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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 |