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STATES OF JERSEY
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN 2015: STATEMENT
Presented to the States on 21st December 2016 by the Minister for Home Affairs
STATES GREFFE
2016 R.134
REPORT
The Minister for Home Affairs presents the following statistics for the year 2015 –
- Statement as to the number of births and deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered in the 12 parishes of the Island during 2015.
PARISH | BIRTHS | DEATHS | MARRIAGES | CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS |
GROUVILLE | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
ST. BRELADE | 4 | 95 | 89 | 0 |
ST. CLEMENT | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
ST. HELIER | 1,030 | 506 | 239 | 10 |
ST. JOHN | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
ST. LAWRENCE | 5 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
ST. MARTIN | 0 | 6 | 28 | 1 |
ST. MARY | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
ST. OUEN | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
ST. PETER | 2 | 59 | 22 | 0 |
ST. SAVIOUR | 4 | 59 | 27 | 1 |
TRINITY | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
TOTALS | 1,052 | 778 | 492 | 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 2015 was 997.
- There were no stillbirths in the Island in 2015.
- The number of marriages performed in the Office of the Superintendent Registrar in 2015 was 174. This was 6 less than in the previous year. A further 195 civil marriages were celebrated in Approved Premises, 9 more than in the previous year. The most popular months for marriages, including Anglican marriages, were August (90), July (84) and September (56).
- During the year, 104 couples came tothe Island to be married by licence of the Superintendent Registrar. This is 10 more than in the previous year. The most popular months for visitors were August (26) and July (21).
- The number of deaths registered in 2015 was 778, 96 more than in the previous year.
1 Births can be re-registered under two of the Articles of the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey)
Law 2001 (under Article 56, to add a natural father's name; or under Article 57, following marriage) or following an Act of the Royal Court, usually a decree of legitimacy.
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- In 2015, there were 13 civil partnership ceremonies (exactly the same number as the previous year), which included 3 couples who came to the Island for their ceremony.
- Table covering the period 1995 to 2015
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 |
2015 1,052 | 997 778 | 492 | 13 |
R.134/2016
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 12th December 2016