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Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many caesarean deliveries there have been in each of the last six years; and what percentage of overall births those figures represented in each year. [114729]
Jacqui Smith
The table shows estimated numbers and percentages of deliveries by caesarean section for years 1996–97 to 2001–02. The information is taken from the data published in national health service Maternity Statistics, England: 2001–02. The bulletin, number 2003/09, was published on 16 May 2003, and a copy has been placed in the Library and is also available on the Departments website at http://www.doh.gov.uk/ public/sb0309.htm.
| Caesarean deliveries, NHS hospitals, England | ||
| Estimated numbers of caesarean deliveries | Percentage of deliveries that were by caesarean | |
| 2001–02 | 120,800 | 22.3 |
| 2000–01 | 118,200 | 21.5 |
| 1999–2000 | 116,500 | 20.6 |
| 1998–99 | 110,300 | 19.1 |
| 1997–98 | 106,500 | 18.2 |
| 1998–99 | 101,100 | 17.0 |
| Source: | ||
| Department of Health, Statistics Division 3G—Maternity Hospital Episode Statistics | ||