Newborns 2010

1. Newborns 2010 Eija Vuori Mika Gissler

2. Place of birth 2004−2010 Source: THL, Medical Birth Register

3. Average birth weight (g) and children with a birth weight of more than 4,000 g (%), 1990–2010 Source: THL, MedicalBirthRegister

4. Discharge of infants in 2010, by type of hospital, average care days *does not include children born in university hospitals Source: THL, Medical Birth Register

5. Children with prenatal exposure to maternal smoking by hospital district 2010, (by mother’s municipality of residence) Source: THL, Medical Birth Register

6. Newborns 2010 • Of all newborn children in 2010 (61 371), 52 % were born in university hospitals, 37 % in central hospitals and 11% in other hospitals. • One in four children were born in Helsinki University Central Hospital (Kätilöopisto Maternity Hospital, HUCH Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Jorvi Hospital). • There were 13 hospitals with fewer than 1,000 deliveries in 2010. • There were 150 deliveries outside hospitals and 57 children were born on the way to the hospital. • The highest incidence of smoking during pregnancy was found in the Hospital District of South Karelia and the lowest in the Åland Islands. On average, children born to mothers who were smokers weighed almost 200 g less than children born to non-smokers. • http://www.thl.fi/statistics/newborns, Statistical Report 42/2011