Instrumental Delivery 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

	Forceps	Ventouse	Total Instrumental
England (2006)	3.9%	7.2%	11.1%
Scotland (2005)	7.1%	4.7%	11.7%
Wales (2007)			10.1%
Northern Ireland (2004)			12.5%