§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by year from 1979 the estimated percentage of women delivering in the Trent regional health authority whose deliveries were(a) spontaneous, including abnormal presentation of head and breech spontaneous, (b) instrumental, including forceps, vacuum and for breech extraction, (c) caesarean section and (d) other unspecified means.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. The table shows the mode of delivery for women normally resident in Trent RHA.
610WThe estimates are derived from the hospital in-patient enquiry (HIPE) data collection which closed 1985. Data from 1981 is unreliable and has been excluded from the table.
Mode of delivery for women normally resident in Trent RHA Percentages Year Spontaneous1 Instrumental2 Caesarean Other and unspecified 1979 77.0 14.8 7.8 0.4 1980 75.1 15.7 9.1 0.1 1981 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1982 75.5 14.3 10.2 0.0 1983 75.7 14.3 10.0 0.0 1984 76.0 13.8 10.2 0.0 1985 78.6 12.6 8.7 0.0 1 Includes abnormal presentation of head and breech spontaneous. 2 Includes forceps, vacuum and breech extraction. n/a=Data not available.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by year from 1979 to date the estimated percentage of women delivering in the Trent regional health authority(a) whose labours were induced, (b) whose labours were of spontaneous onset and (c) who had elective caesarean section.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. The table shows the mode of delivery for women normally resident in Trent RHA.
The estimates are derived from the hospital in-patient enquiry (HIPE) data, collection around in 1985. Data from 1981 is unreliable and has been excluded from the table.
Induction of labour (with mode of delivery) for women normally resident in Trent RHA Percentages Year Induced labours Labours of spontaneous onset Elective caesarean sections 1979 25.1 70.5 4.4 1980 23.4 72.9 3.7 1981 n/a n/a n/a 1982 20.5 75.0 4.5 1983 21.6 74.2 4.2 1984 18.3 77.1 4.6 1985 18.1 78.4 3.5 n/a = Data not available.