Live Births and General Fertility Rates for Lincolnshire Districts, Annually Updated

Live Births registered annually in Lincolnshire and Districts, presented as both a count and a General Fertility Rate per 1000 women aged 15-44. This ONS data is shown by the mother's area of usual residence, with low values below 5 suppressed, which may cause figures for smaller geographies to not tally to larger areas. Lincolnshire County Council updates this dataset annually using data from the Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual fertility trends based on the General Fertility Rate per 1000 women aged 15-44
• Compare birth counts between different districts based on the mother's area of usual residence
• Model demographic projections based on annually updated live birth registration data
• Assess data suppression impacts on small-area analysis based on the suppression of values below 5

Strengths

• Data is updated annually, providing regular time-series observations
• Includes both raw birth counts and a standardized General Fertility Rate metric
• Sourced from the authoritative UK Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on Lincolnshire

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS), published by Lincolnshire County Council

Collection Method

Administrative registration of live births

Freshness

Updated annually. Last metadata update was 2026-07-08 13:33:25.012407.

Geography

Lincolnshire and its districts, United Kingdom