{"slug": "amaternity-annual-report-96-98", "title": "Maternity Annual Report 1996-1998 (Annexes not included)", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/amaternity_annual_report-96-98.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/resources/birth-reports/", "group": "Resource", "topic": "Birth Reports", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Year by Deliveries, Total Births", "header": ["Year", "Deliveries", "Total Births"], "rows": [["1996", "4145", "4212"], ["1997", "3926", "3977"], ["1998", "3673", "3734"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: KGH have declined. When looking at the proportion of births in relation to the", "header": ["", "1996", "", "1997", "", "1998", ""], "rows": [["Agegrp.(yrs)", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["Agegrp.(yrs)", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "", "", ""], ["<15", "4*", "0", "3*", "0.1", "1*", "0"], ["15-19", "217", "5.2", "239", "6.1", "236", "6.4"], ["20-24", "917", "22.1", "946", "24.1", "832", "23.4"], ["25-29", "1483", "35.8", "1328", "33.8", "1302", "35.4"], ["30-34", "993", "24.1", "893", "22.7", "852", "23.1"], ["35-39", "440", "10.6", "443", "11.2", "364", "10.0"], ["40-44", "84", "2.0", "73", "1.9", "84", "2.2"], ["45-50", "7", "0", "1", "-", "2", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Age grp.(yr.) by No. of births, Number of still births & neonatal (early& late) deaths & other deaths (incl. all birth w", "header": ["Age grp.(yr.)", "No. of births", "Number of still births &amp; neonatal (early&amp; late) deaths &amp; other deaths (incl. all birth weights)", "", "Rate per 1000 births (total)"], "rows": [["&lt;20", "706", "6", "", "8.5"], ["20+", "11217*", "157", "", "14.0"], ["All ages", "11923", "163", "", "13.7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Year by Total Deaths, Stillbirth, Neonatal deaths", "header": ["Year", "Total Deaths *", "Stillbirth", "", "Neonatal deaths", ""], "rows": [["", "", "", "", "Neonatal deaths", ""], ["", "", "No.", "%", "No.", "%"], ["1996", "75", "35", "46.6", "40", "53.3"], ["1997", "50**", "24", "48.0", "25", "50.0"], ["1998", "38**", "19", "50.0", "16", "42.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Type of Death by Number of, Number of, Number of", "header": ["Type of Death", "Number of", "Number of", "Number of"], "rows": [["Type of Death", "deaths (1996)", "deaths (1997)", "deaths (1998)"], ["Antepartum stillbirth", "31", "23", "17"], ["Intrapartum stillbirth", "4", "1", "1"], ["Stillbirth not specified", "0", "0", "1"], ["Death in the first 7 days", "35", "22", "13"], ["Death between 8 to 28days", "5", "3", "3"], ["Other", "-", "1", "3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: 1998) are given in the table below", "header": ["Year", "Total births", "Very low birth weight", "", "Low birth weight", ""], "rows": [["", "", "(<1500g)", "", "(1500-2499g)", ""], ["", "", "No.", "%", "No.", "%"], ["1996", "4212", "72", "1.7", "243", "5.7"], ["1997", "3977", "47", "1.2", "208", "5.2"], ["1998", "3734*", "37", "1.0", "214", "6.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Outcome of Birth", "header": ["", "", "Outcome of Birth", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""], "rows": [["Year", "Tot.Births", "No.alive", "%", "Stillbirth", "%", "EarlyNND", "%", "LateNND", "%", "Other**", "%"], ["1996", "72", "23", "32", "20", "28", "27", "37", "2", "3", "-", "-"], ["1997", "47*", "17", "36", "14", "30", "11", "23", "3", "6", "1", "2"], ["1998", "37", "21", "57", "7", "19", "5", "14", "1", "2", "3", "8"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Outcome of Birth", "header": ["", "", "Outcome of Birth", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""], "rows": [["Year", "TotalBirths", "No. alive", "%", "Still-birth", "%", "EarlyNND", "%", "LateNND", "%"], ["1996", "243", "231", "95.0", "6", "2.5", "4", "1.6", "2", "0.8"], ["1997", "208", "197", "94.7", "9", "4.3", "2", "1.0", "-", "-"], ["1998", "214", "204", "95.3", "5", "2.3", "3", "1.4", "2", "0.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9: Infant Transfer", "header": ["", "Infant Transfer", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""], "rows": [["Birth", "Nursery", "", "", "SCBU", "", "", "Deceased", "", "", "Unspec"], ["weight (g)", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Deceased", "", "", "Unspec"], ["", "1996", "1997", "1998", "1996", "1997", "1998", "1996", "1997", "1998", "1996"], ["<1500", "4", "3", "3", "28", "22", "24", "39", "22", "10", "1"], ["1500-2499*", "177", "140", "139", "58", "60", "70", "8", "8", "3", "-"]]}, {"caption": "Table 10: Year by Very Low Birth weight(<1500g), Low Birth we ight (1500-2499 g )", "header": ["Year", "Very Low Birth weight(&lt;1500g)", "", "", "Low Birth we ight (1500-2499 g )", "", ""], "rows": [["Year", "Total No. admission", "No. discharged alive", "%", "Total No. admission", "No. discharged alive", "%"], ["1996", "28", "19", "68", "58", "54", "93"], ["1997", "22", "15", "68", "60", "58", "97"], ["1998", "24", "19", "79", "70", "65", "93"]]}, {"caption": "Table 11: Maternity Annual Report 1996-1998 (Annexes not included)", "header": ["Birth Order", "1996", "1997", "1998"], "rows": [["Singleton", "4083", "3882", "3619"], ["Twins", "58", "42", "50"], ["Triplets", "3", "1", "3"], ["Quadruplets", "1", "1", "1"], ["Total", "4145", "3926", "3673"]]}, {"caption": "Table 12: Multiple Deliveries", "header": ["", "Multiple Deliveries", "", ""], "rows": [["Age groups (yrs)", "1996", "1997", "1998"], ["<20", "2", "-", "3"], ["20-24", "14", "7", "12"], ["25-29", "20", "16", "19"], ["30-34", "17", "13", "13"], ["35-39", "8", "8", "6"], ["40-44", "1", "-", "1"], ["45+", "-", "-", "-"]]}, {"caption": "Table 13: No. of Multipledeliveries ('96-'98) by Tot. No. ofdeliveries('96-98)", "header": ["", "No. of Multipledeliveries ('96-'98)", "Tot. No. ofdeliveries('96-98)", "%"], "rows": [["Age groups (yr.)", "", "", ""], ["<20", "5", "700", "0.7"], ["20-24", "33", "2695", "1.2"], ["25-29", "55", "4113", "1.3"], ["30-34", "43", "2738", "1.6"], ["35-39", "22", "1247", "1.8"], ["40-44", "2", "241", "0.8"], ["45+", "-", "10", "-"]]}, {"caption": "Table 14: Over the period of 1996 to 1998 there has been a small decline in births through", "header": ["", "1996", "", "1997", "", "1998", ""], "rows": [["Type of delivery", "Freq.", "%", "Freq.", "%", "Freq.", "%"], ["Spontaneous Vaginal*", "3309", "78.6", "3056", "76.8", "2848", "76.2"], ["Forceps", "24", "0.6", "16", "0.4", "19", "0.5"], ["Ventouse", "120", "2.8", "134", "3.4", "123", "3.3"], ["Breech", "19", "0.5", "17", "0.4", "7", "0.2"], ["Breech extraction", "3", "0.1", "2", "0.1", "1", "0.0"], ["Elective Caesarean Section(CS)", "328", "7.8", "321", "8.1", "316", "8.5"], ["Non-elective CS", "406", "10.1", "429", "10.8", "420", "11.2"], ["Not known", "3", "0.1", "2", "0.1", "-", "-"]]}, {"caption": "Table 15: Infant feeding habits are recorded by the hospital staff at the time of discharge, little", "header": ["", "%", "", ""], "rows": [["Method of Feeding", "1996", "1997", "1998"], ["Breast", "45", "49", "46"], ["Bottle", "41", "38", "40"], ["Mixed (Breast &amp; bottle)", "12", "10", "9"], ["Other/unspecified /not applicable (e.g. baby died)", "2", "3", "5"]]}, {"caption": "Table 16: No. of previouspregnancies by Number of mothers1996, Number of mothers1997, Number of mothers1998", "header": ["No. of previouspregnancies", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["0", "1771", "1750", "1650"], ["1", "1446", "1368", "1236"], ["2", "627", "534", "524"], ["3", "194", "186", "171"], ["4", "67", "52", "56"], ["5", "27", "24", "15"], ["6", "6", "6", "14"], ["7", "2", "3", "2"], ["8", "2", "1", "3"], ["9", "1", "1", "-"], ["10", "1", "-", "-"], ["Not reported", "1", "1", "2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2. Birth weight", "header": ["Weight (grams)", "Number of babies1996", "Number of babies1997", "Number of babies1998"], "rows": [["<499", "14", "13", "5"], ["500-999", "27", "22", "11"], ["1000-1499", "31", "12", "19"], ["1500-1999", "46", "45", "54"], ["2000-2499", "197", "163", "160"], ["2500-2999", "858", "770", "758"], ["3000-3499", "1792", "1671", "1581"], ["3500-3999", "1004", "1040", "922"], ["4000-4499", "217", "210", "203"], ["4500-4999", "25", "29", "18"], ["5000-5499", "1", "2", "1"], [">5500", "-", "-", "-"], ["Not reported", "-", "-", "2*"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3. Gestation at booking", "header": ["Completedweeks at booking", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["5-9", "163", "179", "187"], ["10-14", "596", "672", "720"], ["15-19", "1201", "1242", "1105"], ["20-24", "1310", "1115", "949"], ["25-29", "436", "453", "456"], ["30-34", "122", "109", "100"], ["35-39", "35", "29", "24"], ["40", "6", "1", "6"], ["Not booked", "15", "12", "12"], ["Not reported", "261", "114", "114"]]}, {"caption": "Table 19: Smoking Habit by Number ofmothers1996, Number of mothers1997, Number of mothers1998", "header": ["Smoking Habit*", "Number ofmothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["Never smoked", "25", "11", "23"], ["Stopped smoking", "126", "162", "224"], ["Occasional smoker", "3", "13", "17"], ["Smokes 1-10 cig./daily", "135", "156", "168"], ["Smokes 11-20 cig./daily", "34", "40", "40"], ["Smokes >20 cig. daily", "38", "36", "32"], ["Non-smoker (not known ifnever smoked or stopped)", "877", "1483", "1460"], ["Smokes (number unknown)", "5", "5", "5"], ["Not recorded", "2902 (70%)", "2020 (52%)", "1704 (46%)"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5. Number of deliveries at KGH, according to region", "header": ["Regions", "Number of deliveries1996", "Number of deliveries1997", "Number of deliveries1998"], "rows": [["Inner Harbour", "786", "755", "688"], ["Outer Harbour", "1372", "1228", "1144"], ["South East", "668", "636", "639"], ["Western", "641", "599", "557"], ["Northern", "668", "701", "631"], ["Gozo", "9", "7", "8"], ["Not Reported", "1", "-", "6"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6. Analgesia during labour or delivery", "header": ["Type of pain relief", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["No analgesia", "1232", "1128", "1090"], ["Self-admin. inhalation", "1877", "1772", "1644"], ["Narcotics", "340", "279", "241"], ["Self-admin. &amp; narcotics", "690", "735", "688"], ["Epidural / other", "2", "7", "9"], ["Not reported", "4", "5", "1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7. Episiotomies", "header": ["", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["Performed", "1613", "1376", "1292"], ["Not performed", "2528", "2550", "2379"], ["Not reported", "4", "-", "2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8. Perineal tears", "header": ["", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["No tears", "3095", "2762", "2576"], ["1st or 2nd degree", "1044", "1157", "1089"], ["3rd degree", "2", "6", "5"], ["Not known", "4", "1", "3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9. Perineal Tears with or without an episiotomy", "header": ["Episiotomy", "No. of perineal tears", "", ""], "rows": [["", "(1st/2nd/3rd degree)", "", ""], ["", "1996", "1997", "1998"], ["With episiotomy", "67", "145", "174"], ["Without episiotomy", "979", "1018", "920"]]}, {"caption": "Table 10. Postpartum haemorrhage", "header": ["", "Number of mothers", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["", "1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], ["No", "4103", "3882", "3626"], ["Yes", "39", "43", "44"], ["Not reported", "3", "1", "3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 11. Retained placenta/products", "header": ["", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], "rows": [["", "Number of mothers1996", "Number of mothers1997", "Number of mothers1998"], ["No", "4099", "3883", "3639"], ["Yes", "38", "37", "29"], ["Not known", "8", "6", "5"]]}, {"caption": "Table 12. Congenital abnormality diagnosed at birth", "header": ["", "Number of babies1996", "Number of babies1997", "Number of babies1998"], "rows": [["No abnormality", "4118", "3866", "3630"], ["Single", "70", "82", "69"], ["Multiple", "14", "19", "19"], ["Not known", "10", "10", "16"]]}, {"caption": "Table 13. Preterm births", "header": ["Year", "< 32 wks", "32 - 36 wks"], "rows": [["1996", "83", "218"], ["1997", "53", "206"], ["1998", "60", "208"]]}, {"caption": "Table 14 Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)", "header": ["Year", "No. of Infants"], "rows": [["1996", "60"], ["1997", "60"], ["1998", "63"]]}, {"caption": "Table 15 Infants with Neonatal Seizures", "header": ["Year", "No. of infants"], "rows": [["1996", "5"], ["1997", "3"], ["1998", "1"]]}]}