Birth Trends in the South East Midlands. Michael Griffin

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Birth Trends in the South East Midlands

Michael Griffin

2nd March 2012

Birth Trends in the South East Midlands

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Contents   Recent Birth Trends by Local Authority .............................................................................. 2 Projected Births by Local Authority ..................................................................................... 2   Office of National Statistics Projections........................................................................... 2   Local Projections ............................................................................................................. 3 Births by Hospital Trust and Local Authority in 2010/11 ..................................................... 5 Estimated Future Births by Local Authority and Hospital Trust........................................... 7  

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Recent Birth Trends by Local Authority The table below shows the trend in the number of live births for each local authority within the South East Midlands for the years 2006 to 2010. Table 1: Live births by local authority 2006 to 2010

 

2006  

2007  

2008  

2009  

2010  

   Northamptonshire        Corby        Daventry        East   Northamptonshire        Kettering        Northampton        South   Northamptonshire        Wellingborough          Milton  Keynes  UA          Luton  UA          Bedfordshire        Bedford/Bedford  UA        Mid  Bedfordshire        South  Bedfordshire       Central  Bedfordshire     South  East  Midlands  

  8,588   745   864   976  

  8,990   803   823   1,040  

  9,225   880   878   1,039  

  9,054   908   813   958  

  9,258   919   798   1,017  

%  Change   Since  2006     7.8%   23.4%   -­‐7.6%   4.2%  

1,153   3,028   899  

1,198   3,135   944  

1,212   3,298   922  

1,250   3,250   862  

1,267   3,383   854  

9.9%   11.7%   -­‐5.0%  

923     3,415     3,325     4,943   1,938   1,555   1,450   N/A     20,271  

1,047     3,501     3,488     5,036   1,928   1,635   1,473   N/A     21,015  

996     3,767     3,555     5,357   2,111   1,618   1,628   N/A     21,904  

1,013     3,804     3,503     5,254   2,162   N/A   N/A   3,092     21,615  

1,020     3,912     3,532     5,295   2,119   N/A   N/A   3,176     21,997  

10.5%     14.6%     6.2%     7.1%   9.3%           8.5%  

Source: Office for National Statistics, Birth Summary Tables

Table 1 shows that between 2006 and 2010 the total number of live births increased by 8.5%. The number of live births increased in each of the four South East Midlands localities, with Milton Keynes experiencing the largest percentage growth (14.6%) over this period. The number of live births recorded in Daventry and Corby in 2010 was lower than the number recorded in 2006.

Projected Births by Local Authority Office of National Statistics Projections The table below shows the projected future number of live births as estimated by the Office of National Statistics in 2008. These are the latest consistent set of projections for future birth numbers. Table 2: Projected numbers of live births for Local Authorities in the South East Midlands

    Northamptonshire   Corby   Daventry   East  Northamptonshire   Kettering   Solutions for Public Health

2012     8,900   800   800   1,000   1,200  

2015     9,000   800   800   1,000   1,200  

2018     9,300   800   800   1,000   1,200  

2020     9,300   800   900   1,000   1,200   www.sph.nhs.uk

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Northampton   South  Northamptonshire   Wellingborough     Milton  Keynes     Luton     Bedfordshire   Bedford   Mid  Bedfordshire   South  Bedfordshire     SEM  

3,300   900   1,000     3,500     3,700     5,000   1,900   1,500   1,500     21,100  

3,400   900   1,000     3,500     3,800     5,000   1,900   1,500   1,500     21,300  

3,500   900   1,000     3,600     3,900     5,100   1,900   1,600   1,600     21,900  

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3,500   1,000   1,000     3,600     4,000     5,100   1,900   1,600   1,600     22,000  

Source: ONS 2008 sub-national population projections for local and unitary authorities

Table 2 shows that the ONS expected quite modest increases in the number of live births across the South East Midlands between 2012 and 2020 in their 2008 based population projections. Comparison with the recorded live births shown in Table 1 for the years since 2008 suggests that the number of recorded live births has been higher than the ONS predicted.

Local Projections Some local authorities produce their own forecasts for future numbers of births using local population projections and published fertility rates. These are likely to incorporate more recent data on the actual number of live births than the 2008 ONS projections, but are produced using different methodologies, at different times and for different time periods. The table below shows a projection for the number of live births in 2019 for the local authorities in Northamptonshire published by Northamptonshire County Council. The data is drawn from the Northamptonshire County Council Demographic Model Population Forecasts version 3.07. This projects population growth modelled on national population data (ONS) and local housing and population growth. Table 3: Northamptonshire County Council Projection for live births by local authority

Source: Northamptonshire County Council

This forecast appears to be based on the ONS live births data for 2009 and indicates a greater rate of increase than the 2008 ONS projections. The table below shows birth projections produced for Milton Keynes by Milton Keynes Council in 2011.

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4 | Birth Trends in the South East Midlands Table 4: Milton Keynes Council projected number of births Year All Births

2009 3810

2010 3800

2011 3791

2012 3714

2013 3690

2014 3691

2015 3715

2016 3761

2017 3801

2018 3822

Source: Milton Keynes Council, 2011

As with the ONS projections, these suggest very little growth in the number of live births for residents of Milton Keynes between 2009 and 2019, but feature a higher absolute number of projected births than the ONS projections. The Eastern Region Public Health Observatory (ERPHO) undertook work in 2009 to forecast future numbers of births across the Eastern Region. To do this they developed a modelling methodology where alternative possible future fertility rates are applied to future predictions of the size of the female population aged 15–44 years to give likely future numbers of births. Predicted future female population size was based on ONS 2006-based sub-national population projections. The four fertility scenarios applied were: • The minimum GFR recorded locally from 1974 to 2007; • The maximum GFR recorded locally from 1974 to 2007; • The GFR predicted using statistical modelling (exponential smoothing) based on the GFR from 1974 to 2007; • The GFR predicted using statistical modelling (exponential smoothing) based on the GFR from 2001 to 2007. Table 5 below shows the estimate of live births produced by the final two fertility scenarios listed above. These seem to be the more reliable estimates of the four scenarios developed by ERPHO. The first of the two estimates below is based on the long term general fertility trend since 1974, whereas the second estimate uses only the more recent general fertility trends since 2001. Table 5: Estimated future numbers of live births in Bedfordshire and Luton

PCT Bedfordshire Luton

Applying GFR predicted using statistical modelling 1974 - 2007 2008 2020 5307 5632 3150 3138

Applying GFR predicted using statistical modelling 2001 - 2007 2008 2020 5145 6316 3521 4918

Source: Eastern Regional Public Health Observatory (ERPHO) Birth Trends in the East of England 2009

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