Births in Scotland
Data and Resources
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Female PopulationsCSV
Female populations for council areas sourced from National Records of...
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Comparison of NRS and SMR02CSV
A comparison of live and stillbirths registered in the National Records of...
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Births by HospitalsCSV
The number of live and stillbirths by hospital of birth sourced from the...
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ParityCSV
Sourced from the Scottish Morbidity Record 02 (SMR02), the number of...
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Antenatal Booking Appointment TimeCSV
The number of maternities for which the antenatal booking appointment for the...
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Maternal Body Mass Index (BMI)CSV
The number of maternities by BMI since 2010/11 from the Scottish Morbidity...
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Smoking behaviour during pregancyCSV
Smoking behaviour in pregnancy is collected at a woman's first antenatal...
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Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy by Council AreasCSV
Alcohol consumption in pregnancy is collected at a woman's antenatal booking...
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Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy by Health BoardsCSV
Alcohol consumption in pregnancy is collected at a woman's antenatal booking...
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Drug Misuse in Pregnancy by Council AreasCSV
The number of maternities where drug misuse in pregnancy has been recorded....
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Drug Misuse in Pregnancy by Health BoardsCSV
The number of maternities where drug misuse in pregnancy has been recorded....
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Method of DeliveryCSV
Data on live singleton births by mode of delivery and whether the delivery...
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Appropriate Birthweight for Gestational AgeCSV
Data on the appropriateness of birthweights for gestational age at birth, for...
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Neonatal CareCSV
Data on the level of care for newborn babies. Babies who are unwell after...
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Babies Affected by Maternal Use of Drugs by ...CSV
Data on babies affected by maternal use of drugs are sourced from Scottish...
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Babies Affected by Drugs by Health BoardsCSV
Data on babies affected by maternal use of drugs are sourced from Scottish...
Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Source | Scottish Morbidity Record 02 (SMR02), Scottish Birth Record (SBR) and National Records of Scotland (NRS) |
Author | PHS Pregnancy, Birth and Child Health Team |
Version | 1.0 |
Last Updated | December 10, 2024, 13:34 (GMT) |
Created | October 12, 2018, 09:53 (BST) |
Contact Address | Public Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9EB |
Subject | Birth and Maternity |
Frequency | Annual |
Time frame of data and timeliness | The delay between data timeframe and date of publication is mainly due to delays in data submissions. |
Coverage | Covers births in Scotland since 1997/98. |
Completeness | Considered complete. There is generally a shortfall in the number of births when compared to NRS birth registrations. |
Accuracy | SMR02 data are subjected to validation on submission. Figures are compared to previous figures and expected trends. |
Continuity of data | Data is continuously reported since 1997/98. |
Concepts and definitions | Further information is provided in the associated technical document: https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/births-in-scotland |
Disclosure | The PHS statistical disclosure protocol has been followed. |
Revision statement | Data for the most recent year are generally noted as provisional (due to a small shortfall in completeness of data) at time of publication. The data are then routinely revised at next year's update. |
Official statistics designation | National Statistics |
Relevance and key uses of the statistics | Making information publicly available for planning, epidemiology, provision of services, monitoring standards, and the statistics provide comparative information. |
Format | CSV |
Language | English |
Links | Births in Scotland full report, summary report and data tables |