Instrumental Delivery Rates
Sources of data:
- For England statistics were calculated by BirthChoiceUK using HES records21 Explanation of how we calculated this data from Hospital Episode Statistics.
- For Scotland, NHS Scotland Sexual and Reproductive Health Statistics22
- For Wales, the All Wales Perinatal Survey23
|
Forceps |
Ventouse |
Total Instrumental |
England (2011) |
6.3% |
6.2% |
12.5% |
Scotland (2010) |
9.7% |
2.9% |
12.6% |
Wales (2011) |
|
|
12.5% |