Data including antenatal care, care at delivery and outcomes for babies for April 2017 to March 2018.
This is the latest release in the series: Maternity statistics
Series information:
Main points
There were 28,361 deliveries in Welsh maternity units in 2017-18 which could be matched to initial assessment records.
Of these pregnancies:
- 28% had the characteristics of a ‘healthy birth’
- 67% had their antenatal initial assessment before 10 weeks of gestation
- 28,729 births occurred, of which 28,594 (or 99.5%) were live births.
Of the 28,729 births:
- 2.5% (724 births) were multiple births (twins, triplets or higher order)
- 27% were born by Caesarean section
- 61% of mothers intended to breastfeed their babies at birth (6 health boards).
Reports
Maternity statistics, April 2017 to March 2018 (experimental statistics) , file type: PDF, file size: 2 MB
PDF
2 MB
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Data
Datasets and interactive tools
Maternity statistics, April 2017 to March 2018: tables , file type: ODS, file size: 194 KB
ODS
194 KB
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Contact
Craig Thomas
Telephone: 0300 025 1646
Email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales
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Media
Telephone: 0300 025 8099
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