[extropy-chat] darfur EP

[BillK]

On 5/3/06, Keith Henson wrote:
> Sorry, I was looking at the Northern Ireland figures and don't have the
> link handy.  They were not broken out to religions IIRC.
>

The site you want for Northern Ireland stats is  <http://www.nisra.gov.uk/>

Unfortunately their figures don't agree with your claim either.   :)

<http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/>
and click on Vital Statistics.
>From 1926 to 1965 the birth rate / 1000 population varied around 20-22
until it peaked in the 1961-65 period at 23 / 1000.
It then fell fairly steadily in every 5yr period until 1996-2000 when
it was 13.9 / 1000.
That's where your 40% reduction memory probably comes from. But it
wasn't a sudden one-off reduction. It was steadily reducing over a 35
year period.

This is roughly in line with the steadily falling birthrate for the UK
as a whole.

BillK