Basic Maternity Statistics For The West Midlands 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%
Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, Worcestershire Royal Hospital(1)		1977		26.4%
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital(2)		3430	17.5%	23%	7.2%
Birmingham Women's Hospital		6761	18.8%	23.4%	11.5%	47.7%
Bridgnorth Maternity Unit
City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent		5247		25.3%
City Hospital, Birmingham		3423	39%	23.4%	7.6%	36.9%
County Hospital, Hereford		1678	21.1%	25%	6.9%	47.4%
George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton		2551	22.6%	25.1%	6.1%	49.7%
Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield		3126	25.8%	23.8%	10.9%	49.2%
Ludlow Hospital		86	0%	0%	0%	97.8%
Manor Hospital, Walsall		3635		28%
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton		3277	23.1%	26%
Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent		3091	27.2%	24.7%	12.7%	44.1%
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry		91	0%	0%	0%	98.9%
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital		4117	27.8%	13.9%	10.6%	48.2%
Russells Hall Hospital		3668
Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, Lichfield		342	0%	0%	0%	99.5%
Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich		2549	19.5%	30.4%	5.8%	47.7%
Solihull Hospital, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital(3)		3430	17.5%	23%	7.2%
Staffordshire General Hospital		2239	24.9%	16.8%	11.7%	48.1%
University Hospital, Coventry		4423	21.6%	26.6%	9.6%	44%
Warwick Hospital		2514	19.3%	24.1%	13.2%	45.7%
Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Redditch(4)		3450		26.4%
Wrekin Maternity Unit, Telford		523	0%	0%	0.4%	98.3%

1) Data combined with Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

2) Data combined with Solihull Hospital.

3) Data combined with Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.

4) Data combined with Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.

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

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