National Perinatal Health Reports

Sharing national data and reporting

Many European countries routinely publish reports based on data from their perinatal health information systems. They include recent data on maternal and child health outcomes as well as useful commentary about trends over time and risk factors for poor health.

Access the latest national reports here. Older reports are available from the archives link below.

Reports


 Austria
Medical and socio-medical characteristics of newborns 2025
Statistics Austria
 Belgium
General population statistics 2025
Statbel
Perinatal health in Flanders 2024
Studiecentrum voor Perinatale Epidemiologie, Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology
 Croatia
Croatian Health Statistics Yearbook 2024
Childbirths in healthcare institutions 2024
Croatian Institute of Public Health
 Cyprus
Cyprus: Perinatal Health until 2024
Health Monitoring Unit. Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Health
 Czech Republic
Czech Health Statistics Yearbook 2019
Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
 Denmark
Birth and fertility statistics until 2025,
Statbank Denmark
 Estonia
Health statistics and health research database
Special issue of the journal Eesti Arst for the 30th anniversary of the birth registry
Additional data on perinatal deaths
Tervise Arengu Instituut, National Institute for Health Development, Tallin
 Finland
Perinatal Statistics-parturients, deliveries and newborns- 2024
Statistics on sexual and reproductive health on births and newborns, very premature infants, assisted fertility treatments, congenital malformations, induced abortions and sterilizations
Database reporting on sexual and reproductive health
Database reporting on Nordic perinatal statistics
THL, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  
 France


The French National Perinatal Surveys monitor the main indicators of health, medical practice and risk factors during the perinatal period. The latest survey was conducted in 2021, and the upcoming survey will be conducted in 2027.
7th Report of the National Expert Committee on Maternal Mortality (CNEMM), France, 2016-2018
ScanSanté – Perinatal Health Indicators 2013-2023
 Germany
Federal GENESIS-Online databank, Destatis
Perinatal medicine, IQTIG
 Hungary
Main Characteristics of Hungarian Twin and Multiple Births in Official Statistics (1970-2012)
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
 Iceland
Annual reports on Births – 2018 to 2022
The National University Hospital of Iceland
 Ireland
Perinatal Mortality National Clinical Audit in Ireland Annual Report 2022
Severe Maternal Morbidity in Ireland Annual Report 2022
Registered Home Births National Audit Report 2022
Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Republic of Ireland Annual Report 2020 Annual Report 2021/2022
Neonatal Therapeutic Hypothermia in Ireland Annual Report | 2020
 Italy
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Italy, 2023
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Bolzano Province, 2023
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Trento Province, 2023
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Veneto Region, 2022
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Emilia-Romagna Region, 2023
Pregnancy and birth in Tuscany, 2024
Report on congenital anomalies in Trento Province, 2023
 Latvia
Statistical Yearbook Health Care in Latvia 2008-2018 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
Health Statistics Database Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
 Lithuania
Perinatal Statistics 2001-2018 (all years) available here Institute of Hygiene Health, Information Centre, Vilnius University Medical Faculty, Vilnius University Centre of Neonatology
 Luxembourg
Surveillance de la santé périnatale au Luxembourg: 2017-2019 Ministère de la Santé, Luxembourg Institute of Health
 Malta
National Obstetric Information System (NOIS) – Annual Reports and Maternal and Perinatal Health Indicators in Malta, Directorate for Health Information and Research
Annual report – Last report 2022
 Netherlands
Perinatal indicators in 2018 
The Netherlands Perinatal Registry  www.peristat.nl
 Norway
Annual Report on Abortions 2022 Abortion registry
Statistics from Medical Birth Registry Norway
 Poland
Demographic Yearbooks
 Slovenia
2017 Health report on births and deliveries, National Institute of Public Health
 Spain
Data from Spanish National Statistics Institute, until 2023
Birth data and infant mortality rate (Spanish National Statistics Institute), 2019 Valencia Annual perinatal mortality reports from 2005-2018, Generalitat Valenciana
Abortion statistics 2001-2022 Congenital Anomalies 2007-2017 Catalonia
Perinatal health indicators (2018) Full report – Catalan version Perinatal health indicators (2018) Short report  – English version Perinatal health indicators (2018) Short report  – Catalan version Public Health Agency of Catalonia
 Switzerland
Newborn health (2019-2022)
Births (2020-2022)
Infant and fetal mortality (2020-2022)
Reproductive health (2021-2022)
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
 Sweden
Statistics on Pregnancies, Deliveries and Newborn Infants 2022
Statistics on Pregnancies, Deliveries and Newborn Infants 2018
Breastfeeding 2017, from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen)
 United Kingdom
MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality surveillance report 2022, MBRRACE-UK
Rapid report: Learning from SARS-CoV-2-related and associated maternal deaths in the UK March-May 2020, MBRRACE-UK
MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality and morbidity confidential enquiries, MBRRACE-UK
MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality surveillance reports 2013-2020, MBRRACE-UK
 Great Britain
Maternity Care for Women with Multiple Births and Their Babies, National Maternity and Perinatal Audit 
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). Various reports. 
National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) Annual Report 2019 – on 2018 data, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
 
 England and Wales
Number of births by gestational age group and month of occurrence, England, April 2019 to September 2020, provisional, Office for National Statistics
Births in England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Births by parents’ country of birth, England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Child and infant mortality in England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Infant mortality (birth cohort) tables in England and Wales: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, Office for National Statistics
 England
NHS Maternity statistics for England, 2022-23
NHS Maternity statistics for England 2019-20
NHS Maternity statistics for England 2018-19
 Wales
Maternity and births statistics for Wales 2019 and 2018, Welsh Government 
The data dictionary, NHS Wales
 Northern Ireland
Children’s Health in Northern Ireland, 2018/19, Health and Social Care (HSC) Public Health Agency
Stillbirths & Infant Deaths, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
 Scotland
Annual report on Vital Events Reference Tables, National Records for Scotland Annual report on Births in Scottish Hospitals, Public Health Scotland  Annual report on Congenital Anomalies in Scotland, Public Health Scotland Legacy Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity Report 2012, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland Scottish Pregnancy, Births and Neonatal Data dashboard developed in response to commitment 67 in The Best Start: five year plan for maternity and neonatal care that national level maternity and neonatal dashboards should be developed to facilitate benchmarking and reduce variations in care
Archives

Archives reports


 Austria
Medical and socio-medical characteristics of newborns 2023
Statistics Austria
 Belgium
General population statistics 2024
Statbel
Perinatal activity in Flanders 2017
Perinatale activiteiten in Vlaanderen 2017
 Croatia
Croatian Health Statistics Yearbook 2021
Childbirths in healthcare institutions 2021
Croatian Institute of Public Health
 Cyprus
Cyprus: Perinatal Health until 2022
Health Monitoring Unit. Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Health
 Czech Republic
Report on Mother and Newborn 2014-2015
Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
 Denmark
Medical Birth Register data (latest 2015),
Sundhedsdata-styrelsen
Live births and stillbirths by weight of birth, type of delivery and sex (1997-2018, all years),
Statistics Denmark
 Estonia
Health Statistics since 2017 in tables here
Special issue of the journal Eesti Arst for the 30th anniversary of the birth registry
Statistical data from 1992-2014 in the Estonian Medical Birth Registry and the Estonian Abortion Registry 1996-2014 available here and here
Tervise Arengu Instituut, National Institute for Public Health, Tallin 2015
Additional data on perinatal deaths, Estonian Registry for Causes of Death, National Institute for Public Health
 Finland
Perinatal Statistics-parturients, delivers and newborns- 2023, THL National Institute for Health and Welfare
Statistics on sexual and reproductive health – THL on births and newborns, assisted fertility treatments, induced abortions and sterilizations and congenital malformations in Finland, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Database reporting on sexual and reproductive health – THL, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Nordic perinatal statistics 2022, THL, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  
 France
The French National Perinatal Surveys monitor the main indicators of health, medical practice and risk factors during the perinatal period.The latest survey was conducted in 2021.
6th Report of the National Expert Committee on Maternal Mortality (CNEMM), France, 2013-2015.
ScanSanté – Perinatal Health Indicators 2013-2023.
 Germany
Federal GENESIS-Online databank, Destatis
Perinatal medicine, IQTIG
 Hungary
Main Characteristics of Hungarian Twin and Multiple Births in Official Statistics (1970-2012)
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
 Iceland
Annual reports on Births – 2018 to 2022
The National University Hospital of Iceland
 Ireland
Perinatal Mortality National Clinical Audit in Ireland Annual Report 2022
Severe Maternal Morbidity in Ireland Annual Report 2022
Registered Home Births National Audit Report 2022
Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Republic of Ireland Annual Report 2020 Annual Report 2021/2022
Neonatal Therapeutic Hypothermia in Ireland Annual Report | 2020
 Italy
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Italy, 2023
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Bolzano Province, 2023
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Trento Province, 2023
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Veneto Region, 2022
Report on birth certificates (Cedap), Emilia-Romagna Region, 2023
Pregnancy and birth in Tuscany, 2024
Report on congenital anomalies in Trento Province, 2023
 Latvia
Statistical Yearbook Health Care in Latvia 2008-2018 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
Health Statistics Database Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
 Lithuania
Perinatal Statistics 2001-2018 (all years) available here Institute of Hygiene Health, Information Centre, Vilnius University Medical Faculty, Vilnius University Centre of Neonatology
 Luxembourg
Surveillance de la santé périnatale au Luxembourg: 2017-2019 Ministère de la Santé, Luxembourg Institute of Health
 Malta
National Obstetric Information System (NOIS) – Annual Reports and Maternal and Perinatal Health Indicators in Malta, Directorate for Health Information and Research
Annual report – Last report 2022
 Netherlands
Perinatal indicators in 2018 
The Netherlands Perinatal Registry  www.peristat.nl
 Norway
Annual Report on Abortions 2022 Abortion registry
Statistics from Medical Birth Registry Norway
 Poland
Demographic Yearbooks
 Slovenia
2017 Health report on births and deliveries, National Institute of Public Health
 Spain
Data from Spanish National Statistics Institute, until 2023
Birth data and infant mortality rate (Spanish National Statistics Institute), 2019 Valencia Annual perinatal mortality reports from 2005-2018, Generalitat Valenciana
Abortion statistics 2001-2022 Congenital Anomalies 2007-2017 Catalonia
Perinatal health indicators (2018) Full report – Catalan version Perinatal health indicators (2018) Short report  – English version Perinatal health indicators (2018) Short report  – Catalan version Public Health Agency of Catalonia
 Switzerland
Newborn health (2019-2022)
Births (2020-2022)
Infant and fetal mortality (2020-2022)
Reproductive health (2021-2022)
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
 Sweden
Statistics on Pregnancies, Deliveries and Newborn Infants 2022
Statistics on Pregnancies, Deliveries and Newborn Infants 2018
Breastfeeding 2017, from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen)
 United Kingdom
MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality surveillance report 2022, MBRRACE-UK
Rapid report: Learning from SARS-CoV-2-related and associated maternal deaths in the UK March-May 2020, MBRRACE-UK
MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality and morbidity confidential enquiries, MBRRACE-UK
MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality surveillance reports 2013-2020, MBRRACE-UK
 Great Britain
Maternity Care for Women with Multiple Births and Their Babies, National Maternity and Perinatal Audit 
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). Various reports. 
National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) Annual Report 2019 – on 2018 data, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
 
 England and Wales
Number of births by gestational age group and month of occurrence, England, April 2019 to September 2020, provisional, Office for National Statistics
Births in England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Births by parents’ country of birth, England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Child and infant mortality in England and Wales: 2019, Office for National Statistics
Infant mortality (birth cohort) tables in England and Wales: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, Office for National Statistics
 England
NHS Maternity statistics for England, 2022-23
NHS Maternity statistics for England 2019-20
NHS Maternity statistics for England 2018-19
 Wales
Maternity and births statistics for Wales 2019 and 2018, Welsh Government 
The data dictionary, NHS Wales
 Northern Ireland
Children’s Health in Northern Ireland, 2018/19, Health and Social Care (HSC) Public Health Agency
Stillbirths & Infant Deaths, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
 Scotland
Annual report on Vital Events Reference Tables, National Records for Scotland Annual report on Births in Scottish Hospitals, Public Health Scotland  Annual report on Congenital Anomalies in Scotland, Public Health Scotland Legacy Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity Report 2012, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland Scottish Pregnancy, Births and Neonatal Data dashboard developed in response to commitment 67 in The Best Start: five year plan for maternity and neonatal care that national level maternity and neonatal dashboards should be developed to facilitate benchmarking and reduce variations in care