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Live births and birth rates,1993-2008

This page gives you numbers of births and birth rates per 1,000 population.

Number of births 1993-2000

1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
19992000
Christchurch
408
404
401
401
391
402
349370
East Dorset
710
660
709
713
720
698
633652
North Dorset
622
558
574
641
627
545
578554
Purbeck
492
510
448
464
435
438
392357
West Dorset
857
905
830
869
827
871
809766
Weymouth & Portland
800
730
667
745
705
690
590594
Bournemouth
1,698
1,680
1,646
1,643
1,738
1,699
1,6091,673
Poole
1,670
1,673
1,587
1,534
1,543
1,492
1,4961,391
Dorset
7,257
7,120
6,862
7,010
6,986
6,835
6,4566,357
DCC Dorset
3,889
3,767
3,629
3,833
3,705
3,644
3,3513,293

Number of births 2001-2008

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
20072008
Christchurch
378
325
373
381
372
395
365390
East Dorset
640
616
695
623
675
653
694689
North Dorset
508
569
536
625
643
651
693690
Purbeck
391
339
357
369
343
357
366413
West Dorset
789
795
777
770
803
766
875838
Weymouth & Portland
585
647
614
627
651
652
686714
Bournemouth
1,540
1,517
1,628
1,628
1,619
1,863
1,9752,095
Poole
1,333
1,365
1,456
1,534
1,461
1,511
1,6481,629
Dorset
6,164
6,173
6,436
6,557
6,567
6,848
7,3027,458
DCC Dorset
3,291
3,291
3,352
3,395
3,487
3,474
3,6793,734

Births per 1,000 population 1993-2000

1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
19992000
Christchurch
9.7
9.5
9.6
9.3
9.0
9.2
8.08.3
East Dorset
8.9
8.2
8.7
8.7
8.8
8.4
7.67.8
North Dorset
11.4
10.1
10.3
11.0
10.8
9.0
9.69.0
Purbeck
11.2
11.4
10.0
10.2
9.6
9.5
8.57.7
West Dorset
9.8
10.2
9.3
9.6
9.2
9.6
8.98.4
Weymouth & Portland
12.8
11.6
10.6
11.9
11.2
11.0
9.49.6
Bournemouth
10.6
10.5
10.2
10.2
10.8
10.5
9.910.2
Poole
12.2
12.1
11.4
11.0
12.2
11.6
10.59.9
Dorset
10.9
10.6
10.2
10.3
10.2
9.9
9.39.1
DCC Dorset
-
-
10.0
10.0
9.7
9.4
8.78.5
England and Wales
13.1
12.9
12.5
12.5
12.3
12.1
11.911.5

Births per 1,000 population 2001-2008

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
20072008
Christchurch
8.5
7.2
8.3
8.5
8.3
8.8
8.08.5
East Dorset
7.6
7.3
8.2
7.3
7.9
7.7
8.18.0
North Dorset
8.1
9.1
8.4
9.6
9.8
9.8
10.210.2
Purbeck
8.4
7.6
8.0
8.3
7.7
7.9
8.09.0
West Dorset
8.6
8.5
8.2
8.1
8.4
8.0
9.08.6
Weymouth & Portland
9.3
10.1
9.5
9.7
10.1
10.0
10.511.0
Bournemouth
9.4
9.3
10.0
10.1
10.1
11.6
12.112.8
Poole
9.5
9.9
10.6
11.2
10.7
11.0
11.911.7
Dorset
8.8
8.9
9.2
9.4
9.4
9.8
10.310.5
DCC Dorset
8.4
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.7
8.6
9.09.2
England and Wales
11.4
11.4
11.8
12.1
12.1
12.5
12.813.0

Source: Office for National Statistics

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