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28/06/2011
'New Irish' Make Up A Quarter Of Boom Births
A new report released has highlighted that 24% of all babies born during Ireland’s baby boom were from women born outside the country.
The Perinatal Statistics Report 2009 presents information on babies born in Ireland in 2009. Detailed analysis are presented for variables relating to the mother, father, and infant. The report aims to describe the fundamental social and biological characteristics of mothers and their babies and report on pregnancy outcomes with particular reference to perinatal mortality.
Carried out by the Health Research and Information Division and the Economic & Social Research Institute, the information highlights pregnancy outcomes, together with descriptive social and biological characteristics of all mothers giving birth and all babies born in Ireland in 2009.
Some 76,021 births were notified to the NPRS in 2009, with Ireland again reporting the highest birth rate of any of the 27 EU countries (17.0 per 1,000 population); the birth rate was 14.4 per 1,000 population in 2000.
The perinatal mortality rate was 6.9 per 1,000 live births and stillbirths in 2009, (6.8 per 1,000 live births and stillbirths for singleton births and 12.0 per 1,000 live births and stillbirths for multiple births).
At 2.1, the total period fertility rate for Ireland achieved the level required for the long-term replacement of the population in the absence of any net inward migration.
Commenting on this report Professor Michael Turner stated: "As Director of the HSE Obstetrics and Gynaecology programme in the Directorate of Strategy and Clinical Programmes, I welcome the NPRS 2009 Annual Report which shows that the perinatal mortality rate in Ireland has improved in the first decade of the 21st century. There has been a significant decline in both the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths which is a tribute to all the staff in the different disciplines working in the maternity hospitals.”
Other statistics reported that: Over 26% of women delivered by caesarean section in 2009, compared to 21% in 2000, representing a 25% increase in deliveries by caesarean section over the decade; The average age of women giving birth has increased from 30.2 years in 2000 to 31.3 years in 2009; Over 32% of births were to single mothers. The average age of single mothers was 27.5 years; and Almost 24% of births in 2009 were to mothers born outside Ireland.
(BMcN/KMcA)
The Perinatal Statistics Report 2009 presents information on babies born in Ireland in 2009. Detailed analysis are presented for variables relating to the mother, father, and infant. The report aims to describe the fundamental social and biological characteristics of mothers and their babies and report on pregnancy outcomes with particular reference to perinatal mortality.
Carried out by the Health Research and Information Division and the Economic & Social Research Institute, the information highlights pregnancy outcomes, together with descriptive social and biological characteristics of all mothers giving birth and all babies born in Ireland in 2009.
Some 76,021 births were notified to the NPRS in 2009, with Ireland again reporting the highest birth rate of any of the 27 EU countries (17.0 per 1,000 population); the birth rate was 14.4 per 1,000 population in 2000.
The perinatal mortality rate was 6.9 per 1,000 live births and stillbirths in 2009, (6.8 per 1,000 live births and stillbirths for singleton births and 12.0 per 1,000 live births and stillbirths for multiple births).
At 2.1, the total period fertility rate for Ireland achieved the level required for the long-term replacement of the population in the absence of any net inward migration.
Commenting on this report Professor Michael Turner stated: "As Director of the HSE Obstetrics and Gynaecology programme in the Directorate of Strategy and Clinical Programmes, I welcome the NPRS 2009 Annual Report which shows that the perinatal mortality rate in Ireland has improved in the first decade of the 21st century. There has been a significant decline in both the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths which is a tribute to all the staff in the different disciplines working in the maternity hospitals.”
Other statistics reported that: Over 26% of women delivered by caesarean section in 2009, compared to 21% in 2000, representing a 25% increase in deliveries by caesarean section over the decade; The average age of women giving birth has increased from 30.2 years in 2000 to 31.3 years in 2009; Over 32% of births were to single mothers. The average age of single mothers was 27.5 years; and Almost 24% of births in 2009 were to mothers born outside Ireland.
(BMcN/KMcA)
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