In recent years, the annual number of births in Poland has ranged from 297,000 to 366,000, according to a report published by the National Health Fund. Nearly half of the births are by cesarean section.

The NFZ report includes information on spontaneous deliveries, cesarean sections, operative deliveries and deliveries with anesthesia. In addition, the report talks about births with prolonged hospitalization of the breastfeeding mother due to the baby's condition, multiple births and premature births.

As we learn from the report, a total of nearly 366,000 births were delivered in Poland in 2022. Forty-five percent of them took place by cesarean section. The largest number, more than 3 thousand such deliveries, took place at the Gynecological-Obstetrical Clinical Hospital of the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznan. In this hospital they accounted for 46 percent of all births. In contrast, the Private Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic in Bialystok has the highest percentage of cesarean sections - almost 94 percent.

Only 7 percent of births other than by cesarean section took place with anesthesia. There are hospitals where anesthesia was not administered at any such births. However, the highest percentage of births other than by cesarean section with the administration of anesthesia was at the NZOZ Hospital on Siemiradzki Street in Krakow: almost 63 percent.

In 43 percent of cases, the mother's stay in the hospital was up to three days. In contrast, data on only facilities that perform deliveries within the framework of Coordinated Care for Pregnant Women show that 6 percent of deliveries involved prolonged hospitalization of the breastfeeding mother due to the baby's condition. In such facilities, 1 percent of births were multiple pregnancies, and 8 percent. - premature births.

The full interactive report can be found HERE