Number of births by gender that were registered in a calendar year, or occurred in a mid-year period (1 July to 30 June).
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| Reference Period | |
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Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data) |
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Entire dataset
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The National Records of Scotland (NRS) is responsible for the organisation and administration of the records of births in Scotland.
Data on births for calendar years relate to the date of registration of the event and not the date of occurrence. Data on births between mid points of years are based on date of occurrence and refer to the number of births which occurred between 1 July of the previous year and 30 June of the year specified in the data.
Births are counted on the basis of the area of usual residence of the mother if that is in Scotland, otherwise they are counted on the basis of the place of birth.
Further information on births statistics, and other vital events, is available on the NRS website.
This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.
Information about the quality management process for births data are available on the NRS website.
The UK Statistics Authority has designated NRS vital events statistics as National Statistics, in line with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (available on the UK Statistics Authority website).
National Statistics status means that official statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value.
These figures are on a different basis from the vast majority of NRS published statistics of births, which are based on the calendar year in which the birth was registered. The "mid-year to mid-year" basis is used only in connection with population estimates and projections.
Details on other data sources for birth statistics are available on the NRS website.
Statistical information about births and other vital events is available in alternative formats, such as high level summaries and reports, from the vital events pages on the NRS website.
Examples of uses of vital events statistics can be accessed in a report published on the NRS website.
This dataset will be updated annually, typically in early autumn.
In February 2019, we updated our methodology for allocating datazones to higher geographies to align with Government Statistical Service Geography Policy. This resulted in revisions to some aggregated figures at Electoral Ward and Scottish Parliament Constituency level.
This slice of multidimensional data is not a Linked Data resource in the database: it's a virtual resource (i.e. you can't query it by SPARQL). But does have a permanent unique URL which can be bookmarked.
A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values
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Gender
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/gender
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Male
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/gender/male
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Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
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(not locked to a value) |
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Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
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(not locked to a value) |
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Time Period
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/timePeriod
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(not locked to a value) |
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Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
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(not locked to a value) |