Childbirth
(asked on 13th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged over (a) 40 and (b) 50 gave birth naturally in each of the last five years.
The following table lists the total number of spontaneous vertex (normal vaginal delivery) births to women over 40 and women over 50 since 2008-9. The data was extracted from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), and applies to England only.
Year | Age band | Total Deliveries | Spontaneous vertex (normal vaginal delivery) |
2008-09 | 40-49 | 23,808 | 11,570 |
50+ | 100 | 23 | |
2009-10 | 40-49 | 24,201 | 11,629 |
50+ | 127 | 29 | |
2010-11 | 40-49 | 25,054 | 11,925 |
50+ | 123 | 32 | |
2011-12 | 40-49 | 25,633 | 12,194 |
50+ | 103 | 28 | |
2012-13 | 40-49 | 25,685 | 11,901 |
50+ | 114 | 22 |
Full details on birth by method of delivery is available on the HSCIC website at: