Characteristics of women who have given birth to a single live infant and proportion of those women with a structured postnatal check 5–10 weeks after childbirth
| Characteristic | All women (n) | Record of postnatal check in weeks 5–10 (n (% across the row)) |
| Overall | 309 573 | 174 061 (56.2) |
| Maternal age (years) | ||
| 15–19 | 9568 | 4599 (48.1) |
| 20–24 | 43 116 | 21 763 (50.5) |
| 25–29 | 77 698 | 42 417 (54.6) |
| 30–34 | 98 269 | 57 308 (58.3) |
| 35–39 | 64 171 | 38 154 (59.5) |
| 40–44 | 15 908 | 9347 (58.8) |
| 45–49 | 843 | 473 (56.1) |
| Townsend score | ||
| 1—least deprived | 58 583 | 36 752 (62.7) |
| 2 | 53 656 | 32 326 (60.3) |
| 3 | 62 023 | 35 413 (57.1) |
| 4 | 58 506 | 31 601 (54.0) |
| 5—most deprived | 44 346 | 21 138 (47.7) |
| Missing | 32 459 | 16 831 (51.9) |
| Mode of delivery | ||
| Vaginal delivery | 75 506 | 46 634 (61.8) |
| Caesarean | 23 426 | 14 384 (61.4) |
| Unknown | 210 641 | 113 043 (53.7) |
| No of births | ||
| First | 149 639 | 84 010 (56.1) |
| Second | 69 355 | 39 269 (56.6) |
| Third or higher | 20 113 | 10 781 (53.6) |
| Unknown | 70 466 | 40 001 (56.8) |
| Smoking status | ||
| Current smoker | 34 634 | 18 199 (52.6) |
| Former smoker | 85 592 | 47 464 (55.5) |
| Non-smoker | 143 349 | 82 420 (57.5) |
| Unknown | 45 998 | 25 978 (56.5) |
| Year group | ||
| 2006–2007 | 63 793 | 36 863 (57.8) |
| 2008–2009 | 66 319 | 38 124 (57.5) |
| 2010–2011 | 66 478 | 37 897 (57.0) |
| 2012–2013 | 63 180 | 34 896 (55.2) |
| 2014–2015 | 49 803 | 26 281 (52.8) |