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National Records of Scotland (NRS) - Births Data

Summary

This dataset is available through the Researcher Access Service.

Abstract

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births

Keywords

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births
  • Associated media
    • Available resource files can be downloaded below.

      File name

      National Records Of Scotland Nrs Births Data Variables

      Type

      .PDF

  • Is part of
    • Available

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1981
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    26/01/2025

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Not available
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Not available

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Not available
  • Resource creator
    National Records Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    text, csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data dictionary

DATE_OF_BIRTH

Date of Birth

SEX

1 = male, 2 = female

TOTAL_BIRTHS_LIVE_AND_STILL

Multiple Births - all

LIVE_MALES

Multiple Births - Live Males

LIVE_FEMALES

Multiple Births - Live Females

STILLBORN_MALES

Multiple Births - Stillborn males

STILLBORN_FEMALES

Multiple Births - Stillborn Females

STILLBORN_SEX_NOT_KNOWN

Multiple Births - Stillborn Not Known

LIVEBORN_SEX_NOT_KNOWN

Multiple Births - live Not Known

TIME_OF_BIRTH

TBC

Variable description

Data type