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Less medical intervention. |
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Average rates of medical intervention. |
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More medical intervention. |
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Maternity Unit | Approx. Births/Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England |
668000 |
21.3% |
24.8% |
12.5% |
41.8% |
|
 |
2900 |
20.3% |
19.1% |
12.1% |
53.0% |
|
|
1600 |
19.2% |
20.7% |
11.9% |
44.8% |
|
 |
2900 |
19.2% |
22.2% |
9.6% |
48.0% |
|
  |
150 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
>97% |
|
|
100 |
<5% |
0% |
0% |
94.0% |
|
| |
2700 |
22.4% |
16.2% |
10.4% |
48.9% |
|
|
3800 |
25.8% |
23.6% |
9.5% |
40.6% |
|
|
150 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
>96% |
|
|
3300 |
28.2% |
17.1% |
14.4% |
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4400 |
20.9% |
21.8% |
12.3% |
40.3% |
|
|
6400 |
18.9% |
24.3% |
13.6% |
38.3% |
|
|
3700 |
28.9% |
23.0% |
11.3% |
41.7% |
|
|
5700 |
27.0% |
18.6% |
15.9% |
44.9% |
|
|
4600 |
28.0% |
22.5% |
15.2% |
42.9% |
|
| |
2200 |
25.4% |
21.9% |
14.0% |
44.9% |
|
|
2800 |
24.6% |
21.9% |
14.3% |
40.7% |
|
|
5900 |
23.0% |
15.7% |
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5700 |
22.1% |
29.1% |
16.4% |
35.5% |
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|
2000 |
24.7% |
23.8% |
10.2% |
43.2% |
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Copyright information and source21 Year of data: England 2011. Explanation of how we calculated this data from Hospital Episode Statistics
CU = Consultant Unit,
MLU = Midwife Led Unit,
GPU = GP Unit
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