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Live births and birth rates,1993-2006

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

Number of births 1993-1998

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

Number of births 1999-2006

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Christchurch
349
370
378
325
373
381
372
395
East Dorset
633
652
640
616
695
623
675
653
North Dorset
578
554
508
569
536
625
643
651
Purbeck
392
357
391
339
357
369
343
357
West Dorset
809
766
789
795
777
770
803
766
Weymouth & Portland
590
594
585
647
614
627
651
652
Bournemouth
1,609
1,673
1,540
1,517
1,628
1,628
1,619
1,863
Poole
1,496
1,391
1,333
1,365
1,456
1,534
1,461
1,511
Dorset
6,456
6,357
6,164
6,173
6,436
6,557
6,567
6,848
DCC Dorset
3,351
3,293
3,291
3,291
3,352
3,395
3,487
3,474

Births per 1,000 population 1993-1998

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

Births per 1,000 population 1999-2006

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Christchurch
8.0
8.3
8.5
7.2
8.3
8.5
8.3
8.8
East Dorset
7.6
7.8
7.6
7.3
8.2
7.3
7.9
7.7
North Dorset
9.6
9.0
8.1
9.1
8.4
9.6
9.8
9.8
Purbeck
8.5
7.7
8.4
7.6
8.0
8.3
7.7
7.9
West Dorset
8.9
8.4
8.6
8.5
8.2
8.1
8.4
8.0
Weymouth & Portland
9.4
9.6
9.3
10.1
9.5
9.7
10.1
10.0
Bournemouth
9.9
10.2
9.4
9.3
10.0
10.1
10.1
11.6
Poole
10.5
9.9
9.5
9.9
10.6
11.2
10.7
11.0
Dorset
9.3
9.1
8.8
8.9
9.2
9.4
9.4
9.8
DCC Dorset
8.7
8.5
8.4
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.7
8.6
England and Wales
11.9
11.5
11.4
11.4
11.8
12.1
12.1
12.5

Source: Office for National Statistics

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