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The above graph shows the 5-year moving average of the total annual Jermy and variants birth, marriage and death registrations between 1837 and 2004. It records the dramatic increase in birth registration from a low of less than 10 per year in 1837, to a high of around 50 per year between 1880 and 1910, and then a gradual decline to around 20 per year in 1980 before a rise to 2000. The birth registrations in the early years between 1837 and 1874 may not reflect the actual number of births that occurred, but rather the effect of a general reluctance to pay for the registration. Marriage registrations show a steadier increase to 1940, with a rate of 42 per year; after which they reduce again to around 20 per year in 2000. Registrations of deaths slowly increased from 1837 to 1900, but then remained reasonably constant. It was only in the 1980's that the death registrations exceeded the birth registrations, but this is probably because those born in the "boom times" of 1900 to 1920 are now reaching the end of their lives.