The Registrar General for Scotland has published provisional figures for births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered during the first quarter of 2011.
The figures show:
- Births - 14,611 births were registered in the first quarter of the year - 58 (0.4%) fewer than in the same period of 2010.
- Marriages - at 3,130, the number of marriages was three fewer than in the first quarter of 2010.
- Civil partnerships - 98 civil partnerships (46 male and 52 female) were registered in the quarter, 36 more than in the first quarter of 2010.
- Deaths - 14,530 deaths were registered in Scotland in the first quarter of 2011 - 1.1% fewer than in the same period of 2010, and the lowest total, in quarter one, for at least 30 years.
