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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 6 Nov 2001

Vol. 543 No. 2

Written Answers. - Marriage Statistics.

Dan Neville

Question:

371 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people per 100,000 who were married for each year from 1970 to 2001. [26186/01]

Data on marriages are routinely published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The most recent figures available refer to January to June 2001 and indicate a provisional rate of 174.6 per 100,000 population, 6.8 below that for the corresponding period of 2000. The rates for the years 1970 to 2000 are provided in the following table.

Number of Marriages per 100,000 Population 1970 to 2000

Year

Rate per 100,000Population

1970

704.4

1971

739.2

1972

737.4

1973

742.5

1974

730.9

1975

669.8

1976

637.6

1977

611.8

1978

639.2

1979

617.7

1980

640.8

1981

598.6

1982

581.1

1983

555.6

1984

524.6

1985

530.8

1986

524.6

1987

516.3

1988

520.6

1989

517.9

1990

508.8

1991

494.7

1992

468.0

1993

470.7

1994

463.5

1995

433.3

1996

446.0

1997*

427.0

1998*

453.0

1999*

494.7

2000*

506.2

*Provisional figures based on year of registration.
Source: Central Statistics Office.
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