Births to Mothers Born Outside the UK

• Mothers country of birth is recorded at birth registration.

• Not all women born outside the UK will be recent in-migrants; similarly, UK born mothers include the children of earlier in-migrants (the second and third generation).

• In Dudley the proportion of births to Mothers born outside the UK saw a small increase between 2001 and 2006 from 10.4% to 14% respectively.

• From 2006 to 2018 the proportion has been relatively stable, fluctuating between 12.2% and 14.4%.

Births to Mothers Born Outside the UK, Dudley

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Births to Mothers Born Outside the UK Compared to England

• The proportion of births in England to mothers born outside the UK has been consistently greater than that for Dudley.

• In 2001 the proportion for England was 17.1; following a sustained increase this had reached 29.2% by 2017 followed by a small decrease to 29.1% in 2018.

• The growth in the proportion at the England level is in contrast to the relative stability seen in the figures for Dudley.

 

Births to Mothers Born Outside the UK Compared to England

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