Births and Deaths
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The ratio of births to deaths (Figure 1) in Blackpool has shown a consistently greater number of deaths than births apart from in 2014. The trend data shows a gradual overall increase in the birth to death ratio over the period. By comparison there has been consistently more births than deaths across England as a whole though the ratio has fallen slightly in recent years.
Source: ONS birth and death summary tables
Figure 2: Trend in births and deaths ratio in Blackpool
| Year | Live births | Deaths - all ages | Births/Deaths Ratio |
|---|
| 1999 |
1,528 |
2,109 |
0.72 |
| 2000 |
1,523 |
2,120 |
0.72 |
| 2001 |
1,397 |
2,124 |
0.66 |
| 2002 |
1,403 |
2,100 |
0.67 |
| 2003 |
1,549 |
2,114 |
0.73 |
| 2004 |
1,686 |
1,953 |
0.86 |
| 2005 |
1,649 |
1,976 |
0.83 |
| 2006 |
1,655 |
1,921 |
0.86 |
| 2007 |
1,694 |
1,876 |
0.90 |
| 2008 |
1,745 |
1,900 |
0.92 |
| 2009 |
1,725 |
1,803 |
0.96 |
| 2010 |
1,777 |
1,880 |
0.95 |
| 2011 |
1,735 |
1,818 |
0.95 |
| 2012 |
1,770 |
1,822 |
0.97 |
| 2013 |
1,717 |
1,816 |
0.95 |
| 2014 |
1,819 |
1,782 |
1.02 |
| 2015 |
1,665 |
1,986 |
0.84 |
| 2016 |
1,700 |
1,862 |
0.91 |
| 2017 |
1,643 |
1,868 |
0.88 |
| 2018 |
1,617 |
1,915 |
0.84 |
Source: ONS birth and death summary tables