2.7 Place of Birth
Table 2.17: Place of Birth, All Confinements, 2003-2004
|
Place of Birth
|
2003
|
%
|
2004
|
%
|
|
Hospital |
60,496
|
97.1
|
60,732
|
97.4
|
|
Birth Centre |
1,401
|
2.2
|
1,181
|
1.9
|
|
Unplanned out-of-hospital births (BBA)* |
256
|
0.4
|
254
|
0.4
|
|
Intended homebirths |
152
|
0.2
|
181
|
0.3
|
|
Total |
62,305
|
100.0
|
62,348
|
100.0
|
- The number and proportion of hospital births, and BBAs (Born Before Arrival) remains constant. There has been a slight increase in the number of planned homebirths in 2004 and a slight decrease in the number of birth centre births.