Total

2013
r
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998

6209
6181
6146
6335
6230
6062
5841
5372
5319
5139
5280
5029
5287
5716
5845
5973

Spontaneous

Forceps

Vacuum

Breech

Caesarean
- Elective

59.2
58.4
59.5
61.2
58.4
59.3
59.5
59.1
61.0
61.1
59.6
61.5
60.7
61.5
65.5
67.1

12.0
10.4
10.3
9.5
8.7
8.1
7.6
6.4
6.3
5.7
6.2
5.3
5.9
6.1
6.4
6.9

2.8
4.0
4.4
4.6
6.3
7.0
7.3
8.4
9.2
8.9
9.5
9.4
9.3
9.2
8.2
7.1

0.5
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.6
1.0
0.8
0.9

13.0
13.3
12.2
10.0
9.1
9.9
9.9
10.1
8.5
8.3
7.6
7.6
6.2
6.4
5.8
5.5

Caesarean
Emergency

Induced

12.5
13.2
13.0
14.1
16.8
15.2
15.3
15.6
14.7
15.5
16.6
15.9
17.2
15.7
13.3
12.5

21.4
21.4
21.4
20.4
22.8
23.8
23.8
24.5
23.4
18.3
20.1
28.5
27.1
24.4
24.0
22.6

1 - Excludes home births and births at non-NHS hospitals.

2 - Where four or more babies are involved in a pregnancy, birth details are recorded only for the first three babies delivered.
3 - Scotland data includes births where NHS board of residence is unknown or outside Scotland.
4 - Includes cases where mode of delivery is unknown.
p - Provisional.
r - Revised.
# Please refer to note regarding data issues on Notes page.
Source: SMR02
ISD Scotland