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<row _id="2"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><apgar_score_group>7 to 10</apgar_score_group><apgar_score_group_order>2</apgar_score_group_order><minimum_apgar_score>7</minimum_apgar_score><maximum_apgar_score>10</maximum_apgar_score><number_of_babies>468045</number_of_babies><percentage_of_babies_with_valid_apgar_score>98.7</percentage_of_babies_with_valid_apgar_score><total_live_term_babies>491395</total_live_term_babies><valid_apgar_score_babies>474335</valid_apgar_score_babies><missing_or_invalid_apgar_score_babies>17060</missing_or_invalid_apgar_score_babies><apgar_measurement_timing>Five minutes after birth; earliest recorded five-minute Apgar value.</apgar_measurement_timing><population_scope>Distinct live-born term babies with gestation length between 259 and 315 days.</population_scope><percentage_denominator>Live-born term babies with a valid Apgar score between 0 and 10.</percentage_denominator><rounding_note>Baby counts are rounded to the nearest 5. Counts between 1 and 7 are rounded to 5. Percentages are calculated from rounded counts.</rounding_note><geography>England</geography><count_unit>babies</count_unit><percentage_unit>percent</percentage_unit><source>Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS), NHS England</source><source_release>NHS Maternity Statistics, 2024-25</source_release><source_file>hosp-epis-stat-mat-summary-tables-2425.xlsx</source_file><source_sheet>Summary report 9</source_sheet></row>
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