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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 | |||||
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England |
668000 |
21.3% |
24.8% |
12.5% |
41.8% |
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 |
2000 |
25.0% |
24.6% |
14.0% |
36.3% |
|
|
6800 |
18.2% |
24.2% |
7.4% |
43.7% |
|
 |
7400 |
21.3% |
26.0% |
15.4% |
36.5% |
|
 |
100 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
>94% |
|
|
5700 |
27.9% |
26.2% |
10.5% |
40.4% |
|
|
4000 |
14.2% |
24.8% |
8.4% |
54.0% |
|
|
2000 |
18.2% |
28.4% |
13.2% |
42.2% |
|
|
2400 |
21.1% |
21.6% |
10.7% |
42.0% |
|
|
3800 |
33.9% |
26.3% |
9.6% |
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 |
80 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
>93% |
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|
3900 |
25.5% |
27.7% |
9.6% |
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|
4000 |
26.5% |
24.4% |
10.1% |
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|
3600 |
30.0% |
26.8% |
15.8% |
33.7% |
|
|
80 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
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|
4300 |
29.2% |
17.8% |
12.0% |
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|
4800 |
27.3% |
28.1% |
8.7% |
43.5% |
|
|
10 |
0% |
0% |
|||
|
300 |
5.7% |
8.4% |
5.8% |
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|
2000 |
21.1% |
15.4% |
13.9% |
47.6% |
|
|
5900 |
16.5% |
28.8% |
11.3% |
41.4% |
|
|
2800 |
21.0% |
25.1% |
16.0% |
40.0% |
|
|
3900 |
28.2% |
26.4% |
9.7% |
36.5% |
|
 |
450 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
>98% |
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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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