This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from St Helens statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from St Helens statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other St Helens-specific metadata information.
| Goal |
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages |
|---|---|
| Target |
Target 3.1: By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births |
| Indicator |
Indicator 3.1.2: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel |
| Organisation |
Office for National Statistics |
| Contact email |
Health.Data@ons.gov.uk |
| Definition and concepts |
Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel (generally doctors, nurses or midwives) is the percentage of childbirths attended by professional health personnel. According to the revised definition these are competent maternal and newborn health (MNH) professionals educated, trained and regulated to national and international standards. They are competent to - (i) provide and promote evidence-based, human-rights based, quality, socio-culturally sensitive and dignified care to women and newborns; (ii) facilitate physiological processes during labour and delivery to ensure a clean and positive childbirth experience; and (iii) identify and manage or refer women and/or newborns with complications. Traditional birth attendants, even if they receive a short training course, are not included. A maternity is a pregnancy resulting in the birth of one or more children, including stillbirths. A stillbirth is a baby born after 24 or more weeks completed gestation and which did not, at any time, breathe or show signs of life. |
| Unit of measure |
Percentage (%) |
| Data sources | |
| Data release calendar |
November - December 2021 (provisional) |
| Data compilers |
Office for National Statistics |
| Comment and limitations |
Due to disaggregation not available at the local level, this data represents the North West of England as opposed to Liverpool. This indicator is a proxy indicator. We are reporting data on births occurring within medical facilities and have not included home births. Home births will on many occasions have a skilled health professional present. There will be some home births which occur without a midwife but an ambulance is sent, arriving just before or soon after the birth. We have included data from NHS medical facilities - (generally) hospitals, maternity units and maternity wings and non-NHS medical facilities including - private maternity units, military hospitals, private hospitals and communal establishments. This indicator is being used as an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. Where possible, we will work to identify or develop UK data to meet the global indicator specification. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts. |
| Data last updated | 2022-07-08: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window |
| Metadata last updated | 2022-07-08: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window |