There are a few errors in the material presented in ‘Scotland’s Population 2004 – The Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends’, published on 29 July 2005.
The areas affected are as follows:
Introduction
Page 1, third paragraph, fifth sentence should read
‘The number of deaths in 2004 was 56,000 – 2,000 more than the number of births.’
Chapter 2 – 150 Years of Civil Registration
Page 64, first paragraph, second sentence should read
‘The table also reveals that the top five names covered 60 per cent and 47 per cent of all boys and girls born in 1855 compared with only 11 per cent for both sexes in 2004.’
Page 76, first paragraph, last sentence should read
‘Together they account for less than 20 per cent of the 2004 total, with ‘desertion’ having all but disappeared.’
Page 92, Table 2.8, the word ‘Thousands’ should appear above the 5 column headings ‘1861’, … , ‘2001’.
Appendix 1 - Summary tables
Page 97, Table 2, column headings should be grouped as shown below, with the headings ‘Stillbirths’, ‘Infant deaths’ and ‘Deaths’ above 2, 2, and 3 columns of figures respectively. Data for Scotland has been included in example for reference.
Table 2 Estimated population, births, stillbirths, deaths and marriages, numbers and rates, by council area, Scotland, 2004
Area |
Estimated |
Live births |
Stillbirths |
Infant deaths |
Deaths |
Marriages |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number |
Rate1 |
Standardised |
Number |
Rate2 |
Number |
Rate3 |
Number |
Rate1 |
Standardised |
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SCOTLAND |
5,078,400 |
53,957 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
317 |
5.8 |
266 |
4.9 |
56,187 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
32,154 |
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29 July 2005