Births and Deaths (March 2021)

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The purpose of this briefing note is to outline the data on deaths, which shows the possible implications of COVID-19, where there has been an important change.

The table below shows that while Glasgow had an excess of births over deaths until an abrupt change in 2020; for the areas surrounding Glasgow, and for Scotland in general, there had been an established trend for the number of deaths to exceed births that has been magnified in 2020.

Table 1: Trends in Births and Deaths

 

             Glasgow

              Non Glasgow Conurbation

            Scotland

 

Births 

Deaths

Change 

Births 

Deaths 

Change 

Births 

Deaths

Change

2016

6,833

6,321

512

12,075

13,220

-1,145

54,488

56,728

-2,240

2017

6,852

6,485

367

12,037

13,455

-1,418

52,861

57,883

-5,022

2018

6,548

6,413

135

11,615

13,481

-1,866

51,308

58,503

-7,195

2019

6,553

6,314

239

11,398

13,435

-2,037

49,863

58,108

-8,245

2020

5,869

7,286

-1,417

10,565

15,541

-4,976

46,778

64,084

-17,306

Change

-964

965

-1,929

-1,510

2,321

-3,831

-7,710

7,356

-15,066

Source: National Records of Scotland.

Last modified on 10 April 2024

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