Provisional figures for births, deaths and other vital events registered during the third quarter of 2014 are published today by the National Records of Scotland.

The statistics show that 12,938 deaths were registered in the third quarter of the year - 714 (5.8 per cent) more than in the same period of 2013. This was the highest number of third quarter deaths in a decade although levels remain substantially lower than those seen in the 1980s and 1990s.

The provisional figures also show that:

• 14,930 births were registered in Scotland between 1 July and 30 September 2014 – 422 (2.9 per cent) more than in the same period of 2013. The total number of births for the third quarter fell to a low of  around 13,200 in 2001. It then rose  to around 15,500 in 2008 before falling more gradually to the current level of around 14,900 in 2014. 
• There were 11,037 marriages, 725 more than the figure for the third quarter of 2013 (a rise of 7.0 per cent). 
• There were 140 civil partnerships (65 male and 75 female), 54 fewer than during the third quarter of 2013.

Compared with the same period in 2013, the number of deaths from coronary heart disease fell by 2.0 per cent to 1,585, deaths from stroke rose by 0.3 per cent to 988, and there were 3,892 deaths from cancer (an increase of 1.1 per cent).

The attached infographic [1] (PDF 266 KB) gives a visual representation of the information held within the publication.

The full publication, Births, deaths and other vital events - quarterly figures [2], is available on this website.
 

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