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 2011 data
- Scotland - Abortions data 2011 data
- Wales - Abortions Chapter 9 includes data for 2006-2011.
International
- Canada - Therapeutic abortions data
- New Zealand - Abortions
- United States - Abortion surveillance report 2009 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 - Volume 379, Issue 9816, Pages 625 - 632, 18 February 2012DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61786-8. Free full text on registration
Births/conceptions (Population)
UK
- England and Wales - Office for National Statistics: Births and Deaths in England and Wales, Final 2011 data. Conception statistics 2011
- Births in Northern Ireland 2011 (pdf)
- Scotland - Births - Chapter 2 in the Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends 2011.
- Wales - Births and Infant Mortality Statistics 2011; Births in Wales 2011
International
- Australia - Births, Australia 2011
- Ireland - Perinatal statistics report 2010
- USA - Births - preliminary data for 2011
Cancer
UK
- England - Cancer survival rates
- Northern Ireland - Cancer registry
- Scotland - Female Genital Organ Cancers
- Wales - Cancer incidence in Wales 2006-10
International
- United States - Cancer statistics, 2013
- FIGO Cancer report 2012 - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics Vol 119 Suppl 2, Oct 2012
- International Agency for Research on Cancer: Cancer Mondial
- World Cancer Report 2008 (pdf, 119.24MB)
Cervical cancer
UK
- England - Cervical screening programme, England 2011-12
- England - HPV vaccine coverage in England: 2011/2012
- England - Profile of cervical cancer in England
- Scotland - Cervical screening and HPV immunisation uptake statistics
- Wales - Cervical screening programme statistical report 2011/12
International
- Australia - Cervical screening in Australia 2009-2010
- 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 2010
- Scotland - See chapter 8 of the Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity report Published March 2013
International
- USA - National Birth Defects Prevention Network. 2012 Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report. Birth Defects Research, Part A Vol 94 Issue 12 p. 963-1053.
- International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. Annual report
- Eurocat. European Surveillance of congenital anomalies, European perinatal health report. Chapter 9: Congenital anomolies.
Contraception
UK
- England - NHS Contraceptive Services, England: 2011-12
- Wales - NHS Community Contraceptive Services in Wales, 2011-12
International
- USA - CDC faststats. Contraceptive use
- United Nations. World Contraceptive Use 2012
Infertility
UK
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Infertility. Report on NHS IVF provision. 2011
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Facts & figures for researchers and the media
International
- Australia - Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2010 data.
- Canada - Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in Canada: 2010 results from the Canadian ART Register.
- USA - CDC
- Faststats. Infertility
- Assisted reproductive technology surveillance and success rates
- Europe - Assisted reproductive technology in Europe
- 2007 results generated from European registers by ESHRE. Human Reproduction 2012 27 (4): 954-966
- 2008 results. Hum. Reprod. (2012) 27 (9): 2571-2584.
- World Collaborative Report on Assisted Reproductive Technology, 2004
Hum Reprod. 2013 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Labour and delivery
UK
- England - NHS Maternity Statistics, England: 2011-12
- Scotland - Births in Scottish Hospitals
- Wales - Maternity Statistics: Method of Delivery, 2002-2012
International
- Australia - Australia's mothers and babies 2010
- Ireland - Perinatal statistics report 2010
- USA - CDC faststats. Births - method of delivery, Obstetrical procedures
- European perinatal health report. Section 5.1 Mode of delivery
- Unicef - Skilled attendance at delivery
Caesarean section
- Economic and Social Research Institute. Exploring Trends in the Rate of Caesarean Section in Ireland 1999-2007
- 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. Home Births in the United States, 1990–2009
Maternal mortality
UK
- Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries. Saving mother's lives 2006-2008
International
- Australia - Maternal deaths in Australia
- Canada - Maternal mortality fact sheet
- France - Rapport du Comité national d'experts sur la mortalité maternelle 2001-6
- Ireland - Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry (MDE) in Ireland. Report for the Triennium 2009-2011.
- New Zealand - Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee 6th report (2010 data)
- South Africa - Saving Mothers 2008-2010: Fifth Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in South Africa
- United States - Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States
- Europe European perinatal health report. 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- 2010. Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
Perinatal mortality
UK
- England and Wales. Childhood, infant and perinatal mortality 2011 (pdf)
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Stillbirths and infant deaths
- Scottish Perinatal & Infant Mortality & Morbidity Report (SPIMMR) 2011 report published March 2013
- All Wales Perinatal Survey 2011 report
- Wales - Births and Infant Mortality Statistics, 2010
International
- Australia - Perinatal deaths, 2010
- Ireland - Perinatal statistics report 2010
- New Zealand - Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee 6th report (2010 data)
- United States - Fetal and Perinatal Mortality, United States, 2006. National Vital Statistics Report 2012; Volume 60, Number 8.
- World Health Organization Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality: Country, Regional and Global Estimates 2004