: http://www.cso.ie
20 September 2006
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