{"slug": "nois-annual-report-2016", "title": "Annual Report \u2013 2016", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NOIS-Annual-Report-2016.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/resources/birth-reports/", "group": "Resource", "topic": "Birth Reports", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Document reference by DHIR/NOIS/2017", "header": ["Document reference", "DHIR/NOIS/2017"], "rows": [["Current version", "1.0"], ["Release date", "July, 2017"], ["Document owner", "Directorate for Health Information &amp; Research"], ["Document type", "National Obstetric Information"], ["Website", "https://health.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/Registries/births.aspxhttps://health.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/Registries/births.aspxORhttp://bit.ly/noismaltahttp://bit.ly/noismalta"], ["e-mail", "mailto:healthinfo@gov.mthealthinfo@gov.mt"], ["Telephone", "+356 25599000"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Version by Date, Action, Name", "header": ["Version", "Date", "Action", "Name"], "rows": [["1.0", "2016", "Compilation", "Dr. Miriam Gatt"], ["1.0", "2016", "", "Dr. Marika Borg"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Multiple Deliveries by assisted reproductive technology status", "header": ["Year", "Total no. of multiple deliveries", "Women with multiple delivery by assisted reproductive status", "", "", "Proportion of multiple deliveries with ART (%)"], "rows": [["Year", "Total no. of multiple deliveries", "No ART", "ART", "UN", "Proportion of multiple deliveries with ART (%)"], ["2000", "65", "63", "2", "0", "3.08"], ["2001", "36", "34", "2", "0", "5.56"], ["2002", "52", "46", "6", "0", "11.54"], ["2003", "56", "48", "8", "0", "14.29"], ["2004", "56", "47", "9", "0", "16.07"], ["2005", "58", "49", "9", "0", "15.52"], ["2006", "66", "56", "10", "0", "15.15"], ["2007", "42", "37", "4", "1", "9.52"], ["2008", "70", "58", "12", "0", "17.14"], ["2009", "65", "60", "5", "0", "7.69"], ["2010", "80", "56", "24", "0", "30.00"], ["2011", "76", "59", "17", "0", "22.37"], ["2012", "76", "56", "20", "0", "26.32"], ["2013", "75", "56", "19", "0", "25.33"], ["2014", "59", "41", "18", "0", "30.51"], ["2015", "67", "49", "18", "0", "26.87"], ["2016", "98", "71", "27", "0", "25.51"], ["Total", "1097", "888", "208", "1", "18.96"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: 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"], ["2016", "4455", "4555", "4532"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Age group (years), 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Age group (years)", "2016", "", "2015", ""], "rows": [["", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["<15", "3", "0.1", "3", "0.1"], ["15-19", "146", "3.3", "130", "3.0"], ["20-24", "503", "11.3", "507", "11.6"], ["25-29", "1276", "28.6", "1316", "30.0"], ["30-34", "1588", "35.6", "1593", "36.3"], ["35-39", "787", "17.7", "707", "16.1"], ["40-44", "143", "3.2", "126", "2.9"], ["45+", "9", "0.2", "3", "0.1"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: 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"], ["2016", "3565", "80.0", "889", "19.9", "1", "0.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: 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": [["Mother\u2019sAge Group", "Maternal Parity(previous livebirths and still births are included)", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""], ["", "Primipara", "1", "2", "3", "4", ">4th", "", "Unknown", "Total", ""], ["Under 20", "133", "15", "1", "0", "0", "0", "", "0", "149", ""], ["20-24", "332", "138", "22", "9", "2", "0", "", "0", "503", ""], ["25-29", "811", "344", "89", "23", "7", "2", "", "0", "1276", ""], ["30-34", "755", "643", "127", "46", "11", "6", "", "0", "1588", ""], ["35-39", "271", "315", "137", "37", "12", "15", "", "0", "787", ""], ["40-44", "43", "40", "35", "15", "6", "4", "", "0", "143", ""], ["45+", "6", "1", "1", "1", "0", "0", "", "0", "9", ""], ["Unknown", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "", "0", "0", ""], ["Total", "2351", "1496", "412", "131", "38", "27", "", "0", "4455", ""]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Level of Education reached, 2016", "header": ["Level of Education reached", "2016", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%"], ["Primary or no education", "127", "2.8"], ["Secondary", "1422", "31.9"], ["Post Secondary/Vocational non-tertiary", "1115", "25.0"], ["Tertiary", "1618", "36.3"], ["Unspecified", "173", "3.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9: Maternal Lifestyles, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Maternal Lifestyles", "2016", "2015"], "rows": [["Cigarette smoking during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["1 to 3/day", "82", "102"], ["&gt;than 3/day", "240", "234"], ["Do not smoke", "4133", "4049"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Alcohol consumption during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["Up to 1 unit/day", "2", "4"], ["&gt;than 1 unit/day", "0", "1"], ["None", "4453", "4380"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Drug Abuse during pregnancy", "", ""], ["Yes", "14", "16"], ["No", "4441", "4369"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 10: Pathology during pregnancy, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Pathology during pregnancy", "", "2016", "", "2015", ""], "rows": [["", "", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["Antepartum Haemorrhage", "", "48", "1.1", "77", "1.8"], ["Gestational hypertension", "", "248", "5.6", "243", "5.5"], ["Pre-eclampsia", "", "33", "0.7", "33", "0.8"], ["Eclampsia", "", "0", "0", "0", "0"], ["Placenta praevia", "", "45", "1.0", "32", "0.7"], ["Abruption of placenta", "", "13", "0.3", "7", "0.2"], ["Suspected IUGR*", "", "192", "4.3", "200", "4.6"], ["Cardiovascular disease", "", "19", "0.4", "23", "0.5"]]}, {"caption": "Table 11: Multiplicity, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Multiplicity", "2016", "2015"], "rows": [["Singleton", "4357", "4318"], ["Twin", "96", "66"], ["Triplet", "2", "1"], ["Quadruplet", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 12: Damage to perineum by Normal Vaginal Delivery, Assisted Vaginal Delivery", "header": ["Damage to perineum", "Normal Vaginal Delivery", "", "Assisted Vaginal Delivery**", ""], "rows": [["", "(n= 2908)", "", "(n= 181)", ""], ["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["No Damage", "1060", "36.5", "10", "5.5"], ["Episiotomy* only", "373", "12.8", "88", "48.6"], ["Tear only", "1378", "47.4", "45", "24.9"], ["Episiotomy and tear", "97", "3.3", "38", "21.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 13: Annual Report \u2013 2016", "header": ["Mode of Delivery*", "2016", "2015"], "rows": [["Vertex delivery", "2913", "2837"], ["Elective/emergency Caesarean Section", "1460", "1426"], ["Forceps", "5", "15"], ["Ventouse", "169", "172"], ["Breech deliveries", "8", "3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 14: 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"], ["2016", "1366", "30.7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 15: Gender Distribution Of Births", "header": ["Gender", "2016", "", "2015", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["Male", "2401", "52.7", "2283", "51.3"], ["Female", "2154", "47.3", "2170", "48.7"], ["Unknown", "0", "0", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 16: Birth weight, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Birth weight", "2016", "", "2015", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["<500g", "14", "0.3", "5", "0.1"], ["500-999g", "25", "0.5", "19", "0.4"], ["1000-1499g", "34", "0.7", "33", "0.7"], ["1500-1999g", "77", "1.7", "49", "1.1"], ["2000-2499g", "213", "4.7", "188", "4.2"], ["2500-2999g", "961", "21.1", "1012", "22.7"], ["3000-3499g", "1894", "41.6", "1843", "41.4"], ["3500-3999g", "1110", "24.4", "1090", "24.5"], ["4000-4499g", "201", "4.4", "187", "4.2"], ["4500-4999g", "20", "0.4", "22", "0.5"], ["5000+", "3", "0.1", "1", "0.02"], ["Unspecified", "3", "0.1", "4", "0.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 17: Gestational age, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Gestational age", "2016", "", "2015", ""], "rows": [["", "Number", "%", "Number", "%"], ["Extremely preterm22-27 weeks", "36", "0.8", "24", "0.5"], ["Very preterm28-31 weeks", "35", "0.8", "30", "0.7"], ["Moderately preterm32-36 weeks", "319", "7.0", "261", "5.9"], ["Term37 \u2013 41 weeks", "4158", "91.3", "4130", "92.7"], ["Post term42+ weeks", "7", "0.1", "8", "0.2"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 18: Outcome of Birth, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Outcome of Birth", "2016", "2015"], "rows": [["Livebirths", "4532", "4435"], ["Stillbirths", "23", "18"]]}, {"caption": "Table 18: Outcome of Birth, 2015\u20132016 (cont. 2)", "header": ["Neonatal deaths", "2016", "2015"], "rows": [["Early Neonatal deaths", "23", "12"], ["Late Neonatal deaths", "5", "4"]]}, {"caption": "Table 20: Infant feeding methods at time of discharge, 2015\u20132016", "header": ["Infant feeding methods at time of discharge", "2016", "2015"], "rows": [["Breast only", "2519", "2584"], ["Bottle only", "1255", "1176"], ["Mixed (Breast &amp; Bottle)", "730", "659"], ["Other*", "51", "34"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 21: 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"], ["2016", "", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 17. Maternal Deaths 2000-2016", "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"], ["2016", "17", "3.7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 18. Fetal Death Rates 2000-2016", "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"], ["2016", "22", "4.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 19. Neonatal Mortality rates 2000-2016", "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"], ["2016", "", "17", "3.7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 20. Early Neonatal Mortality rates 2000-2016", "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"], ["2016", "5", "1.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 21. Late Neonatal Mortality Rates 2000-2016", "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"], ["2016", "34", "7.5"]]}, {"caption": "Table 27: Year by Malta, EU members beforeMay 2004, EU members since2004 or 2007", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["", "", "EU members beforeMay 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "10.01", "10.59", "9.44"], ["2002", "9.86", "10.52", "9.26"], ["2003", "10.12", "10.57", "9.31"], ["2004", "9.69", "10.66", "9.49"], ["2005", "9.55", "10.60", "9.74"], ["2006", "9.32", "10.70", "9.92"], ["2007", "9.26", "10.75", "10.13"], ["2008", "9.80", "10.90", "10.61"], ["2009", "9.77", "10.70", "10.67"], ["2010", "9.40", "10.75", "10.39"], ["2011", "10.00", "10.53", "9.86"], ["2012", "9.84", "10.37", "9.89"], ["2013", "9.52", "10.09", "9.61"], ["2014", "9.81", "10.12", "9.65"]]}, {"caption": "Table 23. Live births per 1000 population", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members before", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["", "", "May 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "1.50", "1.50", "1.25"], ["2002", "1.40", "1.50", "1.25"], ["2003", "1.50", "1.52", "1.25"], ["2004", "1.37", "1.55", "1.26"], ["2005", "1.37", "1.56", "1.29"], ["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", "1.35"], ["2013", "1.37", "1.59", "1.33"], ["2014", "1.42", "1.60", "1.36"]]}, {"caption": "Table 24. Total Fertility Rate", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members before", "EU members since"], "rows": [["", "", "May 2004", "2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "50.83*", "5.43", "16.93"], ["2002", "0", "5.28", "13.93"], ["2003", "0", "5.42", "15.12"], ["2004", "0", "5.54", "13.54"], ["2005", "0", "4.85", "10.11"], ["2006", "0", "5.44", "9.27"], ["2007", "0", "4.85", "8.45"], ["2008", "24.92*", "5.11", "10.17"], ["2009", "0", "6.20", "9.68"], ["2010", "25.65*", "5.12", "9.24"], ["2011", "0", "4.60", "9.11"], ["2012", "0", "4.52", "5.80"], ["2013", "0", "4.33", "6.68"], ["2014", "0", "4.42", "5.91"]]}, {"caption": "Table 25. Maternal Deaths per 100 000 live births", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members before", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], "rows": [["", "", "May 2004", "EU members since2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "5.06", "4.46", "5.38"], ["2002", "5.09", "5.01", "5.32"], ["2003", "3.95", "5.05", "5.19"], ["2004", "3.84", "5.03", "5.09"], ["2005", "2.07", "4.93", "4.96"], ["2006", "2.64", "4.99", "4.76"], ["2007", "3.18", "4.88", "4.63"], ["2008", "7.17", "5.09", "4.49"], ["2009", "6.90", "5.45", "4.44"], ["2010", "4.09", "5.09", "4.20"], ["2011", "5.49", "5.00", "4.30"], ["2012", "3.38", "5.06", "4.18"], ["2013", "3.95", "5.01", "4.03"], ["2014", "6.17", "5.00", "4.06"]]}, {"caption": "Table 26. Fetal Deaths (500g and over) per 1000 births", "header": ["Year", "Malta", "EU members before", "EU members since"], "rows": [["", "", "May 2004", "2004 or 2007"], ["2001", "3.05", "3.11", "5.98"], ["2002", "5.38", "3.01", "5.70"], ["2003", "5.20", "2.92", "5.52"], ["2004", "4.37", "2.86", "5.57"], ["2005", "4.41", "2.73", "5.09"], ["2006", "2.38", "2.68", "4.71"], ["2007", "5.31", "2.62", "4.45"], ["2008", "5.98", "2.53", "4.09"], ["2009", "4.47", "2.50", "4.01"], ["2010", "4.62", "2.45", "3.71"], ["2011", "5.76", "2.41", "5.57"], ["2012", "4.84", "2.35", "3.39"], ["2013", "4.46", "2.32", "3.24"], ["2014", "3.82", "n/a*", "3.22"]]}]}