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 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 Statistics Report 2022 Health Service Executive, Healthcare Pricing Office Severe maternal morbidity in Ireland (annual report 2016) National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre |
Italy | Report on Birth Certificates 2019 Report Ministry of Health Births in Emilia Romagna. 17th Report with data from the Birth certificates (CeDAP) – Year 2019. Published in November 2020. Pregnancy and birth in Tuscany – Year 2018. Births annual report. Care in pregnancy, delivery and neonatal in Trento province – Year 2019. Published in September 2020. Annual Report on spontaneous abortions in Trento province – Year 2018. Published in September 2019. Regional report on births in Campania – Year 2015. Published in July 2017 by the Regional Epidemiological Observatory and the Public Health Department of University Federico II in Naples. Report Annual report on congenital anomalies in Trentino – Year 2015. Published in May 2017 by Trento province. |
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 |
