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11/07/2013
According to official figures, the number of babies born last year in Britain was the highest for more than 40 years.
The statistics, which have been released by the Office for National Statistics, has found that more than 724,000 children were born in England and Wales – the highest number since 1971.
A reason for the jump in numbers is thought to be down to the large-scale immigration of the past 10 years, which has seen a lot of young men and women ready to have families arrive in the UK.
Newly-arrived migrants also tend to have higher birth-rates than people in the existing population.
This was also underlined by the increase in the number of babies born to women who were themselves born abroad. The percentage of babies born to immigrant mothers increased to 25.9%.
Another factor for the increase in rates was the growing trend for older women, that is 40 and older, to have children, with the number of babies born to 40-somethings at five times the level of the mid-1970s. The figures reached almost 30,000 last year alone.
The ONS results show 724,674 babies were born in England and Wales in 2012, 0.8% more than in 2011. As a whole, the increase for Britain was slightly less at 0.6%, to 812,970 children, but this is due to a result of fewer births in Scotland.
In 1971, 783,155 children were born in England and Wales.
At the time, birthrates were falling sharply following the peak of the baby boom in 1964.
(JP/MH)
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New Baby Boom For Britain
According to official figures, the number of babies born last year in Britain was the highest for more than 40 years.
The statistics, which have been released by the Office for National Statistics, has found that more than 724,000 children were born in England and Wales – the highest number since 1971.
A reason for the jump in numbers is thought to be down to the large-scale immigration of the past 10 years, which has seen a lot of young men and women ready to have families arrive in the UK.
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Newly-arrived migrants also tend to have higher birth-rates than people in the existing population.
This was also underlined by the increase in the number of babies born to women who were themselves born abroad. The percentage of babies born to immigrant mothers increased to 25.9%.
Another factor for the increase in rates was the growing trend for older women, that is 40 and older, to have children, with the number of babies born to 40-somethings at five times the level of the mid-1970s. The figures reached almost 30,000 last year alone.
The ONS results show 724,674 babies were born in England and Wales in 2012, 0.8% more than in 2011. As a whole, the increase for Britain was slightly less at 0.6%, to 812,970 children, but this is due to a result of fewer births in Scotland.
In 1971, 783,155 children were born in England and Wales.
At the time, birthrates were falling sharply following the peak of the baby boom in 1964.
(JP/MH)
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