Perinatal statistics – parturients, delivers and newborns 2023

Statistics for 2023 published

Statistical report Perinatal statistics – parturients, deliveries and newborns 2023 was published in Finnish on the 5th November 2024. It will appear later in English on these pages.

Statistics for 2023 in Finnish

Caesarean sections, primiparas and parturients with prior deliveries, parturients aged under 35 and parturients aged 35 and over, 2003–2023 %

Tables

Background information

Description of statistics

The statistics contain data on parturients, deliveries and newborns. The key indicators are number of parturients, their age, body mass index and mode of delivery. The statistics also include information on major birth procedures and newborns birthweight, as well as perinatal mortality.

The data on all births has been collected from 1987 onwards. Statistical information is presented as numbers and percentages at the level of the entire country and welfare service counties. In addition, the total numbers of births are presented by hospital.

The statistics are published annually in the autumn.

Source

Perinataalitilasto – synnyttäjät, synnytykset ja vastasyntyneet 2023
Perinatalstatistik – föderskor, förlossningar och nyfödda 2023
Perinatal statistics – parturients, deliveries and newborns 2023

Statistical Report 50/2023, 5.11.2024.
Official Statistics of Finland, Perinatal statistics. THL. OSF-logo