GB Historical DB

Births, marriages and age-specific mortality by county, burgh and district in Scotland, 1921-1971

Table ID:
MORT_SCOT_1921_71     (1251718)
Contents:
Births, marriages and age-specific mortality by county, burgh and district in Scotland, 1921-1971
Approx. number of rows:
2,135
Table type:
Raw Data
Documentation Author:
Humphrey Southall
Chronology:
The data cover the period 1921 to 1971.
Dates and times are identified by:
   Year

Sources:

  1. The data for 1921 were taken from the Sixty-Seventh Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1921 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1922), "Statistics of Public Health Districts", pp.86-116.
  2. The data for 1930 were taken from the Seventy-Sixth Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1930 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1931), "Statistics of Public Health Districts", pp.94-124.
  3. The data for 1931 were taken from the Seventy-Seventh Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1931 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1932), "Statistics of Public Health Districts", pp.106-131.
  4. The data for 1941 were taken from the Eighty-Seventh Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1941 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1944), "Statistics of Burghs and County Areas (Short List and Age)", pp.112-137.
  5. The data for 1950 were taken from the Ninety-Sixth Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1950 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1953), Table 47, "Statistical Abstract -- Counties, Burghs and Landward Areas -- Scotland, 1950" (pp.326-65).
  6. The data for 1951 were taken from the Ninety-Seventh Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1951 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1953), Table 47, "Statistical Abstract -- Counties, Burghs and Landward Areas -- Scotland, 1951" (pp.344-85).
  7. The data for 1961 were taken from the Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland 1961, no. 107 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1963), Table 56, "Causes of Death and Ages at Death in Scotland, the Cities, Large Burghs, Small Burghs and Landward Areas - 1961" (pp. 366-388). The format is similar to 1951 but appears different because the causes of death are only listed on the first page and are subsequently identified only by code numbers. This table does not include data on births, so these have been added from Table 7, "Vital Statistics and Population, Scotland, Counties of Cities, Large and Small Burghs and Landward Areas, Numbers and Rates -- 1961", in the same report. For both births and stillbirths, the data are "corrected for usual residence".
  8. The data for 1971 were taken from the Annual Report of the Registrar-General for Scotland 1971, no. 117 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1973), Part I, Mortality Statistics, Table C2.16, "Deaths, by age, cause and local authority area, Scotland, 1971" (pp.252-71). This table differs from the earlier ones in containing no information on numbers of births or stillbirths, so this information is taken from Table A2.2, "Estimated home population, number of births, stillbirths and deaths, stillbirth and death rates, by local authority area, Scotland 1971", on pp.37-9 of Part I of the 1971 Annual Report.

Notes:

  1. This data was input by the digitisation team at the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis, Queen's University, Belfast.
  2. The geographical is essentially for all Burghs plus County Districts in 1921 and 1930, and for all Burghs and a single County Landward in 1931 and all later years. County totals are almost always included. Overall national totals are included for 1931, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1961 and 1971.
  3. This data was produced on an annual basis. CDDA only completed transcriptions for census years and specific other dates. NB the transcription for 1950 is only about one-third complete.
  4. The original 'area type' column description includes a note claiming an exception for the number of counties being 33 occurs in "1971, where Aberdeenshire is simply missing." The Aberdeen data does now appear to be included in the table, so the note has been removed.

Checking:

  1. The reported total for deaths of all ages has been checked against the sum of all individual age groups.
  2. The reported county totals for births, marriages and deaths have been compared with the sums of the data for Burghs, County Districts and Landwards.
  3. At the time of writing (January 2017), the data for 1931, 1951, 1961 and 1971 have been checked and corrected against the original reports to enable their use in redistricting work. However, a few rows for 1921 and 1930, and many of the rows for 1941 fail the above checks. Work is also needed to consistently identify the four cities separately from the counties.

Indices:

IndexTypeColumn(s) indexed
mort_scot_1921_71_pkey Primary key rec_num

Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

ConstraintTypeDetails
mort_scot_1921_71_pkey Primary Key See details above for primary key index


Columns within table:

ColumnTypeContents
year Integer number. Year.
sco_cnty Text string (max.len.=34). Name of Scottish County to which data relate.
area_name Text string (max.len.=104). Name of the area to which data relate.
area_type Text string (max.len.=22). The following values appear:
  • Burgh: From 1931 onwards these seem to be always Small or Large Burghs, but for earlier dates they have various statuses.
  • County District: Listed only for 1930 and earlier. These are presumably Registration Districts, and cannot currently be matched to the AUO, but have been included in checking.
  • Landward: i.e. county totals for all areas outside Burghs. Listed for all dates 1931 and later.
  • City: i.e. Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. These are currently distinguished only in certain years.
  • County: There are exactly 33 of these in all years except 1950, where only 13 counties have been transcribed.
  • Nation: i.e. national total for Scotland. Currently included for 1931, 1941, 1950 and 1951.
  • Total: There are five rows so labelled, all being 1951 national totals for different categories of area.
  • Unallocated: this appears once, for 1941 data for 'Unallocated deaths' in Shetland, which presumably could not be allocated to either Lerwick or the Landward.
pop Integer number. Population. In 1921 this is taken from the Census data, all other years gives an estimated population.
births Integer number. Total Births Registered (including illegitimate). For 1941-71 this figure is derived from summing together columns 'b_tot_corr' and 'still_b'.
b_tot_corr Integer number. Total Births corrected for Transfers (1921, 1930, 1931).
b_tot_m_corr Integer number. Total Births corrected for Males (1921, 1930, 1931).
b_tot_f_corr Integer number. Total Births corrected for Females (1921, 1930, 1931).
b_tot_i_corr Integer number. Total Births corrected for illegitimate children (1921, 1930, 1931).
b_live_tot Integer number. Total live Births Registered (including illegitimate) (1941, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1971).
b_live_tot_corr Integer number. Total live Births corrected for mother's residence (1941, 1950, 1951).
b_live_tot_m_corr Integer number. Total live Births corrected for mother's residence. Males (1941, 1950, 1951).
b_live_tot_f_corr Integer number. Total live Births corrected for mother's residence. Females (1941, 1950, 1951).
b_live_tot_i_corr Integer number. Total live Births corrected for mother's residence. Illegitimates (1941, 1950, 1951).
still_b Integer number. Total Still Births corrected for Mother's residence (1941, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1971).
marr Integer number. Total Marriages registered (1921, 1930, 1931, 1941, 1950, 1951).
deaths Integer number. Total Deaths Registered (1921, 1930, 1931, 1941, 1950, 1951).
d_tot_corr Integer number. Total Deaths corrected for Transfers (1921, 1930, 1931, 1941, 1950, 1951).
d_tot_m_corr Integer number. Total Deaths corrected for Males (1921, 1930, 1931, 1941, 1950, 1951).
d_tot_f_corr Integer number. Total Deaths corrected for Females (1921, 1930, 1931, 1941, 1950, 1951).
d_0_1 Integer number. Deaths aged under 1 year.
d_1_4 Integer number. Deaths aged 1 and under 5.
d_5_9 Integer number. Deaths aged 5 and under 10.
d_10_14 Integer number. Deaths aged 10 and under 15.
d_15_24 Integer number. Deaths aged 15 and under 25.
d_25_34 Integer number. Deaths aged 25 and under 35.
d_35_44 Integer number. Deaths aged 35 and under 45.
d_45_54 Integer number. Deaths aged 45 and under 55 .
d_55_64 Integer number. Deaths aged 55 and under 65.
d_65_74 Integer number. Deaths aged 65 and under 75.
d_75_84 Integer number. Deaths aged 75 and under 85.
d_85_up Integer number. Deaths aged 85 and over.
d_not_stated Integer number. Deaths where age is not stated.
d_all_ages Integer number. Total deaths of all ages.
rec_num Integer number. Sequence number keeping rows in order, added on loading.
cnty_unit Integer number. ID number for the county containing the reporting unit, as defined in the AUO.
g_unit Integer number. ID number of the reporting unit, as defined in the AUO.