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, 2016 data.
- Scotland: termination of pregnancy statistics, year ending December 2016.
- Wales: abortions – Chapter 9 of Health Statistics Wales includes data for 2010–2015.
International
- Induced Abortions reported in Canada in 2015
- New Zealand: abortions, 2016 data.
- USA Abortion surveillance 2013 data
- Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends by Gilda Sedgh et al. Lancet 2016 Jul 16;388(10041):258-67. Free full text on registration
UK
- Births in England and Wales, 2016 published July 2017 and conceptions, 2015
- Births in Northern Ireland
- Scotland: births, 2016. In: Vital Events Reference Tables, Section 3. Published Aug 2017
- Wales: births and births in Wales, 2016 Published Aug 2017
International
- Australia: births in Australia, 2015
- USA: birth data
- United Nations: world fertility data, 2015 and world fertility patterns, 2015
UK
- England: cancer survival rates
- Northern Ireland: cancer registry
- Scotland: female genital organ cancer
- Wales: cancer incidence 2015
International
- USA: cancer statistics, 2017
- FIGO cancer report 2015, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2015;131(Suppl. 2):S75-S172
- WHO: Global cancer observatory
UK
- UK: Cancer research UK: Cervical cancer statistics
- England: cervical screening programme, England, 2015–16
- Scotland: cervical screening 2016-17 Published September 2017
- Cervical screening programme Wales statistical reports
International
- Australia: cervical screening in Australia, 2014–2015
- USA: cervical cancer statistics
UK
- England: National congenital anomaly and rare disease registration service: congenital anomaly statistics 2015. Published July 2017
International
- USA: National Birth Defects Prevention Network. 2016 Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report. Birth Defects Research, Part A, volume 106, issue 11
- Europe: Eurocat - European surveillance of congenital anomalies 2015 prevalence data
UK
- England: Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, England - 2015-16
- Scotland: Long Acting Reversible Methods of Contraception in Scotland. Year ending 31 March 2017
International
- USA: CDC faststats, contraceptive use
- United Nations: World contraceptive use, 2016
- Europe: European contraception atlas
UK
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: Fertility treatment 2014. Trends and figures
International
- Australia: assisted reproductive technology in Australia and New Zealand, 2014 data
- Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society: Canadian Assisted Reproductive Technologies Register Plus (CARTR Plus) report
- USA: CDC faststats, infertility and ART success rates
- Europe: assisted reproductive technology in Europe: 2013: results generated from European registers by ESHRE. Hum Reprod Published ahead of print Aug 2017
- International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies world report: Assisted Reproductive Technology 2008, 2009 and 2010. Hum Reprod 2016 Jul;31(7):1588-609
UK
- England: Hospital Maternity Activity 2015-16
- England: Maternity Services Monthly Statistics (experimental)
- Scotland: births in Scottish hospitals, 2015–16
- Wales: maternity statistics. 2015-16 data
International
- USA: CDC faststats, births – method of delivery and obstetrical procedures
- Australia: mothers and babies 2014 - in brief
Caesarean section
- The Increasing Trend in Caesarean Section Rates: Global, Regional and National Estimates: 1990-2014. PLoS One 2016 Feb 5;11(2):e0148343
Home birth
- England and Wales: maternities by place of birth, In: Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2015, see section 4
- USA: Grunebaum A, Chervenak FA. Out-of-hospital births in the United States 2009-2014. J Perinat Med. 2016 Oct 1;44(7):845-849
UK & Ireland
International
- New Zealand: Eleventh Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, 2015 data.
- USA: Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System
- Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1725-1774.
- Unicef: maternal mortality
UK
- MBRRACE-UK: Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report for 2015 births.
- England and Wales: childhood mortality, 2014 See section 3. Infant and perinatal mortality rates.
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency: stillbirths and infant deaths.
- Wales: All Wales Perinatal Survey, 2015. see Section B: Mortality Statistics in Wales – Perinatal
International
- New Zealand: Eleventh Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, 2015 data.
- USA: National Vital Statistics System Fetal deaths
- Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1725-1774.
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