asked the Minister for Health the number of births in each maternity unit throughout the country for each year from 1982 to 1987 inclusive.
Written Answers. - Birth Statistics.
165.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Numbers of Live Births by Maternity Unit, 1982 to 1987
|
Maternity Units |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987‡ |
|
EASTERN H.B. |
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|
Loughlinstown County |
778 |
816 |
652 |
620 |
654 |
627 |
|
Athy District |
168 |
134 |
134 |
66 |
closed |
closed |
|
St. James', Dublin |
2,349 |
2,120 |
2,058 |
2,045 |
1,996 |
1,445 |
|
Coombe, Dublin |
6,871 |
6,410 |
6,248 |
6,306 |
6,193 |
6,449 |
|
National Maternity, Dublin |
8,551 |
8,079 |
7,853 |
7,439 |
7,080 |
6,671 |
|
Rotunda, Dublin |
6,696 |
5,758 |
5,595 |
5,724 |
5,910 |
5,661 |
|
Mount Carmel N.H., Dublin |
1,780 |
1,723 |
1,597 |
1,529 |
1,597 |
1,435 |
|
MIDLAND H.B. |
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|
Mullingar County |
806 |
818 |
736 |
763 |
866 |
918 |
|
Portlaoise County |
1,067 |
1,097 |
1,195 |
1,251 |
1,526 |
1,421 |
|
Tullamore County |
725 |
675 |
634 |
358 |
closed |
closed |
|
MID-WESTERN H.B. |
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|
Limerick Maternity |
4,952 |
4,466 |
4,145 |
4,031 |
3,726 |
3,888 |
|
Ennis County |
699 |
719 |
668 |
577 |
closed |
closed |
|
Marian N.H., Limerick |
333 |
346 |
316 |
320 |
352 |
362 |
|
St. Anthony's N.H., Limerick |
167 |
127 |
102 |
67 |
39 |
0 |
|
NORTH-EASTERN H.B. |
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|
Cavan County |
1,123 |
1,091 |
1,038 |
978 |
982 |
867 |
|
Dundalk County |
543 |
505 |
488 |
596 |
658 |
624 |
|
Monaghan County |
693 |
627 |
573 |
613 |
597 |
558 |
|
Drogheda Cottage |
396 |
403 |
299 |
318 |
234 |
234 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda |
2,401 |
2,346 |
2,101 |
1,850 |
1,874 |
1,714 |
|
NORTH-WESTERN H.B. |
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|
Letterkenny County |
2,092 |
2,075 |
2,056 |
2,029 |
2,080 |
2,046 |
|
Sligo County |
1,585 |
1,559 |
1,503 |
1,496 |
1,403 |
1,399 |
|
SOUTH-EASTERN H.B. |
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|
Ardkeen Regional |
469 |
516 |
434 |
518 |
471 |
268 |
|
Clonmel County |
1,139 |
1,151 |
1,197 |
1,196 |
1,156 |
1,207 |
|
St. Luke's Kilkenny |
1,404 |
1,382 |
1,274 |
1,283 |
1,336 |
1,317 |
|
Wexford County |
1,868 |
1,696 |
1,690 |
1,621 |
1,680 |
1,674 |
|
Carlow Maternity |
207 |
192 |
146 |
114 |
56 |
closed |
|
Gorey District |
197 |
187 |
143 |
153 |
closed |
closed |
|
Waterford Maternity |
1,504 |
1,401 |
1,389 |
1,266 |
1,368 |
1,420 |
|
Aut-Even N.H., Kilkenny |
379 |
311 |
286 |
277 |
213 |
169 |
|
SOUTHERN H.B. |
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|
Erinville, Cork |
3,368 |
3,424 |
3,336 |
3,148 |
3,203 |
3,182 |
|
St. Finbarr's, Cork |
2,734 |
2,523 |
2,508 |
2,174 |
2,235 |
1,959 |
|
Bantry County |
191 |
67 |
17 |
22 |
22 |
16 |
|
Tralee County |
1,402 |
1,426 |
1,427 |
1,513 |
1,443 |
1,366 |
|
Killarney District |
96 |
69 |
53 |
43 |
30 |
17 |
|
Skibbereen District |
99 |
92 |
77 |
80 |
68 |
40 |
|
Victoria, Cork |
347 |
388 |
330 |
349 |
399 |
329 |
|
Bon Secours, Cork |
2,006 |
1,833 |
1,697 |
1,759 |
1,697 |
1,697 |
|
Sacred Heart Home, Cork |
150 |
122 |
94 |
60 |
2 |
0 |
|
WESTERN H.B. |
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|
Galway Regional |
3,133 |
2,991 |
2,823 |
2,626 |
2,673 |
2,666 |
|
Castlebar General |
2,189 |
2,111 |
2,002 |
1,898 |
1,829 |
1,679 |
|
Belmullet District |
70 |
60 |
63 |
47 |
52 |
42 |
|
Portiuncula, Ballinasloe |
2,479 |
2,395 |
2,514 |
2,453 |
2,543 |
2,361 |
|
All other births |
637 |
886 |
571 |
812 |
983 |
556 |
|
Total |
70,843 |
67,117 |
64,062 |
62,388 |
61,226 |
58,284 |
‡Data for 1987 is provisional.
Note: Domiciliary births and births in maternity units with an average of less than 50 births per annum during the period are included under "All other births".