Index of National Maternity Statistics

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See statistics by type

Statistics by Country

Statistics For Individual Maternity Units

• England
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland
• Wales.

Latest Summaries of Statistics (pdfs)

• Scotland 2009-10
• England 2010-11
• Wales 2009-10


• Homebirth 2010

Country comparisons

• Caesarean Rates
• Instrumental Rates
• Induction Rates
• Normal Birth (birth without medical interventions)

Highest and Lowest Hospital Rates

• Caesarean Rates - Available for England, Scotland, Wales and English regions.
• Instrumental Rates - Available for England, Scotland, Wales and English regions.
• Induction Rates - Available for England, Scotland and English regions.
• Normal Birth - Available for England, Scotland and English regions.
• Home Birth - Availalbe for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, by local administrative area.

Statistics by Type

Latest national rates

• Caesarean Rates
• Instrumental Rates
• Induction Rates
• Normal Birth (birth without medical procedures)

Statistics and related information grouped by type

• Caesarean section
• Instrumental delivery
• Induction
• Normal birth
• Home birth

Latest Highest and Lowest Hospital Rates

• Caesarean Rates - Available for England, Scotland, Wales and English regions.
• Instrumental Rates - Available for England, Scotland, Wales and English regions.
• Induction Rates - Available for England, Scotland and English regions.
• Normal Birth - Available for England, Scotland and English regions.
• Home Birth - Availalbe for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, by local administrative area.

National Trends

• Caesarean rates
  • Graph
  • Table
  • Elective Caesarean table
  • Emergency Caesarean table
• Instrumental delivery rates
• Graph
• Table
• Forceps table
• Ventouse table
• Induction
• Graph
• Table
• Normal birth
• Graph
• Table
• Other graphs
  • Home Birth Rates
  • Long Run Maternity Statistics
  • Long Run Childbirth Population Statistics

Healthcare Commission's Maternity Services Review (2007)

• Introduction to the Maternity Services Review - All links including National Reports ('Women's Experiences of Maternity Care' and 'Toward Better Births')
• All results for individual NHS Trusts in England
• Survey of what women thought of their maternity care. Also (Indexed by Trust) - (Indexed by Question)
• Maternity Services Performance Score for individual NHS Trusts in England.