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NHS maternity statistics, England: 2001-02
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Last modified date:8 February 2007
This bulletin summarises information from the Hospital Episode Statistics system relating to NHS maternities in the year 2001-02 and includes some comparisons with similar data from earlier years.
KEY FACTS
Between 2000-01 and 2001-02:
- the caesarean rate increased from 21.5% to 22.0%
In 2001-02:
- over 21% of deliveries were induced
- over 22% of deliveries were by caesarean section; more than half of these were emergency caesareans
- about 11% were instrumental deliveries
- women with spontaneous deliveries spent on average 1 day in hospital after delivery, women with instrumental deliveries 1 or 2 days and women with caesarean deliveries 3 or 4 days
- during delivery about 1/3 of women had an epidural, general or spinal anaesthetic
- 13% of women had an episiotomy
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