Data from the Economic and Social Research Institute shows that Ireland continues to have the highest birth rate in the European Union after having 74,377 births registered last year. Despite the high number, the figure actually shows a slight decline in birth rate from the previous year.
The Irish Examiner reports that the number of births accounts for 16.2 births per 1,000 people, the highest rate in Europe. The ESRI also found overall perinatal mortality rate in Ireland had fallen 25% in the past ten years.
“The perinatal mortality rate for Ireland ranked 10th lowest out of the 16 EU27 countries for which 2011 data were available,” ESRI said.
2011 brought in 1,319 sets of twins, 28 sets of triplets and one set of quadruplets. Sadly, figures also showed that 153 newborns died within their first week of life. There were less than 300 stillbirths, a 29% drop since 2002.
The Central Statistics Office said the natural increase in population (births minus deaths) from April to June was 10,878.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.JBRAFTREE | Dec 23, 2012, 06:44 PM EST
Wait, these people have trouble making ends meet, so there's a baby boom. Sounds a lot like our lesser fortunate here in the States.
Pittsburghkid | Dec 23, 2012, 03:31 PM EST
Keep up the good work. Abortion ruins lives, babys creats families. In Northern Ireland, the blessed Irish mother are creating a new nation. A nation where the Catholic Irish have a voice.
WoundedKnee | Dec 23, 2012, 03:07 PM EST
Poor journalism, O'Shea. You totally omitted one of the most salient facts to emerge. Namely: One child in four born in Ireland is born to a foreign mother (it was the same last year). Given the continued influx of foreigners of child-bearning age, and the exodus of young Irish men and women, this is a harbinger of the ethnic replacement predicted for Ireland within the next two or three decades. That's worth commenting on, especially on an Irish American web site--it's really weird that you didn't notice it.
cillowen | Dec 23, 2012, 01:10 PM EST
more babies for the commonwealthy UKer crowd - aus can nz ...