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Jersey Women Health Information
– Reported, January 25, 2012
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs.
Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial and legal and judicial systems.
The island of Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands. Although the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as ‘the Channel Islands’, they are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the British Crown from the other Crown Dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It is not part of the United Kingdom, and has an international identity separate from that of the UK but the United Kingdom is constitutionally responsible for the defence of Jersey. Jersey is not a part of the European Union but has a special relationship with it,being treated as part of the European Community for the purposes of free trade in goods.
The Life expectancy of women in Jersey is 83.94 years which is more than country average of 81.38 years.
The Infant mortality rate in Jersey is
Total: 3.98 deaths/1,000 live births
Country comparison to the world: 202
Male: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births
Sex ratioin Jersey:
At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female
Total fertility rate of women in Jersey is 1.66 children born/woman .
