Maternity initial assessment records, deliveries, live and still births, by local health board
Standard shorthand is used in this table: [z] = not applicable.
| Data values | Data description | Year | Area | Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24,563 | Number | 2024 | Wales | Antenatal records |
| 25,222 | Number | 2024 | Wales | Deliveries |
| 25,548 | Number | 2024 | Wales | All births |
| 25,443 | Number | 2024 | Wales | Live births |
| 99 | Number | 2024 | Wales | Still births |
| 6 | Number | 2024 | Wales | Not stated |
| 5,153 | Number | 2024 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 5,169 | Number | 2024 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 5,220 | Number | 2024 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | All births |
| 5,205 | Number | 2024 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 14 | Number | 2024 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 1 | Number | 2024 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 175 | Number | 2024 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 175 | Number | 2024 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 175 | Number | 2024 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | All births |
| 175 | Number | 2024 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Live births |
| 0 | Number | 2024 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2024 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 2,660 | Number | 2024 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 2,740 | Number | 2024 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 2,769 | Number | 2024 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | All births |
| 2,763 | Number | 2024 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 6 | Number | 2024 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2024 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 2,890 | Number | 2024 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 2,962 | Number | 2024 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 2,994 | Number | 2024 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | All births |
| 2,980 | Number | 2024 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 14 | Number | 2024 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2024 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | All births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 3,864 | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 4,125 | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 4,173 | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | All births |
| 4,158 | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 15 | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Local Health Board | All births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Local Health Board | Live births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2024 | Cwm Taf Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 4,950 | Number | 2024 | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 5,173 | Number | 2024 | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 5,265 | Number | 2024 | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | All births |
| 5,241 | Number | 2024 | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 24 | Number | 2024 | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2024 | Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 4,871 | Number | 2024 | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 4,878 | Number | 2024 | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 4,952 | Number | 2024 | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | All births |
| 4,921 | Number | 2024 | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 26 | Number | 2024 | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 5 | Number | 2024 | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 25,701 | Number | 2023 | Wales | Antenatal records |
| 26,355 | Number | 2023 | Wales | Deliveries |
| 26,718 | Number | 2023 | Wales | All births |
| 26,620 | Number | 2023 | Wales | Live births |
| 93 | Number | 2023 | Wales | Still births |
| 5 | Number | 2023 | Wales | Not stated |
| 5,301 | Number | 2023 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 5,474 | Number | 2023 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 5,554 | Number | 2023 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | All births |
| 5,543 | Number | 2023 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 11 | Number | 2023 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2023 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 361 | Number | 2023 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 164 | Number | 2023 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 164 | Number | 2023 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | All births |
| 164 | Number | 2023 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Live births |
| 0 | Number | 2023 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2023 | Powys Teaching Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 2,923 | Number | 2023 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 2,922 | Number | 2023 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 2,954 | Number | 2023 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | All births |
| 2,945 | Number | 2023 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 9 | Number | 2023 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2023 | Hywel Dda University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 2,961 | Number | 2023 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 3,300 | Number | 2023 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 3,350 | Number | 2023 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | All births |
| 3,328 | Number | 2023 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 22 | Number | 2023 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 | Number | 2023 | Swansea Bay University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2023 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2023 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2023 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | All births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2023 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Live births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2023 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Still births |
| 0 [z] | Number | 2023 | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Not stated |
| 4,199 | Number | 2023 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Antenatal records |
| 4,541 | Number | 2023 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Deliveries |
| 4,604 | Number | 2023 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | All births |
| 4,588 | Number | 2023 | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Local Health Board | Live births |
Next update expected:August 2026
Updates
- 19th December 2025
- Dataset first published.
Main information
- Designation
- Accredited official statistics
- Data provider
- Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
- Data source
- Maternity Indicators Dataset (MIDS)
Overview
- Summary of dataset and variables
Number of maternity initial assessment records, baby deliveries, live and still births by local health board.
This data is derived from the Maternity Indicators dataset, provided to the Welsh Government by Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW).
The Maternity Indicators dataset combines records from a mother’s initial assessment with a child’s birth record.
Full details of every data item available in the Maternity Indicators dataset are available through the NHS Wales Data Dictionary.
- Data collection or calculation
Data from the Maternity Indicators dataset only includes initial assessment data where the initial assessment and birth both occurred in the same health board, in Wales only.
Births to Welsh resident mothers who gave birth in England or in any other country outside of Wales are not included in the data.
Data for each calendar year refers to when the baby was born. Initial assessments may have taken place in the previous year but would be counted in the year in which the birth occurred.
Includes the following number of deliveries that could not be linked to an initial assessment record: 717 in 2016, 747 in 2017, 719 in 2018, 1,522 in 2019, 969 in 2020, 903 in 2021, 598 in 2022, 654 in 2023 and 659 in 2024.
- Statistical quality
From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names changed to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Swansea Bay University Health Board. Data for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg and Cwm Taf are available for previous years in this table. More detailed information on the sources of data and analyses in this statistical release are provided in the quality report.
Published by
- Organisation
- Welsh Government
- Contact email
- stats.healthinfo@gov.wales