Select Committee on Health Report


TABLE 4.14.2

NUMBER OF NHS HOSPITAL DELIVERY RECORDS AND ESTIMATED TAILS WITH DATA IN MATERNITY HOSPITAL EPISODE STATISTICS 1996-97
Regional Office Area Maternity RecordsEstimated Maternity Records containing data
Northern and Yorkshire  55,325   19,143
Trent  52,277  40,170
Anglia and Oxford  42,517   19,030
North Thames  97,182   47,820
South Thames  80,602   50,996
South and West  70,954   43,694
West Midlands  67,350   64,998
North Western  84,189   73,953

ENGLAND
550,396 359,806
Footnotes:

  1.  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (Maternity), produced by DH SD2B.

  2.  Records containing data are those with a valid method of delivery in the maternity tail.




 
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