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Births, Marriages and Deaths in 2007 - Statement (R.20/2008)

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STATES OF JERSEY

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS IN 2007: STATEMENT

Presented to the States on 11th March 2008 by the Minister for Home Affairs

STATES GREFFE

REPORT

The Minister for Home Affairs has the honour to present the following statistics for the year 2007 –

  1. Statement  as  to the  number  of  births,  deaths  and  marriages  registered  in the 12 parishes of the Island during the year 2007.

 

PARISH

BIRTHS

DEATHS

MARRIAGES

 

 

 

 

ST. HELIER

1,097

527

270

ST. SAVIOUR

47

34

ST. CLEMENT

1

12

12

GROUVILLE

1

9

19

ST. MARTIN

1

7

41

TRINITY

3

19

ST. JOHN

2

6

ST. MARY

1

1

8

ST. OUEN

2

7

18

ST. PETER

21

26

ST. BRELADE

1

56

121

ST. LAWRENCE

15

12

TOTAL

1,104

707

586

Notes:

  1. When the various re-registrations are deducted from the official birth registrations shown above, the actual number of children born in the Island in 2007 was 1,030. This is 80 more than last year.
  2. The number of marriages performed in the Office of the Superintendent Registrar in 2007 was 229. This was 15 fewer than last year. A further 176 civil marriages were celebrated in Approved Premises. This number is 2 less than that held in Approved Premises  last  year.  The most  popular  months  for  marriages  were  August  (102), September (93) and July (84).
  3. During the year 178 couples came to the Island to be married. This is the same figure as that of last year. The most popular months were August (31) followed by June (24) and September (22).
  4. The number of deaths registered in 2007 is 18 less than in the previous year.
  1. Table covering the period 1990 to 2007.

 

YEAR

BIRTHS (A): No. of births registered

BIRTHS (B): No. of children born

DEATHS

MARRIAGES

1990

1,171

1,112

863

662

1991

1,135

1,057

886

647

 

1992

1,202

1,137

825

641

1993

1,127

1,057

947

536

1994

1,210

1,147

841

539

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

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  of  illegitimate  children following the marriage of their parents; and in column B the number of children actually born in each year.

R.J. KERLEY Superintendent Registrar