Childbirth and Birth: 1989-2013

This table contains data on the following subjects: * Home births and hospital births. * The height and weight of children at birth * Breastfeeding * Maternity care * Consultatiebureau The data come from the Health Survey. The questions about the place of delivery and maternity care were asked to women aged 16 to 50 who had given birth to one or more children in the two years prior to the survey. Information has been collected about children aged 0 to 5 years about their height and weight at birth and whether they have been to the consultation centre. Information has been collected about children aged six months to five years about being breastfed. Data available from 1989/1991 for maternity care and consultation office, figures are available from 2001/2003 Status of the figures: The data are final. Changes as of September 6, 2018: The table explanation has been updated with the links to relevant tables. When will new numbers come out? Not applicable anymore. Because the health survey no longer asks about breastfeeding, the table has been discontinued. In 2017, a new table was published on birth characteristics and consultation office visits.