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Percentage of deliveries by caesarean section (17159) Metric type
- Help text
- Percentage of deliveries by caesarean section
Caesarean sections are often required for a number of maternal and infant reasons. By their very nature (i.e. they are used when there are complications) they are likely to be associated with an increased risk of problems.
Originally published as part of NHS Digital Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
- Modified
- 08 Mar 2024
- Data last updated
- 11 Mar 2024
- Short label
- Caesarean section %
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 2
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Percentage of deliveries
- Dataset
- Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
- Collection
- Child and Maternal Health
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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