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<row _id="1"><reporting_period>2014-15</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>14</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="2"><reporting_period>2014-15</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>59</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="3"><reporting_period>2014-15</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>27</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="4"><reporting_period>2015-16</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>15</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="5"><reporting_period>2015-16</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>57</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="6"><reporting_period>2015-16</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>28</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="7"><reporting_period>2016-17</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>16</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="8"><reporting_period>2016-17</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>55</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="9"><reporting_period>2016-17</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>29</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="10"><reporting_period>2017-18</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>16</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="11"><reporting_period>2017-18</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>52</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="12"><reporting_period>2017-18</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>32</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="13"><reporting_period>2018-19</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>17</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="14"><reporting_period>2018-19</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>50</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="15"><reporting_period>2018-19</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>33</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="16"><reporting_period>2019-20</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>17</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="17"><reporting_period>2019-20</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>49</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="18"><reporting_period>2019-20</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>33</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="19"><reporting_period>2020-21</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>18</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="20"><reporting_period>2020-21</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>47</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="21"><reporting_period>2020-21</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>34</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="22"><reporting_period>2021-22</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>20</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="23"><reporting_period>2021-22</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>47</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="24"><reporting_period>2021-22</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>33</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="25"><reporting_period>2022-23</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>23</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="26"><reporting_period>2022-23</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>43</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="27"><reporting_period>2022-23</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>33</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="28"><reporting_period>2023-24</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>25</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="29"><reporting_period>2023-24</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>42</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="30"><reporting_period>2023-24</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>33</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="31"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Caesarean</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>28</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="32"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Spontaneous</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>42</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="33"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><method_of_onset>Induced</method_of_onset><percentage_of_known_deliveries>30</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of onset</denominator_scope><geography>England</geography><unit>percent</unit><source>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 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 3</source_sheet></row>
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