§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for the years 1985 and 1986 the estimated percentages of women delivering in (a) England and (b) England and Wales (i) whose labours were induced, (ii) whose labours were of spontaneous onset and (iii) who had elected caesarean sections.
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§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 23 July 1987]: The available information is shown in the table. The change in the method of collection of national (England and Wales) hospital data between 1985 and 1987 means that there will be no English data analysed for 1986.
Estimated percentages of women delivering by type of onset of labour, (a) England and (b) England and Wales — 1985 Percentage of all deliveries Type of onset of labour England England and Wales1 1. Induced 17.5 2950 2. Spontaneous onset of labour 77.6 3. Elective caesarian section 4.9 5.0 Source: England Maternity HIPE.
1 Provisional.
2 Aggregation reflects Wales.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for the years 1985 and 1986 the estimated percentages of women delivered in (a) England and (b) England and Wales whose deliveries were (i) spontaneous, including abnormal presentation of head and breach spontaneous, (ii) instrumental including forceps, vacuum and breach extractions, (iii) caesarean section and (iv) other and unspecified means.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 23 July 1987]: The available information is shown in the table. The change in the method of collection of national (England and Wales) hospital data between 1985 and 1987 means that there will be no English data analysed for 1986.
Estimated percentages of women delivering by specified modes of delivery (a) England and (b) England and Wales — 1985 Percentage of all deliveries Mode of delivery (a) England (b) 1England and Wales 1. Spontaneous including abnormal presentation of head and breech spontaneous 78.8 78.8 2. Instrumental including forceps, vacuum and breach extractions 10.7 10.6 3. Caesarian section 10.4 10.6 4. Other and unspecified 0.1 20.1 Source: England Maternity HIPE
Wales HAA
Percentages may not add exactly to 100 because of rounding.
1 Provisional
2 Deliveries not coded to this category for Wales.