In yesterday’s post , a reader pointed out that the number of births reported in 2022 were far less than in 2021, as can be seen in this table: The 2022 months are all in the 30-thousands, while the 2021 numbers are in 40-thousands. I wanted to check whether this was something that should alarm us, or whether it is inline with the trend of lower birth rates happening in most of advanced economies of the world.
I had the idea that "women giving birth" might count mothers of twins only once. However, the multiple birth rate for England and Wales is around 1.5%, which stays in the 4-digit range.
I had the idea that "women giving birth" might count mothers of twins only once. However, the multiple birth rate for England and Wales is around 1.5%, which stays in the 4-digit range.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/971604/england-and-wales-multiple-birth-rate/
Another fun fact: the numbers for 2021 of women giving birth in the week 35 report are *lower* than in the week 31 report (there, the sum is 529,342).
Thanks for pursuing this!
Igor Chudov has written extensively about the drop in fertility rates post covid. Here's a sample search:
https://igorchudov.substack.com/?sort=search&search=fertility