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5 days ago · Women in England and Wales had an average of 1.44 children between 2022 and 2023, the lowest rate on record. ... This meant the total fertility rate in 2023 was the lowest recorded since 1938.
5 days ago · The global total fertility rate was 2.3 children per woman in 2022, less than half the rate (5.3) in 1963. The total fertility rate is declining in most countries, even those that had much higher fertility rates in the recent past. In the European Union the total fertility rate in 2022 was 1.5, following a similar trend to England and Wales.
In 2021, there were 824,983 conceptions for women of all ages in England and Wales, this is the first increase in the last six years. Women aged 30 to 34 years had the highest number and...
Mar 13, 2024 · The 'real' 35: 38? Or 40? One recent academic review, for example, looked at how likely it was that women who were defined as infertile could conceive spontaneously, without medical assistance,...
- Age-Specific Fertility Rate
- Replacement Level
- Standardised Mean Age
- Stillbirth
- Total Fertility Rate
The number of live births to mothers of a particular age per 1,000 women of that age in the population. Useful for comparing fertility of women at different ages or women of the same age in different populations. The rates for women under 20 years and 40 years and over are based on the female population aged 15 to 19 years and 40 to 44 years respec...
Replacement fertility is the level of fertility required for the population to replace itself in size in the long term. In the UK, women would need to have, on average, 2.08 childrento ensure long-term "natural" replacement of the population.
The standardised mean (average) age (for example, at birth or marriage) is a measure that eliminates the impact of any changes in the distribution of the population by age and therefore enables trends over time to be analysed. Standardised means are calculated using rates per 1,000 female population by single year of age of mother.
A stillbirth is a baby born after 24 or more weeks completed gestation and which did not, at any time, breathe or show signs of life. On 1 October 1992 the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992came into force, altering the definition of a stillbirth to 24 or more weeks completed gestation, instead of 28 or more weeks completed gestation.
TFR is the average number of live children that a group of women would have if they experienced the age-specific fertility rates for the calendar year in question throughout their childbearing lifespan. It is a better measure of trends than the number of livebirths, since it accounts for the size and age structure of the female population of childb...
5 days ago · Births and fertility explained. An article explaining how we measure fertility, how the number of births and fertility rates have changed, and some factors that affect fertility. From: Office for ...
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4 days ago · The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1938, show figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).1 In 2023 the total fertility rate (TFR) in England and Wales was 1.44 children per woman, compared with 1.49 in 2022. Wales and the north west of England experienced the largest declines in TFR compared with 2022. In 2023 there were 591 ...
