HC Deb 02 February 2000 vol 343 cc626-7W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) the number of births by caesarian section and (b) the percentage of births this figure represents in the North West Region for each of the past five years. [107141]

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

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