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Live-Births By Place Of Occurrence, Annual

Data from Jan 1978 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 13 Jul 2025, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: REGISTRY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Data Last Updated: 07/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data are based on date of occurrence. Prior to 1994, 'Total' includes births that occurred in nursing homes.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810061

Data explorer

LiveBirthsByPlaceOfOccurrenceAnnual.csv (4 rows, 1.8 KB)

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1981
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1978
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Total Live-Births By Place Of Occurrence3370333541356053867238590392793903939615412514218542232397204266339654379673957039826394903831737492371743748540760414514699743336436644733348577486354955450225494024911451142476695295743616383794248441556405854265442250412174077939441
Public Sector Hospitals1779117454178991873318262182301837517911178951773017066156461640315872153121622416563164081617316532171071752319514193562133620091201912115020979211792200723229232752326524214249912869526212258963045630500306953343733872339703435433242
Private Sector Hospitals1577015938175201976620127208402047621497231912430025029239192614923679225462322123170229512204120844199421984121125219432551523096233412602827449272962739626814259302562226618223642390817004120541137510337885878926576504144414008
Other Locations142149186173201209188207165155137155111103109125931311031161251211211521461491321551491601511621581912392332352692923944236959139459628261029

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b8b0ed0ab6df784fbe33f0dba4aacb4e"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Live-Births By Place Of Occurrence, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b8b0ed0ab6df784fbe33f0dba4aacb4e/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)