​Topics covered include: births and crude birth rate, over time; fertility rates (general, total, age-specific), over time; age of mothers, including teenage mothers; caesarean sections; birth weight; breastfeeding patterns (at discharge; at 6 to 8 weeks) and infant mortality

The report findings include:

• there were 869 live births in Jersey during 2020; corresponding to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 8.0 per 1,000 resident population
• the number of live births was the lowest annual total since 1983 and the crude birth rate was the lowest since at least 1950
• the 30 to 34 year age group of women had the highest age-specific fertility rate
• the proportion of mothers aged 35 years and over at delivery has increased from around one in four (24%) in 2001 to one in three (36%) in 2020
• the proportion of births by caesarean section (37%) was higher than that recorded in each year of the previous two decades and was greater in Jersey than in England (30%)
• 2% of newborn term babies in Jersey were classified as 'low' birthweight, similar to England
• three-quarters (75%) of babies were being breastfed at discharge from maternity care; by 6 to 8 weeks this proportion was 62%
• over the period 2018 to 2020 infant mortality in Jersey was 2.6 deaths per 1,000 live births in infants under one year of age, a similar rate to that recorded in England