Contents 1 Birth and Death 1.1 Total by Birth Century & Gender 1.2 Born in West Midlands: Where did they die? 1.3 Died in West Midlands: Where were they born?

Birth and Death

This page sets out an analysis of profiles in West Midlands, England using a snapshot of the Wikitree database taken on 2 March 2024.

We can only analyse profiles by county and country when location fields have been accurately input to Wikitree standards. Some people are analysed as being born or having died in England or in the United Kingdom when, with a minor change, we could be more precise. Many profiles can be tidied, by properly formatting the location field (perhaps just by adding comma in the right place, or correcting a spelling mistake), by adding more detailed information to the location fields from information in the biography, or with research. We are working on an ongoing basis to improve these profiles and to add new locations to the Locations Table so that more profiles are identified and analysed.

If you would like help with the analysis of West Midlands profiles, please click on one of the links in the Notes Section below and improve the data in the location field.

There are three tables, illustrating total profiles broken down by

• Century of birth and gender
• Death location (people born in West Midlands)
• Birth location (people who died in West Midlands)

Locations with fewer than 0.1% of the total are omitted from the tables.

Notes

1. A significant proportion of people lack death locations. Two percentages are shown against death locations;
   1. The total percentage of the total profiles of people born in the county
   2. The total of profiles for which a death location has been indicated and identified.
2. Died in England, county not known includes 2 types of profile
   1. Profiles where the death location field is simply ‘England’ or ‘England, United Kingdom’
   2. Profiles where England’ is in the death location field plus something else which isn’t recognised.
3. Died in United Kingdom, country not known includes
   1. Profiles where the death field is simply ‘United Kingdom’.
   2. Profiles where ‘United Kingdom’’ is in the death location field plus something else which isn’t recognised.
4. Died in Unknown Country means that the country in the location field isn’t recognised.
5. For lists of birth locations that need attention, see
   1. Born in England, county not known
   2. Born in United Kingdom, country not known
   3. Born in Unknown Country

West Midlands was not a county before 1974. These profiles include West Midlands in a location field with an ‘event’ prior to 1974, which needs correcting

• Born in West Midlands before 1974
• Married in West Midlands before 1974
• Died in West Midlands before 1974

Total by Birth Century & Gender

Birth Century	Female	Male	Grand Total
0		1	1
16	2	2	4
17	2	2	4
18	21	23	44
19	575	666	1241
20	343	425	768
21		2	2
Grand Total	943	1121	2064

Born in West Midlands: Where did they die?

Death Location	Total	% of Total	% of Specified Location
Born in Midlands	2,064
Lack a death location	556	26.94%
Total with a death location	1,508	73.06%
Died in England, known county	918	44.48%	60.88%
England Bristol	4	0.19%	0.27%
England Cambridgeshire	2	0.10%	0.13%
England Cheshire	9	0.44%	0.60%
England Cornwall	6	0.29%	0.40%
England County Durham	5	0.24%	0.33%
England Cumbria	2	0.10%	0.13%
England Derbyshire	11	0.53%	0.73%
England Devon	12	0.58%	0.80%
England Dorset	6	0.29%	0.40%
England Essex	3	0.15%	0.20%
England Gloucestershire	6	0.29%	0.40%
England Greater London	2	0.10%	0.13%
England Hampshire	11	0.53%	0.73%
England Hertfordshire	2	0.10%	0.13%
England Kent	5	0.24%	0.33%
England Lancashire	12	0.58%	0.80%
England Leicestershire	7	0.34%	0.46%
England Lincolnshire	4	0.19%	0.27%
England London	18	0.87%	1.19%
England Middlesex	8	0.39%	0.53%
England Norfolk	3	0.15%	0.20%
England North Yorkshire	3	0.15%	0.20%
England Northamptonshire	3	0.15%	0.20%
England Nottinghamshire	4	0.19%	0.27%
England Oxfordshire	4	0.19%	0.27%
England Shropshire	11	0.53%	0.73%
England Somerset	9	0.44%	0.60%
England Staffordshire	76	3.68%	5.04%
England Surrey	11	0.53%	0.73%
England Sussex	9	0.44%	0.60%
England Tyne and Wear	2	0.10%	0.13%
England Warwickshire	84	4.07%	5.57%
England West Midlands	483	23.40%	32.03%
England Worcestershire	48	2.33%	3.18%
England Yorkshire	23	1.11%	1.53%
Died in England, county not known	14	0.68%	0.93%
Died in United Kingdom, country not known	2	0.10%	0.13%
Died in Unknown Country	16	0.78%	1.06%
Scotland	7	0.34%	0.46%
Wales	19	0.92%	1.26%
At sea	2	0.10%	0.13%
Australia	158	7.66%	10.48%
Belgium	3	0.15%	0.20%
Canada	89	4.31%	5.90%
Fiji	2	0.10%	0.13%
France	4	0.19%	0.27%
New Zealand	92	4.46%	6.10%
South Africa	15	0.73%	0.99%
Spain	4	0.19%	0.27%
United States	148	7.17%	9.81%
Zimbabwe	3	0.15%	0.20%

Died in West Midlands: Where were they born?

Birth Location	Total	% of Total
Died in Midlands	4831
Lack a birth location	291	6.02%
Total with a birth location	4540	93.98%
Born in England, known county	4049	83.81%
England Bedfordshire	5	0.10%
England Berkshire	6	0.12%
England Bristol	15	0.31%
England Buckinghamshire	12	0.25%
England Cambridgeshire	6	0.12%
England Cheshire	34	0.70%
England Cornwall	13	0.27%
England County Durham	46	0.95%
England Derbyshire	32	0.66%
England Devon	19	0.39%
England Dorset	6	0.12%
England Essex	16	0.33%
England Gloucestershire	61	1.26%
England Hampshire	25	0.52%
England Hampshire Isle of Wight	7	0.14%
England Herefordshire	19	0.39%
England Hertfordshire	6	0.12%
England Kent	23	0.48%
England Lancashire	111	2.30%
England Leicestershire	34	0.70%
England Lincolnshire	19	0.39%
England London	62	1.28%
England Middlesex	45	0.93%
England Norfolk	13	0.27%
England Northamptonshire	36	0.75%
England Northumberland	23	0.48%
England Nottinghamshire	22	0.46%
England Oxfordshire	20	0.41%
England Shropshire	64	1.32%
England Somerset	19	0.39%
England Staffordshire	986	20.41%
England Suffolk	6	0.12%
England Surrey	18	0.37%
England Sussex	18	0.37%
England Warwickshire	1226	25.38%
England West Midlands	483	10.00%
England Wiltshire	10	0.21%
England Worcestershire	402	8.32%
England Yorkshire	70	1.45%
Born in England, county not known	46	0.95%
Born in United Kingdom, country not known	11	0.23%
Born in Unknown Country	43	0.89%
Scotland	67	1.39%
Wales	103	2.13%
Ireland	127	2.63%
Australia	10	0.21%
Austria	5	0.10%
India	12	0.25%
New Zealand	6	0.12%
Poland	6	0.12%
South Africa	6	0.12%
United States	12	0.25%