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SAHSU - ONS - England and Wales Birth Registrations (Live/Still)

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

1981 - 2024

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

England and Wales

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Live and still births registered in England and Wales, obtained from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Documentation

Live and still births registration data for England and Wales include every death registered. Live birth records contain details such as date of birth, sex, birth weight, place of birth, and parental information. Still birth, defined as babies born dead after 24 complete weeks of pregnancy, contains details such as cause of deaths, birth weight, and parental information.

SAHSU holds a data sharing agreement with the ONS and has access to a restricted subset of variables from the full dataset.

The dataset may be internally linkable with SAHSU's environmental datasets, including air pollution and green space.

Dataset type

,

Keywords

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Administrative

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Other

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Annual

Version

1.0.0

Modified

05/06/2025

Citation Requirements

Small Area Health Statistics Unit

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1981

End date

31/12/2024

Time lag

More than 6 months

Geographic coverage

England and Wales

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

LOCAL

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access request cost

Variable

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Certified Secure Research Environment

Jurisdiction

GB-ENG

Data use limitation

Research-specific restrictions

Data use requirements

Collaboration required,Project-specific restrictions,Ethics approval required,Institution-specific restrictions,Geographical restrictions,Publication required,Disclosure control,User-specific restriction

Data Controller

Imperial College London

Data Processor

Imperial College London

Dataset Types: Registry, Health and disease

Dataset Sub-types: Births and deaths, Others


Collection Sources: Other