Statistics relevant to O&G are published by a wide range of sources. Below, the RCOG Library team has listed some examples, with links to websites with full data where available
UK
- England and Wales: Abortion statistics in England and Wales - collection. 2022 data. Published Dec 2024
- Scotland: Termination of pregnancy statistics, year ending December 2023. Published 28 May 2024
International
- Canada: Induced abortions reported in Canada in 2022. Published March 2024
- Global: Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990-2019. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Sep;8(9):e1152-e1161. Published July 2020
- New Zealand: Ratonga Whakatahe i Aotearoa | Abortion Services Aotearoa New Zealand: Annual Report 2024. Published 1 November 2023
- USA: Abortion surveillance findings and reports - collection. 2022 Data published November 2024
UK
- Births in England and Wales: 2023 (refreshed populations). Published 28 October 2024
- Conceptions in England and Wales: 2021 Published March 2023
- Northern Ireland: Registrar General Annual Report 2023 Births. Published 21 November 2024
- Scotland: Births 2023. Published 26 November 2024
International
- Australia: Births, 2023. Published 18 October 2024
- Global - UN: World fertility data, 2019. Published 2019
- Global - UN: World fertility report, 2024. Published 2025
- USA: Births, 2023. Published 20 August 2024
UK
- England: Cancer survival
- England: Cancer registration statistics dashboard and reports
- Northern Ireland: Cancer registry, 2021. Published 20 November 2024
- Scotland: Cancer incidence, 2022. Published 26 November 2024
- Wales: Cancer incidence, 2022. Published 19 December 2024
International
- Global: FIGO cancer report 2021. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2021 Oct;155(S1. Special Issue):1-134. Published October 2021
- Global – WHO: Global cancer observatory
- USA: Cancers stat facts
UK
- England: England, Cervical Screening Programme - 2023-2024. Published Nov 2024
- Scotland: Cervical screening, April 2021 - March 2022. Published 30 May 2023
- Wales: Cervical screening Wales annual statistical reports, 2021-2022 [collection]. Published October 2024
International
- Australia: Cervical cancer screening, 2024. Published 1 December 2024
- USA: Cervical cancer statistics, 2021. Published June 2024
UK
- England: National congenital anomaly and rare disease registration service: congenital anomaly statistics 2021 [collection]. Published March 2024
- Scotland: Congenital conditions in Scotland 2021 to 2022. Published February 2025
- Wales: Congenital anomaly register and information service for Wales annual review and data tables [collection]
International
- Europe: EUROCAT. Prevalence charts and tables, 2022. Published April 2024
- USA: 2024 Birth Defects Tables and Directory. Published 2024
UK
- England: SRH services, 2023/24. Published 19 September 2024
- Scotland: Long acting reversible methods of contraception in Scotland 2023/24. Published 17 September 2024
International
- Europe: European contraception atlas. Published 12 February 2024
- Global - UN: World contraceptive use, 2024. Published April 2024
- USA: CDC faststats, contraceptive use, 2017-2019.
UK
- UK: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: Fertility treatment 2022. Trends and figures. Published July 2024
International
- Australia: Assisted reproductive technology in Australia and New Zealand, 2022 data [annual reports collection]. Published 2024
- Canada: Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society: Canadian Assisted Reproductive Technologies Register Plus (CARTR Plus) report - 2024 [annual report collection]. Published 20 September 2024
- Europe: ART in Europe, 2019: results generated from European registries by ESHRE. Hum Reprod. 2023 Dec 4;38(12):2321-2338.
- Global: International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ICMART): world report for cycles conducted in 2017–2018. Hum Reprod. 2025 Apr 16:deaf049.
- Global: Previous ICMART reports
- USA: ART success rates, 2022. Published 7 February 2025
- USA: CDC faststats, infertility, 2015-2019.
UK
- England: NHS Maternity Statistics, 2023/24. Published 12 December 2024.
- England: Maternity services monthly statistics. Published about 3 months after the latest reported month.
- Scotland: Births in Scotland, 2023/24. Published 26 November 2024.
- Wales: Maternity and birth statistics, 2023. Published 31 July 2024.
- England and Wales: Maternities by place of birth, In: birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2022. Published 17 May 2024
International
- Australia: Mothers and babies, 2022. Published 31 July 2024.
- USA: CDC faststats, births – method of delivery, 2022.
- Global: Trends and projections of caesarean section rates: global and regional estimates. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jun;6(6):e005671
- USA: Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021. Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2022 Nov;71(8):1-10
UK & Ireland
- UK and Ireland: MBRRACE-UK: Saving lives, improving mothers' care - surveillance of maternal deaths in the UK 2020-22 and lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland confidential enquiries into maternal deaths and morbidity 2019-21. Published 10 October 2024
International
- New Zealand: Sixteenth annual report of the perinatal and maternal mortality review committee: reporting mortality and morbidity 2021. Published 30 June 2024
- Global: Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division. Published April 2025
- Global - Unicef: Maternal mortality. Published 2025
- USA: Pregnancy mortality surveillance system, 2021. Published 14 November 2024
UK
- UK: MBRRACE-UK: Perinatal mortality surveillance report for 2022 births. Published July 2024
- England and Wales: Child and infant mortality, 2023. Published 22 April 2025
- Northern Ireland: Registrar General Annual Report 2023 Stillbirths and Infant Deaths. Published 21 November 2024
International
- Global - WHO: Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births). Official estimate. World Health Organization Data. Published May 2024
- New Zealand: Sixteenth annual report of the perinatal and maternal mortality review committee: reporting mortality and morbidity 2021. Published 30 June 2024
- USA: Fetal Mortality: United States, 2022. Published September 2024
Contact us
For sources of statistics on other topics, countries or older data, please email the RCOG Library at library@rcog.org.uk.
More information
Audit and quality improvement
Information about the RCOG’s work to improve quality in women’s health services
RCOG guidelines
Guidelines designed to inform clinical practice in O&G