Bernard Allen
Ceist:66 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of non-marital births in (1) 1986, (2) 1987, (3) 1988, (4) 1989, (5) 1990 and (6) 1991.
Written Answers. - Non-Marital Birth Statistics.
The information requested by the Deputy is routinely published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The data is set out in the table below. The figure for 1991 refers to the first half of the year.
Number of Births outside Marriage: 1986-1991
|
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989* |
1990* |
1991* |
|
5,946 |
6,347 |
6,483 |
6,522 |
7,660 |
4,397 |
* The figures for 1989, 1990 and 1991 are based on year of registration rather than year of occurrence and are therefore provisional. The figure for 1991 refers to registrations received up to end of June 1991.