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<row _id="1"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>Same day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>1</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>0</minimum_days><maximum_days>0</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>14</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="2"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>1 day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>2</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>1</minimum_days><maximum_days>1</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>46</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="3"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>2 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>3</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>2</minimum_days><maximum_days>2</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>20</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="4"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>3 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>4</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>3</minimum_days><maximum_days>3</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>9</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="5"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>4 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>5</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>4</minimum_days><maximum_days>4</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>4</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="6"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>5 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>6</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>5</minimum_days><maximum_days>5</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>3</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="7"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>6 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>7</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>6</minimum_days><maximum_days>6</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="8"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>All delivery methods</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Total</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>7 days or more</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>8</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>7</minimum_days><maximum_days>270</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="9"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>Same day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>1</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>0</minimum_days><maximum_days>0</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>26</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="10"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>1 day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>2</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>1</minimum_days><maximum_days>1</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>49</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="11"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>2 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>3</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>2</minimum_days><maximum_days>2</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>13</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="12"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>3 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>4</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>3</minimum_days><maximum_days>3</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>6</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="13"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>4 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>5</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>4</minimum_days><maximum_days>4</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="14"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>5 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>6</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>5</minimum_days><maximum_days>5</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="15"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>6 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>7</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>6</minimum_days><maximum_days>6</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>1</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="16"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Spontaneous</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Spontaneous</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>7 days or more</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>8</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>7</minimum_days><maximum_days>270</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>1</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="17"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>Same day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>1</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>0</minimum_days><maximum_days>0</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>8</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="18"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>1 day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>2</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>1</minimum_days><maximum_days>1</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>44</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="19"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>2 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>3</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>2</minimum_days><maximum_days>2</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>24</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="20"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>3 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>4</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>3</minimum_days><maximum_days>3</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>11</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="21"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>4 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>5</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>4</minimum_days><maximum_days>4</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>5</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="22"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>5 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>6</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>5</minimum_days><maximum_days>5</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>4</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="23"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>6 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>7</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>6</minimum_days><maximum_days>6</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="24"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Instrumental</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Instrumental</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>7 days or more</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>8</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>7</minimum_days><maximum_days>270</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="25"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>Same day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>1</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>0</minimum_days><maximum_days>0</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>1</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="26"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>1 day</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>2</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>1</minimum_days><maximum_days>1</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>44</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="27"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>2 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>3</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>2</minimum_days><maximum_days>2</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>27</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="28"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>3 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>4</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>3</minimum_days><maximum_days>3</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>12</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="29"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>4 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>5</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>4</minimum_days><maximum_days>4</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>6</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="30"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>5 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>6</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>5</minimum_days><maximum_days>5</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>4</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="31"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>6 days</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>7</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>6</minimum_days><maximum_days>6</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>2</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
<row _id="32"><reporting_period>2024-25</reporting_period><delivery_method>Caesarean</delivery_method><source_delivery_method_label>Caesarean</source_delivery_method_label><postnatal_stay_category>7 days or more</postnatal_stay_category><postnatal_stay_order>8</postnatal_stay_order><minimum_days>7</minimum_days><maximum_days>270</maximum_days><percentage_within_delivery_method>4</percentage_within_delivery_method><denominator_scope>Deliveries with known method of delivery and known postnatal-stay duration</denominator_scope><postnatal_stay_definition>Days between the first baby's birth and the end of the finished delivery episode</postnatal_stay_definition><unknown_duration_note>Durations over 270 days or null are classified as unknown and excluded</unknown_duration_note><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 7</source_sheet></row>
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