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NHS maternity statistics, England: 2002-03

  • Last modified date:
    8 February 2007

This bulletin summarises information from the Hospital Episode Statistics system relating to NHS maternities in the year 2002-03 and includes some comparisons with similar data from earlier years.

KEY FACTS

Between 2001-02 and 2002-03:

  • there was no change in the caesarean rate which remained at 22.0%

In 2002-03:

  • over 20% of deliveries were induced
  • 22% of deliveries were by caesarean section; more than half of these were emergency caesareans
  • about 11% were instrumental deliveries
  • an estimated 47% of deliveries were 'normal deliveries' defined as those without surgical intervention, use of instruments, induction, epidural or general anaesthetic
  • 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

INDEX TO TABLES

  • Table 1 NHS hospital deliveries: method of onset of labour, 2002-03
  • Table 2 NHS hospital deliveries: method of onset of labour by region, 2002-03
  • Table 3 NHS hospital deliveries: method of delivery, 1980 to 2002-03
  • Table 4 NHS hospital deliveries: method of delivery by region, 2002-03
  • Table 5 NHS hospital deliveries: method of delivery by method of onset of labour, 2002-03
  • Table 6 NHS hospital deliveries: duration of antenatal stay, 1989-1990 to 2002-03
  • Table 7 NHS hospital deliveries: duration of antenatal stay by region, 2002-03
  • Table 8 NHS hospital deliveries: duration of antenatal stay by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03
  • Table 9 NHS hospital deliveries: duration of postnatal stay, 1975 to 2002-03
  • Table 10 NHS hospital deliveries: duration of postnatal stay by region, 2002-03
  • Table 11 NHS hospital deliveries: duration of postnatal stay by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03
  • Table 12 NHS hospital deliveries: person conducting delivery, 1989-90 to 2002-03
  • Table 13 NHS hospital deliveries: person conducting delivery by region, 2002-03
  • Table 14 NHS hospital deliveries: place of delivery, 1989-90 to 2002-03
  • Table 15 NHS hospital deliveries: place of delivery by region, 2002-03
  • Table 16 Data not available in 2002-03 due to incorrect coding in HES
  • Table 17 NHS hospital deliveries: deliveries with episiotomy by method of delivery, 1975 to 2002-03
  • Table 18 NHS hospital deliveries: deliveries with episiotomy by method of delivery and region, 2002-03
  • Table 19 NHS hospital deliveries: anaesthetics used before or during delivery by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03
  • Table 20 NHS hospital deliveries: anaesthetics used before or during delivery by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03
  • Table 21 NHS hospital deliveries: total, singleton, twin and higher order multiple deliveries by gestation, 2002-03
  • Table 22 NHS hospital deliveries: singleton and multiple deliveries by birthweight, 2002-03
  • Table 23 NHS hospital deliveries: median birthweight of singleton, twin & triplet deliveries by gestation, 2002-03
  • Table 24 NHS hospital deliveries by day of week, by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03
  • Table 25 Coverage of Maternity HES by place of delivery, 1989-90 to 2002-03
  • Table 26 NHS hospital deliveries: coverage of Maternity HES by region, 2002-03
  • Table 27 NHS hospital deliveries: deliveries with antenatal, delivery or postnatal complications, 2002-03
  • Table 28 NHS hospital deliveries: deliveries with selected complications by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03 
  • Table 29 Data not available in 2002-03
  • Table 30 NHS hospital births: births with complications, 2002-03
  • Table 31 NHS hospital births: births with selected complications by method of onset of labour and method of delivery, 2002-03
  • Table 32 Registered deliveries, total HES records, usable HES records and onset method, by hospital, 2002-03
  • Table 33 Method of delivery, by hospital, 2002-03
  • Table 34 Selected statistics by hospital, 2002-03

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