Caesarean Rates

Sources of data:

For England, Department of Health Statistical Bulletin²¹
For Scotland, NHS Scotland Sexual and Reproductive Health Statistics²²
For Wales, the All Wales Perinatal Survey²³

	Elective	Emergency	Caesarean Rate
England (2006)	9.3%	14.1%	23.5%
Scotland (2005)	9.5%	15.4%	24.9%
Wales (2007)	11.3%	15.6%	26.9%
Northern Ireland (2004)			26%