Summary of perinatal health indicators 2015-2020
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
N rate N rate N rate N rate N rate N rate
C1 Fetal mortality rate (rate per 1000 births)
22weeks 48 28.5 49 30.1 64 38.9 57 35.6 54 33.3 53 32.6
24weeks 42 27.1 40 27.1 62 40.9 53 35.7 46 31.1 52 34.5
28weeks 34 26.9 33 27.4 57 45.2 45 37.0 39 31.6 42 33.5
C2 Neonatal mortality rate (rate per 1000 births)
22weeks 278 169.8 279 176.8 252 159.5 263 170.4 276 175.8 253 160.8
24weeks 260 172.4 250 174.2 227 156.2 238 166.4 249 173.5 238 163.6
C3 Infant mortality rate (rate per 1000 births)
22weeks 1637 1000.0 1578 1000.0 1580 1000.0 1543 1000.0 1570 1000.0 1573 1000.0
24weeks 1508 1000.0 1435 1000.0 1453 1000.0 1430 1000.0 1435 1000.0 1455 1000.0
C4 Percentage of low birthweight(<2500g) live births
215 13.1 224 14.2 214 13.5 221 14.3 222 14.1 230 14.6
C5 Percentage of preterm live births (<37 weeks GA)
1008 61.6 972 61.6 937 59.3 940 60.9 944 60.1 947 60.2
C7 Multiple birth rate
120 8.1 117 8.4 120 8.4 118 8.5 108 7.4 123 8.6
C8 Distribution of maternal age
% of women <20 years 117 9.9 123 10.8 128 11.2 111 9.7 109 9.3 133 11.5
% of women 35 years and older 583 49.3 553 48.5 548 47.9 548 48.1 586 50.3 554 48.0
C9 Percentage of primiparous mothers
1001 80.5 929 79.1 985 81.7 906 80.6 991 82.0 962 79.5
C10 Distribution of mode of delivery
% Caesarean delivery 223 15.2 268 18.6 277 19.1 217 15.5 218 15.6 244 17.2
% Instrumental delivery 530 39.9 544 42.0 506 39.2 500 39.5 518 40.8 536 41.8
C0 Live births
22weeks 1637 1578 1580 1543 1570 1573
24weeks 1508 1435 1453 1430 1435 1455
28weeks 1229 1170 1203 1170 1194 1210
Percentage of Small for Gestational Age-Large for Gestational Age babies per year
year rate_sga rate_lga
2015 22.0 212.4
2016 7.4 66.6
2017 11.5 92.1
2018 22.4 212.4
2019 4.9 51.6
2020 15.2 129.2
Robson group specific CS rate
Classification 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation in spontaneous labour 18.8 21.1 21.0 14.7 17.0 11.1
All women with a single cephalic pregnancy < 37 weeks gestation, including women with previous CS(s 14.7 16.9 17.1 15.1 16.1 19.4
Nulliparous, singleton, cephalic, term births with induced labour 7.9 16.4 15.5 9.1 9.0 6.9
Nulliparous, singleton, cephalic, term births with prelabour caesarean section 100.0 100.0 66.7
Multiparous women without a previous CS, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation in spontaneous labour 25.0 30.0 18.2 30.0 14.3 15.4
Multiparous, singleton, cephalic, term births without previous caesarean section with induced labour 14.3 20.0 20.0 16.7 28.6
Multiparous, singleton, cephalic, term births without previous caesarean section with prelabour caesarean section 100.0
All multiparous women with at least one previous CS, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation 5.7 32.4 16.2 31.0 18.2 28.6
All nulliparous women with a single breech pregnancy 13.3 13.5 25.8 18.5 4.0 18.9
All multiparous women with a single breech pregnancy including women with previous CS(s) 28.6 10.0 33.3 12.5 9.1
All women with multiple pregnancies including women with previous CS(s) 16.4 21.2 20.8 15.5 18.4 15.8
All women with a single pregnancy with a transverse or oblique lie, including women with previous CS(s) 18.2 26.7 21.6 16.0 13.0 15.0
Prevalence of each Robson group
Classification 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation in spontaneous labour 11.8 10.3 11.4 10.2 12.9 11.9
All women with a single cephalic pregnancy < 37 weeks gestation, including women with previous CS(s 43.1 42.0 39.3 40.7 40.2 39.5
Nulliparous, singleton, cephalic, term births with induced labour 4.5 4.0 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.3
Nulliparous, singleton, cephalic, term births with prelabour caesarean section 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Multiparous women without a previous CS, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation in spontaneous labour 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.0
Multiparous, singleton, cephalic, term births without previous caesarean section with induced labour 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Multiparous, singleton, cephalic, term births without previous caesarean section with prelabour caesarean section 0.1 0.1 0.1
All multiparous women with at least one previous CS, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.2 3.3 2.6
All nulliparous women with a single breech pregnancy 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.7
All multiparous women with a single breech pregnancy including women with previous CS(s) 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8
All women with multiple pregnancies including women with previous CS(s) 15.7 16.4 17.1 17.4 15.2 16.3
All women with a single pregnancy with a transverse or oblique lie, including women with previous CS(s) 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.1 2.9