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<row _id="4"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>Under 20 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>Under 20 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Spontaneous</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>58</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
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<row _id="6"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>Under 20 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>Under 20 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Caesarean</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>29</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="7"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>20-29 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>20-29 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Spontaneous</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>48</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="8"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>20-29 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>20-29 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Instrumental</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>12</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="9"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>20-29 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>20-29 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Caesarean</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>39</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="10"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>30-39 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>30-39 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Spontaneous</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>42</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="11"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>30-39 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>30-39 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Instrumental</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>10</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="12"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>30-39 years</age_group><source_age_group_label>30-39 years</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Caesarean</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>48</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="13"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>40 years and over</age_group><source_age_group_label>40 years and over</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Spontaneous</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>35</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="14"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>40 years and over</age_group><source_age_group_label>40 years and over</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Instrumental</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>6</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="15"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><age_group>40 years and over</age_group><source_age_group_label>40 years and over</source_age_group_label><method_of_delivery>Caesarean</method_of_delivery><percentage_of_known_deliveries>59</percentage_of_known_deliveries><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery</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 5</source_sheet></row>
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