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Yvette Cooper
[holding answer 27 January 2000]: Based on the information available to the Department, the estimated figures for the five years 1993–94 to 1997–98, the most current period available, are in the table.
Estimated number of caesarean sections in England |
Year |
Caesarean delivery percentage |
Number of caesareans |
1993–94 |
15 |
93,000 |
1994–95 |
16 |
93,500 |
1995–96 |
16 |
95,000 |
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Estimated number of caesarean sections in England |
Year |
Caesarean delivery percentage |
Number of caesareans |
1996–97 |
17 |
98,700 |
1997–98 |
17 |
103,000 |
Estimated number of caesarean sections in North West Region |
Year |
Caesarean delivery percentage |
Number of caesareans |
1993–94 |
15 |
11,700 |
1994–95 |
15 |
12,400 |
1995–96 |
15 |
12.000 |
1996–97 |
16 |
13,100 |
1997–98 |
16 |
12,500 |