Almost four in ten babies born to Clare mothers are now born out of wedlock.
New figures from the CSO have revealed an insight into births, deaths an marriages in the Banner County in Quarter 2 of this year, covering April to June.
According to the CSO’s latest quarterly report, a total of 332 babies were born in Clare between April and June of this year.
Of those, 190 were boys, with 142 girls born in that period, while 200 of these babies were born to married parents.
With 132 born outside of wedlock, this means almost 40% of children in Clare in that period were born to unmarried parents.
Just four of the Clare babies born in the second quarter were born to teenage mothers, while the 35-39 age bracket remains the most popular time in a Clare woman’s life to give birth.
At the other end of the scale, 186 people died in Clare in that time, with cancer accounting for 68 of those.
Circulatory and respiratory illnesses were the causes of 38 and 32 deaths here respectively, while dementia claimed seven lives and Alzheimer’s was recorded as the reason behind two deaths.
