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Childbirth

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 27 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many babies were born in NHS hospitals in England in each month since 1997, broken down by (a) gestation period in which they were born and (b) birth weight. (175247)

Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the latest information on live births by birth weight and gestational age at birth.

Live births by birth weight and gestational age at birth, England and Wales, 2005

Birth weight (grams)

Gestational age (weeks)

All

Under 1,000

1,000-1,499

1,500-2,499

2,500 and over

Not stated

Number of live births

All

645,887

3,217

4,832

40,739

594,930

2,169

Under 24

647

605

5

2

15

20

24-27

2,431

1,795

507

24

71

34

28-31

5,825

648

2,943

1,952

239

43

32-36

39,538

61

1,211

20,536

17,594

136

37 and over

592,158

73

112

17,872

572,373

1,728

All with known gestational age

640,599

3,182

4,778

40,386

590,292

1,961

Low gestational age inconsistent with birth weight

100

0

8

15

65

12

Gestational age not stated

4,315

26

44

311

3,925

9

Not linked to NN4B record

873

9

2

27

648

187

Percentage of live births with known gestational age

Under 24

0.1

19.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

1.0

24-27

0.4

56.4

10.6

0.1

0.0

1.7

28-31

0.9

20.4

61.6

4.8

0.0

2.2

32-36

6.2

1.9

25.3

50.8

3.0

6.9

Under 37

7.6

97.7

97.7

55.7

3.0

11.9

Percentage of all live births

Gestational age not stated

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.4

Not linked to NN4B record

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.1

8.6

Source:

Office for National Statistics