§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each of the 14 former NHS regions and for special health authorities for each financial year from 1992–93 onwards(a) the total number of maternities, (b) the total number of birth episodes in the maternity hospital episode system and (c) the total number of birth episodes in the maternity hospital episode system which had a maternity tail.
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§ Mr. SackvilleThe data are contained in the tables, the latest available being those for the year 1992–93. Maternities occurring in hospitals are shown for calendar year 1992; financial year data are not available.
Table 1 Maternities in hospitals, 1992 Regional health authority of occurrence Number Northern 39,450 Yorkshire 49,051 Trent 57,461 East Anglian 27,572 North West Thames 41,282 North East Thames 59,574 South East Thames 49,738 South West Thames 37,994 Wessex 36,609 Oxford 35,328 South Western 38,720 West Midlands 72,370 Mersey 30,729 North Western 56,890 Special Health Authorities 5,130 ENGLAND 637,898 Source: Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys.
Table 2 Maternity hospital episode statistics, 1992–93 Estimated numbers of birth records and birth records with maternity tails containing data RHA of treatment Birth records Birth records with maternity tails containing data Northern 39,168 35,960 Yorkshire 49,768 25,852 Trent 52,652 52,552 East Anglian 27,680 21,308 North West Thames 31,460 25,252 North East Thames 51,736 51,736 South East Thames 49,528 17,084 South West Thames 34,920 34,732 Wessex 36,620 36,620 Oxford 34,624 32,484 South Western 38,556 24,872 West Midlands 57,956 57,956 Mersey 19,264 15,752 North Western 53,900 53,900 Special Health Authorities 5,132 5,132 ENGLAND 582,964 491,192 Source: DH 25 per cent. births file.