All % data provided here is for 2014 and has been calculated by 'bump2babe: The Consumer Guide to Maternity Services in Ireland'. Maternity units provided bump2babe with numbers of mothers or babies for the various categories and we calculated the percentage rates. In some instances, numbers of mothers were provided when we needed numbers of babies or vice versa and this could lead to discrepancies of maximum 2%. Blank spaces indicate no data was provided by the maternity unit.
We are not responsible for any inaccuracies in the figures given to bump2babe. The guide has highlighted and raised concerns about differences in data recording and reporting abilities in the 19 maternity units and 2 midwifery-led units in Ireland. The roll-out of the new Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System will standardise data recording in future years.
Portiuncula University Hospital Print Version Detailed data - all hospitals
| General Information | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Onset of labour (%) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Mode of birth (%) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Induction of labour (methods) (% of women whose labours were induced) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Modes of birth following induction of labour (% of women whose labours were induced) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| In spontaneous labour (% of women whose labour started spontaneously) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Modes of birth following spontaneous labour (% of women whose labour started spontaneously) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| "Normal Birth" % (Spontaneous onset of labour, no artificial rupture of membranes, no augmentation, no epidural, no episiotomy, spontaneous vaginal birth.) | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Breech babies | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Twin births | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) | |||
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| Fetal monitoring in labour | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Pharmacological pain relief in labour - % usage | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Tears / episiotomies % | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Timing of umbilical cord clamping - % of babies | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| 3rd stage of labour | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Antibiotics administered to mother in the peripartum period | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Health professionals in attendance | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Breastfeeding - % of babies | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Babies born outside of the unit - % of babies | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Mothers with additional risk factors | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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| Anaesthesia used for caesarean births | |||
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| % contribution each Robson category makes to the overall caesarean birth rate | |||
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| Gestatation | All mothers | First-time mothers | 2nd- & subsequent-time mothers |
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