Obstetric surgery

Statistics on the number of obstetric surgeries, caesarean sections, perineotomies, episiotomies as well as the number ofectopic pregnancies.

• Deliveries (women who gave birth)
• In ofectopic pregnancies statistics - pregnant woman

• All women who gave birth in the territory of Latvia
• In ofectopic pregnancies statistics - all pregnant women in the territory of Latvia

• Cabinet Regulation No. 720 of 27 November 2018, Rules on standard forms for official statistics in the field of health care, Annex 7 Report of hospital work.
• Cabinet Regulation No. 328 of 12 June 2018, Regulations on the Medical Birth Register.

Statistics database

Eurostat (statistical office of the European Union) is responsible for publishing high-quality Europe-wide statistics and indicators that enable comparisons between countries and regions. Statistics is available in the Eurostat database, in table Surgical procedures.

Comparable data are available from 2010.

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For obstetric surgery and ectopic pregnancy data - State Statistical Report Report of hospital work

For data on caesarean sections and perineotomy, episiotomy, as well as live births data that are used in the calculations - Medical Birth register. The Register contains information on newborns and their birth conditions.

The Medical Birth register information system records data on all newborns born in medical treatment institutions in Latvia, as well as out-of-hospital births (including planned home births). 

The register contains data on the mother, previous pregnancies, childbirth, the current pregnancy and childbirth, and the newborn health status. Please note that the information in the Register is provided by the medical facility after discharge of the newborn from the maternity unit/ward.

Data are broken down by statistical region based on the location of the healthcare institution (ATVK code).