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Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Annual Statement 2016

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STATES OF JERSEY

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND

CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS: ANNUAL STATEMENT 2016

Presented to the States on 12th January 2018 by the Minister for Home Affairs

STATES GREFFE

2018  R.5

REPORT

The Minister for Home Affairs presents the following statistics for the year 2016 –

  1. Statement as to the number of births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered in the 12 parishes of the Island during 2016.

 

PARISH

BIRTHS

DEATHS

MARRIAGES

CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

GROUVILLE

0

17

20

0

ST. BRELADE

6

62

79

1

ST. CLEMENT

5

20

9

0

ST. HELIER

979

499

249

11

ST. JOHN

3

6

2

0

ST. LAWRENCE

2

9

18

0

ST. MARTIN

1

19

19

0

ST. MARY

1

2

21

0

ST. OUEN

1

1

14

0

ST. PETER

1

92

13

2

ST. SAVIOUR

3

59

21

0

TRINITY

6

9

9

0

TOTALS

1,008

795

474

14

Notes:

  1. There were 38 re-registrations1 in 2016. These re-registrations have already been deducted from the table above, so that there were 1,008 births registered in Jersey in 2016.
  2. There were 2 stillbirths in the Island in 2016.
  3. The  number  of  marriages  performed  in  the  Office  of  the  Superintendent Registrar in 2016 was 189. This was 15 more than in the previous year. A further 169 civil marriages were celebrated in Approved Premises, 26 less than in  the  previous  year.  The  most  popular  months  for  marriages  (including Anglican marriages) were July and August.
  4. During the year, 103 couples came to the Island to be married by licence of the Superintendent Registrar. This is one less than in the previous year. The most popular months for visitors were July and August.
  5. The number of deaths registered in 2016 was 795, 17 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.

3

  1. In 2016, there were 14 civil partnership ceremonies, one more than in the previous year. Three couples came to the Island for their ceremony.
  1. Table covering the period 1995 to 2016

BIRTHS

 

YEAR  A

B  DEATHS

MARRIAGES

CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

1995  1,214

1,121  889

553

 

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

2016  1,046

1,008  795

474

14

R.5/2018

Notes:

  1. 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.
  2. The table includes Civil Partnerships from April 2012 onwards.

Superintendent Registrar 12th December 2017