Statistics relevant to O&G are published by a wide range of sources. Some examples are listed below, with links to websites with full data where available.
For sources of statistics on other topics, countries or older data, please contact the library
- Abortion
- Births/conceptions (Population)
- Cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Congenital abnormalities
- Contraception
- Infertility
- Labour and delivery
- Maternal mortality
- Perinatal mortality
Abortion
UK
- England and Wales - Abortion statistics 2010 data
- Scotland - Abortions data 2010 data
- Wales - Abortions Chapter 9 includes data for 2005-2010.
International
- Canada - Therapeutic abortions data
- New Zealand - Abortions
- United States - Abortion surveillance report 2008 data
- United Nations. World abortion policies 2011. Includes abortion rates
- Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008 / Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Iqbal Shah, Elisabeth Aahman, Stanley Henshaw and Akinrinola Bankole. Lancet - 19 January 2012 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61786-8 Early online publication. Free full text on registration
Births/conceptions (Population)
UK
- England and Wales - Office for National Statistics: Births and Deaths in England and Wales, Conception statistics
- Births in Northern Ireland 2010 (pdf)
- Scotland - Births - from the Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends 2010
- Wales - Births and Infant Mortality Statistics 2009; Births in Wales 2010
International
- Australia - Births, Australia 2010
- Ireland - Perinatal statistics report 2009
- USA - Births - preliminary data for 2010 (pdf)
Cancer
UK
- England - Cancer survival rates
- Northern Ireland - Cancer registry
- Scotland - Female Genital Organ Cancers
- Wales - Cancer incidence in Wales 2004-08
International
- United States - Cancer statistics, 2012 Published Jan 2012
- FIGO. 26th Annual report on the results of treatment in gynecological cancer 2006. Int J Gynecol Obstet Vol 95 Suppl 1
- International Agency for Research on Cancer: Cancer Mondial
- World Cancer Report 2008 (pdf, 119.24MB)
Cervical cancer
UK
- England - Cervical screening programme, England 2010-11
- England - HPV vaccine coverage in England: 2009/2010
- England - Profile of cervical cancer in England
- Scotland - Cervical screening and HPV immunisation uptake statistics
- Wales - Cervical screening programme statistical report 2010/11
International
- Australia - Cervical screening in Australia 2008-2009
- Canada - Cervical Cancer facts and figures
- USA Cervical cancer statistics
- Europe - Malignant neoplasms of cervix uteri and other parts of uterus (pdf) Chapter 13 in "Health statistics – Atlas on mortality in the European Union". Section 13
Congenital abnormalities
UK
- England and Wales - Congenital anomaly statistics 2009 Published December 2011
- Scotland - See chapter 6 of the Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity report
International
- Australia - Congenital anomalies in Australia
- USA - National Birth Defects Prevention Network. 2011 Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report. Birth Defects Research, Part A Vol 91 Issue 12 p. 985-1149. Published December 2011
- International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. Annual report
- Eurocat. European Surveillance of congenital anomalies European perinatal health report (pdf) Section 9 Congenital anomalies
Contraception
UK
- Great Britain - Contraception and Sexual Health Presents the results of the module of questions on contraception and sexual health included on the National Statistics Omnibus Survey. Contains statistics regarding contraceptive use among women aged under 50; women 'at risk' of pregnancy; sterilisations and vasectomies; sexual behaviour and condom use; and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections.
- England - NHS Contraceptive Services, England: 2010-11 Published December 2011
- Wales - NHS Community Contraceptive Services in Wales, 2010-11
International
- USA - CDC faststats. Contraceptive use
- Population Reference Bureau. Family Planning Worldwide 2008
- United Nations. World Contraceptive Use, 2009
Infertility
UK
- Department of Health. Primary Care Trust survey of provision of IVF in England, 2008
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Facts & figures for researchers and the media
International
- Australia - Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2009 data
- Canada - Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in Canada: 2007 results from the Canadian ART Register. Fertil Steril. Epub 2010 July 26
- USA - CDC faststats. Infertility
- USA - CDC. Assisted reproductive technology surveillance and success rates
- European perinatal health report (pdf) Section 5.2 Pregnancies following infertility management
- Europe - Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2006: results generated from European registers by ESHRE. Human Reproduction 2010 25(8):1851-1862.
- World Collaborative Report on Assisted Reproductive Technology, 2003 Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun;95(7):2209-22, 2222.e1-17. Epub 2011 May 4.
Labour and delivery
UK
- England - NHS Maternity Statistics, England: 2010-11 Published December 2011
- Scotland - Births in Scottish Hospitals
- Wales - Maternity Statistics: Method of Delivery, 1999-2009
International
- Australia - Australia's mothers and babies 2009 Published Dec 2011
- Canada - Canadian perinatal health report 2008. Section A - Health Services includes rates of labour induction, caesarean delivery, and operative vaginal delivery
- Ireland - Perinatal statistics report 2009
- USA - CDC faststats. Births - method of delivery, Obstetrical procedures
- European perinatal health report (pdf) Section 5.1 Mode of delivery
- Unicef - Skilled attendance at delivery
Caesarean section
- Economic and Social Research Institute. Recent Trends in the Caesarean Section Rate in Ireland 1999-2006 (pdf)
- CDC Recent Trends in Cesarean Delivery in the United States (1991-2007)
Home birth
- Home births in the UK, 1955 to 2006. Population trends 2008 Autumn;(133):20-7
- Birth Choice UK. Home birth rates
- United States. Trends and Characteristics of Home and Other Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990–2006
Maternal mortality
UK
- Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries. Saving mother's lives 2006-2008
International
- Australia - Maternal deaths in Australia
- Canada Canadian perinatal health report 2008. Section B includes maternal mortality ratio
- France - Rapport du Comité national d'experts sur la mortalité maternelle 2001-6
- New Zealand - Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee 5th report (2009 data)
- South Africa - Saving Mothers 2005-2007: Fourth Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in South Africa (pdf)
- United States - Pregnancy-related mortality surveillance--United States, 1991--1999 Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. Surveillance Summaries. 52(2):1-8, 2003 Feb 21.
- European perinatal health report (pdf) Section 6 Maternal mortality ratio; Causes of maternal death
- Population Reference Bureau. Lifetime risk of maternal death
- Unicef. Maternal mortality
- World Health Organization. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990- 2008. Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
- Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980–2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. Margaret C Hogan et al. The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9726, Pages 1609 - 1623, 8 May 2010
Perinatal mortality
UK
- England and Wales. Childhood, infant and perinatal mortality 2009 (pdf)
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Stillbirths and infant deaths
- Scottish Perinatal & Infant Mortality & Morbidity Report 2010 (SPIMMR) Published Jan 2012
- All Wales Perinatal Survey
- Wales - Births and Infant Mortality Statistics, 2008
International
- Australia - Perinatal deaths, 2008
- Ireland - Perinatal statistics report 2009
- New Zealand - Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee 5th report (2009 data)
- United States - Fetal and Perinatal Mortality, United States, 2005. National Vital Statistics Report 2009; Volume 57, Number 8.
- World Health Organization Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality: Country, Regional and Global Estimates 2004