Table 2.

Numbers of LS members: life events from record linkage until 2015

	Time period					Total
	1971–81	1981–91	1991–2001	2001–11	2011–15
Mortality	61 070	64 910	64 900	61 270	28 930	281 060
Widow(er)hoods	22 300	22 100	22 150	19 810	9390	95 750
Live births to sample mothers	64 760	68 560	70 350	74 070	37 790	315 520
Stillbirths to sample mothers	570	360	360	380	140	1810
Infant mortality to sample mothers	780	610	500	440	110a	2420
Cancer registrations	19 690	27 920	37 740	47 880	27 490b	160 730

Source: ONS LS.

Totals may not sum due to rounding.

^aNone processed since the end of 2013.

^bIncludes a small number of 2016 cancer registrations.