Vital Statistics — Live Births Registration
Department of Social Protection, prepared by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the Minister for Social Protection. Data received from the General Register Office.
1864
To collect vital statistics on live births in Ireland.
All live births in Ireland.
Data received on an ongoing basis from the GRO.
The data is collected under the Vital Statistics Act 1952 and Section 73 of the Civil Registration Act 2004. Provides information on live births in Ireland, used in calculating natural increase which contributes to the population estimates and in fertility analysis.
Eurostat & general public.
Live births – birth weight; gestational age; date of birth of infant; date of birth of parents; marital status of mother; number of previous children; county of residence of mother; multiplicity; occupation of parents; baby’s forename; nationality of mother and father, place of birth type.
Not available.
N/A.
N/A.
Live births are registered with a local Registrar and General Register Office (GRO). Data are then forwarded electronically from the GRO to the CSO for Vital Statistics.
Data is received weekly from the GRO.
N/A.
Approximately 60,000 records created on average nationally.
Quarterly and annually.
On-line from CSO website.
Yes.