Methodology
All figures in this report are classified by year of occurrence.
Birth and death rates
Birth and death rates are calculated using 2017 estimated usual residence census of population figures.
Population revisions
In this report the population data used to calculate the rates in Figure 3.1 and Figure 3.2 have been revised for intercensal years 2012 to 2015.
In the 2016 Annual report the estimated population data used to calculate rates for births and deaths was revised for intercensal years 2012 to 2015. Consequently, this resulted in some revision of rates for these years.
NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regional Authority areas
The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. The NUTS3 regions correspond to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994. The NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, are groupings of the NUTS3 regions. The composition of the regions is set out below.
NUTS3 Regional Authority areas: Border, Midland, West, Dublin, Mid-East, Mid- West, South-East and South-West
| Border | Cavan | Dublin | Dublin City |
| Donegal | Dún Laoghlaire-Rathdown | ||
| Leitrim | Fingal | ||
| Monaghan | South Dublin | ||
| Sligo | Mid-East | Kildare | |
| Louth | |||
| West | Galway City | Meath | |
| Galway County | Wicklow | ||
| Mayo | Midland | Laois | |
| Roscommon | Longford | ||
| Offaly | |||
| Westmeath | |||
| Southern Regions | |||
| South-East | Carlow | Mid-West | Clare |
| Kilkenny | Tipperary | ||
| Waterford City and County | Limerick City and County | ||
| Wexford | South-West | Cork City | |
| Cork County | |||
| Kerry |
EU-15 and EU-28 Countries
| EU-15 | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. |
| EU-16-28 | EU-15 plus Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. |
This report contains upward revisions to previously published figures for the number of births occurring in 2008. These revisions were first published in the Report on Vital Statistics 2009.
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