In 2022/23, four in ten women gave birth by c-section whether elective or due to emergency. Over the years the distribution of childbirth delivery method has changed in Scotland. In 2003/04, 64 percent of all live, singleton births were spontaneous. By 2022/23, this was down to just 49 percent.
Percentage of childbirths in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by method of delivery
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Information Services Division. (November 28, 2023). Percentage of childbirths in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by method of delivery [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/946788/method-of-delivery-in-scotland/
Information Services Division. "Percentage of childbirths in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by method of delivery." Chart. November 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946788/method-of-delivery-in-scotland/
Information Services Division. (2023). Percentage of childbirths in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by method of delivery. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946788/method-of-delivery-in-scotland/
Information Services Division. "Percentage of Childbirths in Nhs Hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by Method of Delivery." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946788/method-of-delivery-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, Percentage of childbirths in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by method of delivery Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946788/method-of-delivery-in-scotland/ (last visited April 28, 2024)
Percentage of childbirths in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 2003/04 to 2022/23, by method of delivery [Graph], Information Services Division, November 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/946788/method-of-delivery-in-scotland/