§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for the years 1987 and 1988 the estimated percentage of women delivering in(a) England and (b) England and Wales whose deliveries were (i) spontaneous, including abnormal presentation of head and breech spontaneous, (ii) instrumental, including forceps vacuum and breech extractions, (iii) caesarean section and (iv) other and unspecified means.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyInformation is not available for the years requested nor for England and Wales. The information for the latest year available, 1985, is given in the following table:
Deliveries Percentage of deliveries by method of delivery: 1985
England
Mode of delivery Percentage of all deliveries Spontaneous delivery (including breech spontaneous and abnormal presentation of head) 78.8 Instrumental delivery (including forceps, vacuum and breech extraction) 10.7 Caesarean section 10.5 Other and unspecified means 0.1 NotePercentages do not total 100 because of rounding.
SourceHospital In-Patient Enquiry 1985.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for the years 1987 and 1988 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 elective caesarean sections.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyInformation is not available for the years requested nor for England and Wales. The information for the latest year available, 1985, is given in the following table:
Deliveries Percentage of deliveries by method of delivery: 1985
England
Mode of delivery Percentage of all deliveries Induced labour 17.5 Spontaneous onset 65.5 Elective caesarean section 4.9 Accelerated labour 12.1 SourceHospital In-Patient Enquiry 1985.