Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 13 Jun 2001

Vol. 538 No. 1

Written Answers. - Birth Statistics.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

172 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of births in each of our public maternity hospitals in 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000; and the number of caesarean sections in each of those hospitals in the same years. [17367/01]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tables below.

Table 1

Number of Births by Public Maternity Hospital for 1990 and 1995 to 2000

Hospital by Health Board	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
National Maternity Hospital, Dublin	6,328	6,718	7,217	7,682	7,948	7,611	7,723
Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin	6,852	6,388	6,396	6,854	6,997	6,614	7,496
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin	6,596	6,247	6,031	6,190	6,387	6,300	6,311
ERHA/EHA Total	19,776	19,353	19,645	20,726	21,332	20,525	21,530
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital	972	1,153	1,089	1,147	1,144	1,274	1,335
General Hospital, Portlaoise	1,212	1,049	986	1,068	1,097	1,064	1,040
Midland HB Total	2,184	2,202	2,075	2,215	2,241	2,338	2,375
Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital	3,778	3,326	3,716	3,792	3,962	4,026	3,989
MWHB Total	3,778	3,326	3,716	3,742	3,962	4,026	3,989
Louth County Hospital	554	487	508	466	499	497	553
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda	1,743	1,751	1,734	1,904	1,984	2,040	2,221
General Hospital, Cavan	846	831	804	886	841	915	876
General Hospital, Monaghan	471	323	361	347	335	340	301
NEHB Total	3,614	3,392	3,407	3,603	3,659	3,792	3,951
General Hospital, Letterkenny	1,714	1,516	1,539	1,575	1,597	1,648	1,559
General Hospital, Sligo	1,363	1,178	1,217	1,265	1,287	1,286	1,264
NWHB Total	3,077	2,694	2,756	2,840	2,884	2,934	2,823
General Hospital, Wexford	1,514	1,308	1,312	1,362	1,403	1,473	1,410
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel	1,075	1,003	1,004	1,022	941	985	933
Waterford Maternity Hospital (Regional Hosp)	1,517	1,455	1,563	1,620	1,702	1,731	1,845
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny	1,184	1,061	1,182	1,262	1,312	1,261	1,421
SEHB Total	5,290	4,827	5,061	3,266	5,358	5,450	5,609
St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork	1,670	1,554	1,527	N/A	1,699	1,534	1,548
Erinville Hospital, Cork	2,722	2,534	2,633	2,914	2,906	2,898	3,041
Victoria Hospital, Cork*	259	264	280	–	–	–	–
General Hospital, Tralee	1,235	977	1,079	1,164	1,137	1,150	1,185
SHB Total	5,886	5,329	5,519	4,078	5,742	5,582	5,774
Mayo General Hospital	1,442	1,148	1,220	1,191	878	1,170	1,179
University College Hospital, Galway	2,464	2,499	2,535	2,710	2,752	2,691	2,830
Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe	1,997	1,684	1,702	1,630	1,757	1,747	1,626
WHB Total	5,903	5,331	5,457	5,531	5,387	5,608	5,635
Ireland Total	49,508	46,454	47,636	48,001	50,565	50,225	51,686

Source: Reported by Hospital and Perinatal Database.

*Victoria Hospital, Cork closed in 1997.

N/A: Not Available.

Table 2

Number of Caesarean Sections by Public Maternity Hospital for 1990 and 1995 to 2000

Hospital by Health Board	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
National Maternity Hospital, Dublin	513	684	778	818	1,003	974	1,101
Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin	410	891	929	937	1,015	1,137	1,254
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin	692	1,004	1,140	1,343	1,518	1,572	1,581
ERHA/EHA Total	1,615	2,579	2,847	3,098	3,536	3,683	3,936
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital	89	129	105	141	166	214	251
General Hospital, Portlaoise	87	98	135	160	166	148	184
Midland HB Total	176	227	240	301	332	362	435
Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital	345	581	713	864	1,002	1,081	1,087
MWHB Total	345	581	713	864	1,002	1,081	1,087
Louth County Hospital	58	83	110	97	98	112	122
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda	335	381	466	479	527	490	513
General Hospital, Cavan	82	138	118	204	204	246	263
General Hospital, Monaghan	71	42	59	65	65	70	65
NEHB Total	546	644	753	845	894	918	963
General Hospital, Letterkenny	112	128	190	210	224	261	269
General Hospital, Sligo	108	141	156	172	196	250	242
NWHB Total	220	269	346	382	420	511	511
General Hospital, Wexford	100	154	N/A	N/A	274	356	N/A
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel	96	121	133	143	186	216	241
Waterford Maternity Hospital (Regional Hosp)	180	237	311	313	359	311	485
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny	109	182	234	256	338	305	367
SEHB Total	485	694	678	712	1,157	1,188	1,093
St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork	261	262	287	262	324	280	279
Erinville Hospital, Cork	341	365	380	487	532	614	691
Victoria Hospital, Cork*	68	49	67	–	–	–	–
General Hospital, Tralee	125	104	140	175	218	194	229
SHB Total	795	780	874	924	1,074	1,088	1,199
Mayo General Hospital	N/A	164	198	198	203	202	245
University College Hospital, Galway	325	366	446	487	471	521	581
Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe	199	242	264	283	356	381	363
WHB Total	524	772	908	968	1,030	1,104	1,189
Ireland Total	4,706	6,546	7,359	8,094	9,445	9,935	10,413

Source: Reported by Hospital and Perinatal Database.

*Victoria Hospital, Cork closed in 1997.

N/A: Not Available.