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STATES OF JERSEY
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN 2014: STATEMENT
Presented to the States on 21st September 2015 by the Minister for Home Affairs
STATES GREFFE
2015 Price code: A R.104
REPORT
The Minister for Home Affairs presents the following statistics for the year 2014 –
- Statement as to the number of births and deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered in the 12 parishes of the Island during 2014.
PARISH | BIRTHS | DEATHS | MARRIAGES | CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS |
GROUVILLE | 1 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
ST. BRELADE | 2 | 40 | 106 | 2 |
ST. CLEMENT | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
ST. HELIER | 1,013 | 494 | 244 | 7 |
ST. JOHN | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
ST. LAWRENCE | 2 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
ST. MARTIN | 0 | 13 | 38 | 0 |
ST. MARY | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
ST. OUEN | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
ST. PETER | 2 | 64 | 21 | 0 |
ST. SAVIOUR | 4 | 26 | 29 | 1 |
TRINITY | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
TOTALS | 1,031 | 682 | 523 | 13 |
Notes:
- When the various re-registrations1 are deducted from the official birth registrations shown above, the number of children born in the Island in 2014 was 989.
- There were 3 stillbirths in the Island in 2014.
- The number of marriages performed in the Office of the Superintendent Registrar in 2014 was 180. This was 2 more than in the previous year. A further 186 civil marriages were celebrated in Approved Premises, 13 more than in the previous year. The most popular months for marriages were August (99), September (72) and July (71).
- During the year, 94 couples came to the Island to be married. This is 25 less than in the previous year. The most popular months for visitors were July (25) and August (16).
1 Births can be re-registered under two of the Articles of the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey)
Law 2001 (under Article 56, when adding the natural father's name for the birth of a child whose parents were not married to each other at the time the birth was registered; or under Article 57, when a child is legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his or her parents and a submission is made by the parents to the Superintendent Registrar for re-registration of the birth, or where the legitimation of a person is established by judgment of the Royal Court).
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- The number of deaths registered in 2014 was 682, 37 less than in the previous year.
- In 2014, there were 13 civil partnership ceremonies (14 fewer than in the previous year), which included 3 couples who came to the Island for their ceremony.
- Table covering the period 1995 to 2014
BIRTHS
YEAR A | B DEATHS | MARRIAGES | CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS |
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 |
2013 1,091 | 1,017 719 | 484 | 27 |
2014 1,031 | 989 682 | 522 | 13 |
R.104/2015
Notes:
- 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.
- The table includes Civil Partnerships from April 2012 onwards.
Superintendent Registrar 27th August 2015