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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 –
- 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 |
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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:
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- The number of deaths registered in 2007 is 18 less than in the previous year.
- 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