Equality and diversity characteristics (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Pregnancy and Maternity / Paternity
- Recent data from the Office for National Statistics show South Tyneside to have a slightly higher maternity rate than the national average. In 2016 South Tyneside had just under 1,687 live births, or 63.1 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 44. This was higher than the North East birth rate of 57.0.
- Nationally, over half of children born in 2016 had parents who were either married or part of a civil partnership.
