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STATES OF JERSEY
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN 2012: STATEMENT
Presented to the States on 22nd October 2013 by the Minister for Home Affairs
STATES GREFFE
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REPORT
The Minister for Home Affairs presents the following statistics for the year 2012 –
- Statement as to the number of births and deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered in the 12 parishes of the Island during the year 2012
PARISH | BIRTHS | DEATHS | MARRIAGES | CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS |
GROUVILLE | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
ST. BRELADE | 2 | 48 | 141 | 0 |
ST. CLEMENT | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
ST. HELIER | 1,204 | 543 | 240 | 17 |
ST. JOHN | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
ST. LAWRENCE | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
ST. MARTIN | 0 | 10 | 38 | 0 |
ST. MARY | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
ST. OUEN | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
ST. PETER | 0 | 60 | 13 | 0 |
ST. SAVIOUR | 1 | 46 | 29 | 0 |
TRINITY | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
TOTALS | 1,214 | 762 | 540 | 17 |
Notes:
- When the various re-registrations are deducted from the official birth registrations shown above, the number of children born in the Island in 2012 was 1,123.
- There were 5 stillbirths in the Island in 2012.
- The number of marriages performed in the Office of the Superintendent Registrar in 2012 was 170. This was 9 more than in the previous year. A further 192 civil marriages were celebrated in Approved Premises, 22 more than in the previous year. The most popular months for marriages were June through to September, with August the busiest month (65 weddings).
- During the year, 116 couples came to the Island to be married. This is 4 less than in the previous year. The most popular months for visitors were August and June (26 and 23 respectively).
- The number of deaths registered in 2012 was 46 more than in the previous year.
- The Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 2012 came into force on 2nd April 2012. During 2012, after the Law came into force, there were 17 civil partnership ceremonies, all of which were in St. Helier . One couple came to the Island for their ceremony.
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- Table covering the period 1995 to 2012
YEAR | BIRTHS | DEATHS | MARRIAGES | CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS | |
A | B | ||||
1995 | 1,214 | 1,121 | 889 | 553 | From April 2012 |
1996 | 1,167 | 1,109 | 842 | 544 | |
1997 | 1,195 | 1,100 | 800 | 805 | |
1998 | 1,200 | 1,127 | 781 | 824 | |
1999 | 1,175 | 1,065 | 801 | 841 | |
2000 | 1,093 | 976 | 784 | 796 | |
2001 | 1,061 | 973 | 784 | 664 | |
2002 | 1,023 | 930 | 841 | 641 | |
2003 | 1,088 | 1,005 | 760 | 632 | |
2004 | 1,056 | 971 | 748 | 616 | |
2005 | 1,053 | 969 | 752 | 635 | |
2006 | 1,043 | 950 | 759 | 607 | |
2007 | 1,104 | 1,030 | 707 | 586 | |
2008 | 1,134 | 1,048 | 743 | 592 | |
2009 | 1,169 | 1,010 | 758 | 541 | |
2010 | 1,194 | 1,066 | 797 | 546 | |
2011 | 1,176 | 1,102 | 716 | 515 | |
2012 | 1,214 | 1,123 | 762 | 540 | 17 |
Note: The figures for births shown above are – in column A, the number of births
registered in each year, which includes the re-registration of births under the various Articles of the Law which provide for it; and in column B, the number of children actually born in each year.
Superintendent Registrar.
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