Post by katiejane on Apr 23, 2019 11:54:01 GMT
Jun 25, 2014 23:25:51 GMT @dottyscrapper said:
But the total birth rate itself had decline in 2017 so it wasn't just a decline in the number of home birthsThose stats are a percentage of the overall birth rate, a percentage is not affected by a decline in numbers. That only matters if the stats are total number of babies born at home, when it's expressed as a % the decline (or increase) in the number of births is already factored in.
That's why 'percent' is used in the first place, to be able to compare the rates of something occurring when the overall numbers vary. It doesn't matter if something occurs 10 times in 100 or 100 times in 1000..it's still 10%.
So the stats bear out the fact that out of all the women who gave birth, less of them chose a home birth in 2016/2017 than women giving birth in 2012-2015. So home births rates continue to decline...that's how you interpret that data.
Jun 25, 2014 23:25:51 GMT @dottyscrapper said:
And I don't think katiejane was implying it was popular or common but more of that it wasn't unheard of. Really...why are you changing the wording of someone else's post? Suggesting that women having babies at home is common in the UK is simply untrue and the official statistics show that. Just a little over 2%...that means it is very uncommon. 98% of all women do NOT have home births.
Jun 25, 2014 23:25:51 GMT @dottyscrapper said:
the UK differs to the US in that most of our births, even in hospital, are midwife ledMost birth in Australia are midwife led as well, and our home birth rate is even lower.