Deaths by local authority of usual residence, numbers and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) by sex. SMR measures whether the population of an area has a higher or lower number of deaths than expected based on the age profile of the population (more deaths are expected in older populations). The SMR is defined as follows: SMR = (Observed no. of deaths per year)/(Expected no. of deaths per year). SMRs are calculated using the previou...

Live births by usual residence of mother, and General Fertility Rates (GFR), and Deaths and Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) by ward and local authority. The births and deaths data comes from ONS Vital Statistics Table 4. Small area data is only available directly from ONS under licence. The general fertility rate (GFR) is the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44. SMR measures whether the population of an area has a hig...