You asked
Please could you provide statistics on postpartum haemorrhage’s (PPH) throughout the UK and specifically Cambridgeshire. The PPH could be in relation to maternal morbidity or mortality.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We publish mortality statistics for England and Wales. Data for 2013-2016 is available from our explorable dataset: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=73
You can filter the data by geography, age, sex and underlying cause. Underlying cause is coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Version 10 (ICD-10) where deaths to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) are assigned the ICD-10 code O72, the full definition is available here: http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2014/en#/O72.
Mortality statistics for Scotland are available here: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths
Mortality statistics for Northern Ireland are available here: https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths