Births Registrations in England and Wales, 1982-2016: Secure Access

The <i>Births Registrations in England and Wales, 1982-2016: Secure Access</i> study includes annual data files for all births registered in England and Wales from 1982 to 2016. Birth registration is a legal requirement under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836. The registration of births occurring in England and Wales is a service carried out by the Local Registration Service in partnership with the General Register Office (GRO). Information collected at birth registration is recorded on the Registration Online (RON) system by Registrars. Most of the information is usually supplied by the parent(s). For live births, details of the birth weight are transferred to the Registrar from the NHS birth notification. Further information about live birth statistics is available from the Office for National Statistics <a class="external" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths" title="live births">live births</a> webpage.<br>
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Prospective users will need to apply for access to this controlled access data via the UK Data Service Secure Lab. Further information is available on the <a href="https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/accesssecurelab/apply" title="Access to the Secure Lab">Access to the Secure Lab</a> webpages.<br>
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For the third edition (October 2017), the 2016 births data and documentation have been added.<br>
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