{"slug": "nois-annual-report-2015", "title": "Annual Report \u2013 2015", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NOIS_Annual_Report_2015.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/resources/birth-reports/", "group": "Resource", "topic": "Birth Reports", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Document reference by DHIR/ NOIS/2 016", "header": ["Document reference", "DHIR/ NOIS/2 016"], "rows": [["Current version", "1.0"], ["Release date", "5 October,  20 16"], ["Document owner", "Directorate for Health Information &amp; Research"], ["Document type", "National Obstetric  Information"], ["Personal data", "No personal data"], ["Website", "https://health.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/Registries/births.a"], ["Website", "spx ORhttp://bit.ly/noismalta"], ["e-mail", "healthinfo@gov.mt"], ["Telephone", "+356 25599000"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Version by Date, Action, Name", "header": ["Version", "Date", "Action", "Name"], "rows": [["1.0", "2016", "Compilation", "Dr. Stefan Buttigieg"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Year by Deliveries, Total Births, Livebirths", "header": ["Year", "Deliveries*", "Total Births**", "Livebirths"], "rows": [["2000", "4311", "4377", "4361"], ["2001", "3918", "3955", "3935"], ["2002", "3873", "3927", "3906"], ["2003", "3995", "4054", "4036"], ["2004", "3838", "3902", "3887"], ["2005", "3804", "3865", "3857"], ["2006", "3822", "3891", "3880"], ["2007", "3853", "3898", "3886"], ["2008", "4154", "4228", "4199"], ["2009", "4112", "4180", "4152"], ["2010", "3952", "4036", "4018"], ["2011", "4226", "4311", "4283"], ["2012", "4175", "4258", "4239"], ["2013", "4073", "4149", "4127"], ["2014", "4275", "4335", "4308"], ["2015", "4385", "4453", "4435"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Age group (years), 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Age group (years)", "2015", "", "2014", ""], "rows": [["", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["<15", "3", "0.1", "0", "0"], ["15-19", "130", "3.0", "152", "3.6"], ["20-24", "507", "11.6", "576", "13.5"], ["25-29", "1316", "30.0", "1298", "30.4"], ["30-34", "1593", "36.3", "1423", "33.3"], ["35-39", "707", "16.1", "709", "16.6"], ["40-44", "126", "2.9", "110", "2.6"], ["45+", "3", "0.1", "7", "0.2"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Nationality by Maltese, Non-Maltese, Unknown", "header": ["Nationality", "Maltese", "", "Non-Maltese", "", "Unknown", ""], "rows": [["Year", "Number", "%", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["2000", "4096", "95.0", "211", "4.9", "4", "0.1"], ["2001", "3737", "95.4", "178", "4.5", "3", "0.1"], ["2002", "3662", "94.6", "170", "4.4", "41", "1.1"], ["2003", "3687", "92.3", "220", "5.5", "88", "2.2"], ["2004", "3558", "92.7", "168", "4.4", "112", "2.9"], ["2005", "3512", "92.3", "237", "6.2", "55", "1.4"], ["2006", "3491", "91.3", "288", "7.5", "43", "1.1"], ["2007", "3511", "91.1", "308", "8.0", "34", "0.9"], ["2008", "3729", "89.8", "402", "9.7", "23", "0.6"], ["2009", "3711", "90.2", "376", "9.1", "25", "0.6"], ["2010", "3581", "90.6", "365", "9.2", "6", "0.2"], ["2011", "3740", "88.5", "479", "11.3", "7", "0.2"], ["2012", "3668", "87.9", "501", "12.0", "6", "0.1"], ["2013", "3501", "86.0", "564", "13.8", "8", "0.2"], ["2014", "3533", "82.6", "733", "17.1", "9", "0.2"], ["2015", "3544", "80.8", "838", "19.1", "3", "0.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Mother\u2019sAge Group by Maternal Parity(previous livebirths and still births are included)", "header": ["Mother\u2019sAge Group", "", "Maternal Parity(previous livebirths and still births are included)", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""], "rows": [["", "", "Primipara", "1", "2", "3", "4", ">4 th", "Unknown", "Total"], ["Under 20", "", "118", "13", "2", "0", "0", "0", "0", "133"], ["20-24", "", "323", "142", "34", "5", "1", "2", "0", "507"], ["25-29", "", "821", "366", "82", "31", "8", "8", "0", "1316"], ["30-34", "", "723", "671", "141", "35", "17", "6", "0", "1593"], ["35-39", "", "208", "288", "126", "52", "22", "11", "0", "707"], ["40-44", "", "29", "45", "29", "14", "5", "4", "0", "126"], ["45+", "", "1", "0", "2", "0", "0", "0", "0", "3"], ["Unknown", "", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0"], ["Total", "", "2224", "1525", "416", "137", "53", "31", "0", "4386"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Level of Education reached, 2015", "header": ["Level of Education reached", "2015", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%"], ["Primary or no education", "131", "3.0"], ["Secondary", "1498", "34.1"], ["Post Secondary/Vocational non-tertiary", "1047", "23.9"], ["Tertiary", "1481", "33.8"], ["Unspecified", "228", "5.2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Maternal Lifestyles, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Maternal Lifestyles", "2015", "2014"], "rows": [["Cigarette smoking during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["1 to 3/day", "102", "80"], ["&gt;than 3/day", "234", "233"], ["Do not smoke", "4049", "3962"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Alcohol consumption during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["Up to 1 unit/day", "4", "7"], ["&gt;than 1 unit/day", "1", "1"], ["None", "4380", "4267"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Drug Abuse during pregnancy", "", ""], ["Yes", "16", "19"], ["No", "4369", "4256"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9: Pathology during pregnancy, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Pathology during pregnancy", "2015", "", "2014", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["Antepartum Haemorrhage", "77", "1.8", "57", "1.3"], ["Gestational hypertension", "243", "5.5", "250", "5.8"], ["Pre-eclampsia", "33", "0.8", "24", "0.6"], ["Eclampsia", "0", "0", "1", "0.02"], ["Placenta praevia", "32", "0.7", "38", "0.9"], ["Abruption of placenta", "7", "0.2", "16", "0.4"], ["Suspected IUGR*", "200", "4.6", "159", "3.7"], ["Cardiovascular disease", "23", "0.5", "11", "0.3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 10: Multiplicity, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Multiplicity", "2015", "", "", "2014"], "rows": [["Singleton", "4318", "", "4216", ""], ["Twin", "66", "", "58", ""], ["Triplet", "1", "", "1", ""], ["Quadruplet", "0", "", "0", ""]]}, {"caption": "Table 11: Damage to perineum by Normal Vaginal Delivery, Assisted Vaginal Delivery(n= 190)", "header": ["Damage to perineum", "Normal Vaginal Delivery", "", "Assisted Vaginal Delivery**(n= 190)", ""], "rows": [["", "(n= 2836)", "", "Assisted Vaginal Delivery**(n= 190)", ""], ["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["No Damage", "1045", "36.8", "13", "6.8"], ["Episiotomy* only", "448", "15.8", "102", "53.7"], ["Tear only", "1261", "44.5", "43", "22.6"], ["Episiotomy and tear", "82", "2.9", "32", "16.8"]]}, {"caption": "Table 12: Annual Report \u2013 2015", "header": ["Mode of Delivery*", "2015", "2014"], "rows": [["Vertex delivery", "2837", "2731"], ["Elective/emergency Caesarean Section", "1426", "1425"], ["Forceps", "15", "23"], ["Ventouse", "172", "152"], ["Breech deliveries", "3", "4"]]}, {"caption": "Table 13: Year by Deliveries by Caesarean section, Caesarean section operation rate", "header": ["Year", "Deliveries by Caesarean section", "Caesarean section operation rate"], "rows": [["", "", "(% of all deliveries)"], ["2000", "994", "23.1"], ["2001", "926", "23.6"], ["2002", "914", "23.6"], ["2003", "1039", "26.0"], ["2004", "1048", "27.3"], ["2005", "1165", "30.6"], ["2006", "1329", "34.8"], ["2007", "1243", "32.3"], ["2008", "1263", "30.4"], ["2009", "1194", "29.0"], ["2010", "1252", "31.7"], ["2011", "1435", "34.0"], ["2012", "1409", "33.7"], ["2013", "1270", "31.2"], ["2014", "1368", "32.0"], ["2015", "1359", "31.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 14: Gender Distribution Of Births", "header": ["Gender", "2015", "", "2014", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["Male", "2283", "51.3", "2307", "53.2"], ["Female", "2170", "48.7", "2028", "46.8"], ["Unknown", "0", "0", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 15: Birth weight, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Birth weight", "2015", "", "2014", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["<500g", "5", "0.1", "6", "0.1"], ["500-999g", "19", "0.4", "17", "0.4"], ["1000-1499g", "33", "0.7", "31", "0.7"], ["1500-1999g", "49", "1.1", "42", "1.0"], ["2000-2499g", "188", "4.2", "202", "4.7"], ["2500-2999g", "1012", "22.7", "918", "21.2"], ["3000-3499g", "1843", "41.4", "1827", "42.1"], ["3500-3999g", "1090", "24.5", "1070", "24.7"], ["4000-4499g", "187", "4.2", "200", "4.6"], ["4500-4999g", "22", "0.5", "15", "0.3"], ["5000+", "1", "0.02", "2", "0.04"], ["Unspecified", "4", "0.1", "5", "0.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 16: Gestational age, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Gestational age", "2015", "", "2014", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["Extremely preterm22-27 weeks", "24", "0.5", "23", "0.5"], ["Very preterm28-31 weeks", "30", "0.7", "33", "0.8"], ["Moderately preterm32-36 weeks", "261", "5.9", "251", "5.8"], ["Term37 \u2013 41 weeks", "4130", "92.7", "4022", "92.8"], ["Post term42+ weeks", "8", "0.2", "6", "0.1"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 17: Outcome of Birth, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Outcome of Birth", "2015", "2014"], "rows": [["Livebirths", "4435", "4308"], ["Stillbirths", "18", "27"]]}, {"caption": "Table 17: Outcome of Birth, 2014\u20132015 (cont. 2)", "header": ["Neonatal deaths", "2015", "2014"], "rows": [["Early Neonatal deaths", "12", "15"], ["Late Neonatal deaths", "4", "1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 19: Infant feeding methods at time of discharge, 2014\u20132015", "header": ["Infant feeding methods at time of discharge", "2015", "2014"], "rows": [["Breast only", "2584", "2513"], ["Bottle only", "1176", "1232"], ["Mixed (Breast &amp; Bottle)", "659", "547"], ["Other*", "34", "43"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 20: Year by Maternal Deaths", "header": ["Year", "Maternal Deaths"], "rows": [["2000", "0"], ["2001", "2"], ["2002", "0"], ["2003", "0"], ["2004", "0"], ["2005", "0"], ["2006", "0"], ["2007", "0"], ["2008", "1"], ["2009", "0"], ["2010", "1"], ["2011", "0"], ["2012", "0"], ["2013", "0"], ["2014", "0"], ["2015", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 17. Maternal Deaths 2000-2015", "header": ["Year", "Fetal death rate 500g and over", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "Rate/1000 total births"], ["2000", "16", "3.6"], ["2001", "20", "5.1"], ["2002", "20", "5.1"], ["2003", "16", "3.9"], ["2004", "15", "3.8"], ["2005", "8", "2.1"], ["2006", "10", "2.6"], ["2007", "11", "2.8"], ["2008", "26", "6.2"], ["2009", "21", "5.0"], ["2010", "16", "4.0"], ["2011", "23", "5.3"], ["2012", "14", "3.3"], ["2013", "18", "4.3"], ["2014", "26", "6.0"], ["2015", "14", "3.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 22: Year by Neonatal mortality rate (500g and over)", "header": ["Year", "Neonatal mortality rate (500g and over)", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "Rate/1000 live births"], ["2000", "23", "5.3"], ["2001", "12", "3.0"], ["2002", "20", "5.1"], ["2003", "20", "5.0"], ["2004", "17", "4.4"], ["2005", "17", "4.4"], ["2006", "9", "2.3"], ["2007", "17", "4.4"], ["2008", "24", "5.7"], ["2009", "17", "4.1"], ["2010", "18", "4.5"], ["2011", "22", "5.1"], ["2012", "14", "3.3"], ["2013", "16", "3.9"], ["2014", "11", "2.6"], ["2015", "15", "3.4"]]}, {"caption": "Table 19. Neonatal Mortality rates 2000-2015", "header": ["Year", "Early neonatal mortality rate (500g  and over)", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "Rate/1000 live births"], ["2000", "16", "3.6"], ["2001", "10", "2.5"], ["2002", "16", "4.1"], ["2003", "18", "4.5"], ["2004", "12", "3.1"], ["2005", "13", "3.4"], ["2006", "4", "1.0"], ["2007", "14", "3.6"], ["2008", "21", "5.0"], ["2009", "13", "3.1"], ["2010", "16", "4.0"], ["2011", "18", "4.2"], ["2012", "12", "2.8"], ["2013", "13", "3.2"], ["2014", "10", "2.3"], ["2015", "11", "2.5"]]}, {"caption": "Table 20. Early Neonatal Mortality rates 2000-2015", "header": ["Year", "Late neonatal mortality rate (500g and over)", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "Rate/1000 live births"], ["2000", "7", "1.6"], ["2001", "2", "0.5"], ["2002", "4", "1.0"], ["2003", "2", "0.5"], ["2004", "5", "1.3"], ["2005", "4", "1.0"], ["2006", "5", "1.3"], ["2007", "3", "0.8"], ["2008", "3", "0.7"], ["2009", "4", "1.0"], ["2010", "2", "0.5"], ["2011", "4", "0.9"], ["2012", "2", "0.5"], ["2013", "3", "0.7"], ["2014", "1", "0.2"], ["2015", "4", "0.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 21. Late Neonatal Mortality Rates 2000-2015", "header": ["Year", "", "Perinatal mortality rate (500g and over)", ""], "rows": [["", "", "Number", "Rate/1000 total births"], ["2000", "", "32", "7.3"], ["2001", "", "30", "7.6"], ["2002", "", "36", "9.2"], ["2003", "", "34", "8.4"], ["2004", "", "27", "6.9"], ["2005", "", "21", "5.4"], ["2006", "", "14", "3.6"], ["2007", "", "25", "6.4"], ["2008", "", "47", "11.1"], ["2009", "", "34", "8.1"], ["2010", "", "32", "7.9"], ["2011", "", "45", "10.5"], ["2012", "", "28", "6.6"], ["2013", "", "34", "8.2"], ["2014", "", "36", "8.3"], ["2015", "", "29", "6.5"]]}, {"caption": "Table 26: Year by Malta, EU members before, EU members since", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members before", "EU members since"], "rows": [["", "", "May 2004", "2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "10.01", "10.59", "9.45"], ["2002", "9.86", "10.52", "9.27"], ["2003", "10.12", "10.57", "9.32"], ["2004", "9.69", "10.66", "9.50"], ["2005", "9.55", "10.58", "9.74"], ["2006", "9.32", "10.69", "9.92"], ["2007", "9.26", "10.74", "10.12"], ["2008", "9.80", "10.90", "10.61"], ["2009", "9.77", "10.71", "10.67"], ["2010", "9.40", "10.75", "10.34"], ["2011", "10.00", "10.54", "9.82"], ["2012", "9.84", "10.37", "9.84"], ["2013", "9.52", "10.09", "9.59"]]}, {"caption": "Table 23. Live births per 1000 population", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["2001", "1.50", "1.50", "1.25"], ["2002", "1.40", "1.50", "1.25"], ["2003", "1.50", "1.53", "1.24"], ["2004", "1.37", "1.56", "1.26"], ["2005", "1.37", "1.56", "1.28"], ["2006", "1.41", "1.58", "1.31"], ["2007", "1.37", "1.59", "1.34"], ["2008", "1.40", "1.62", "1.40"], ["2009", "1.40", "1.61", "1.43"], ["2010", "1.40", "1.62", "1.39"], ["2011", "1.50", "1.60", "1.35"], ["2012", "1.40", "1.60", "1.36"], ["2013", "1.37", "1.59", "1.35"]]}, {"caption": "Table 24. Total Fertility Rate", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["2001", "50.83*", "5.23", "17.79"], ["2002", "0", "5.38", "14.29"], ["2003", "0", "5.39", "15.56"], ["2004", "0", "5.62", "13.85"], ["2005", "0", "4.95", "10.11"], ["2006", "0", "5.51", "9.28"], ["2007", "0", "5.09", "8.46"], ["2008", "24.92*", "5.15", "10.17"], ["2009", "0", "6.22", "9.68"], ["2010", "25.65*", "5.16", "9.25"], ["2011", "0", "4.57", "9.11"], ["2012", "0", "4.41", "5.80"], ["2013", "0", "4.56", "6.24"]]}, {"caption": "Table 25. Maternal Deaths per 100 000 live births", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["2001", "5.06", "4.38", "5.40"], ["2002", "5.09", "4.32", "5.36"], ["2003", "3.95", "4.23", "5.23"], ["2004", "3.84", "4.14", "5.13"], ["2005", "2.07", "4.92", "4.96"], ["2006", "2.64", "5.01", "4.75"], ["2007", "3.18", "4.88", "4.64"], ["2008", "7.17", "5.08", "4.49"], ["2009", "6.90", "5.44", "4.44"], ["2010", "4.09", "5.09", "4.20"], ["2011", "5.49", "5.00", "4.30"], ["2012", "3.38", "5.05", "4.17"], ["2013", "3.95", "5.04", "4.05"]]}, {"caption": "Table 26. Fetal Deaths (500g and over) per 1000 births", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["", "", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "3.05", "3.11", "6.13"], ["2002", "5.38", "3.01", "5.83"], ["2003", "5.20", "2.93", "5.64"], ["2004", "4.37", "2.86", "5.74"], ["2005", "4.41", "2.74", "5.10"], ["2006", "2.38", "2.69", "4.72"], ["2007", "5.31", "2.64", "4.46"], ["2008", "5.98", "2.54", "4.10"], ["2009", "4.47", "2.52", "4.12"], ["2010", "4.62", "2.47", "3.72"], ["2011", "5.76", "2.44", "3.63"], ["2012", "4.84", "2.36", "3.38"], ["2013", "4.46", "2.32", "3.30"]]}]}