The data shows the method of delivery in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England in 2016/17. In this year 15.7% of childbirths were an emergency caesarean.
Spontaneous vertex | 58.8 |
Caesarean emergency | 15.7 |
Caesarean elective | 12.1 |
Ventouse | 5.5 |
Forceps low | 3.3 |
Forceps other | 3.9 |
Breech other | 0.4 |
Spontaneous other | 0.3 |
Breech extraction | 0 |