Basic Maternity Statistics For The Anglia Region (2006)

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Maternity Unit		Births per Year	Induction Rate	Caesarean Rate	Instrumental Delivery	Normal Birth Rate
England		593446	20.2%	23.5%	11.1%	46.7%
Bedford Hospital		2974	23.2%	23.9%		41.6%
Gilchrist Maternity Unit, Eye		27
Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon		2145	21.9%	14.8%	10%	56.7%
Ipswich Hospital		3361	17.8%	25.5%
James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth		1978	22.3%	21.5%	11.9%	41.6%
Luton & Dunstable Hospital		4446	15.9%	23.8%		51.1%
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital		4856	21.8%	23.7%	14%	42.5%
Peterborough Maternity Unit		3463	19%	22.1%	13.4%	46.1%
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn		2085	13%	19.6%	14.2%	49.7%
Rosie Maternity Hospital		4807	22.8%	28.2%	15.9%	36.5%
West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds		2273	17.4%	28.1%	9.9%	48.4%

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CU = Consultant Unit, MLU = Midwife Led Unit, GPU = GP Unit

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