Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2016

Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2016

There were 696,271 live births in England and Wales in 2016, of which 49% were girls and 51% were boys.

The percentage of women giving birth at home was 2.1% in 2016, a small decrease compared with 2012 to 2015 when it was 2.3%.

10,951 mothers had a multiple birth in 2016; 10,786 women had twins, 160 had triplets and 5 had quads and above (multiple births include stillbirths).