Perinatal statistics − parturients, deliveries and newborns 2019 - statistic represented graphically.

1. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Perinatal statistics
–Parturients, deliveries and newborns 2019
Mika Gissler, Anna Heino, Sirkka Kiuru
11/20/2020

2. Number of parturients 1987−2019
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 2
0
10 000
20 000
30 000
40 000
50 000
60 000
70 000
1987 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019
Number of
parturients

3. Parturients aged under 20 and over 35, 1999–
2019, % of all parturients
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
%
Aged under 20 Aged over 35

4. Unplanned deliveries outside hospital in
2009−2019
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 4
63
76
60 60
81
96
104
94
87
98
110
65 57 70
63
71
77
82 96
93
76
102
0
50
100
150
200
250
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of
births
Other unplanned delivery outside hospital On the way to hospital

5. Deliveries by hospital district per thousand
women aged 15−49 in 2019
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 5
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Itä-Savo
South Karelia
Kanta-Häme
Kymenlaakso
Etelä-Savo
Lapland
Satakunta
Varsinais-Suomi
Central Finland
Pirkanmaa
North Karelia
Kainuu
Päijät-Häme
Helsinki and Uusimaa
Whole country
Pohjois-Savo
South Ostrobothnia
Åland Islands
Vaasa
North Ostrobothnia
Länsi-Pohja
Central Ostrobothnia
Deliveries per 1000 women aged 15−49

6. Primiparas and parturients with prior deliveries,
aged 35 and over, 1999−2019, %
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 6
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
% of parturients
Parturients with prior deliveries Primiparas

7. Parturients' with a BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 and ≥ 30
kg/m2 by age group and in total 2019
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 7
20
23
25 25
27 26
29
25
10
17
17 16
18
21
26
17
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
−19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45+ Total
Age group
%
BMI 25,0–29,9 BMI ≥ 30

8. Smoking during pregnancy, 1999–2019, %
parturients
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 8
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
< 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+
% of parturients
Age group
Continued smoking after the first trimester of pregnancy
Stopped smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy

9. Parturients who smoke and stop smoking at the
start of pregnancy, 2019
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 9
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
%
All women who smoked
during pregnancy
Women who smoked
after the first trimester

10. Caesarean sections, primiparas and parturients with
prior deliveries, aged less than 35/ aged 35 and over,
1999–2019, %
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 10
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
%
Primiparas aged 35 and over
Primiparas less than aged 35
Parturients with prior deliveries,
aged 35 and over
Parturients with prior deliveries,
less than aged 35

11. Epidural anaesthesia, primiparas and
parturients with prior deliveries, 1999–2019, %
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 11
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
%
Parturients with prior deliveries Primiparas

12. Proportion of suturation of 3rd to 4th degree perineal
laceration in spontaneous vaginal deliveries and
deliveries with vacuum extractor, 2009–2019, %
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 12
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
%
Vacuum extraction Spontaneus vaginal delivery

13. Stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (deaths before 7
days) per 1000 births, 1999–2019
Source: THL, Medical Birth Register 13
0,0
0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
4,5
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
%
Early neonatal deaths Stillbirth