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Pain relief by local health district of hospital, NSW 2022
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Overview
The table below shows the type of pain relief provided to women during labour or delivery for local health districts, and for individual hospitals by maternity service level where at least 200 mothers gave birth in 2022 (downloadable only).
In addition to the types of pain relief shown in the tables, in 2022 a further 14,749 (16.3%) women giving birth in NSW were reported to have received local anaesthetic to the perineum, and 539 (0.6%) received a pudendal block.
Pain relief by local health district of hospital, NSW 2022
By number of births
| Public–Sydney | 3320 | 168 | 135 | 1614 | 619 | 5134 |
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| Public–South Western Sydney | 5094 | 345 | 1069 | 4719 | 1236 | 10377 |
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| Public–South Eastern Sydney | 4479 | 113 | 423 | 2772 | 322 | 6861 |
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| Public–Illawarra Shoalhaven | 1950 | 102 | 220 | 1397 | 244 | 3309 |
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| Public–Western Sydney | 5619 | 221 | 513 | 4155 | 711 | 9844 |
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| Public–Nepean Blue Mountains | 2628 | 190 | 350 | 1915 | 321 | 4584 |
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| Public–Northern Sydney | 2885 | 64 | 241 | 1958 | 285 | 4848 |
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| Public–Central Coast | 1475 | 115 | 168 | 1301 | 263 | 3005 |
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| Public–Hunter New England | 4914 | 443 | 682 | 4012 | 682 | 9087 |
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| Public–Northern NSW | 1437 | 85 | 135 | 1015 | 353 | 2779 |
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| Public–Mid North Coast | 1156 | 55 | 96 | 828 | 242 | 2200 |
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| Public–Southern NSW | 817 | n.p. | n.p. | 700 | 117 | 1601 |
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| Public–Murrumbidgee | 1163 | 67 | 217 | 955 | 179 | 2182 |
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| Public–Western NSW | 1857 | 106 | 395 | 1576 | 273 | 3478 |
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| Public–Far West | 86 | n.p. | n.p. | 98 | 28 | 205 |
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| Public–Total | 38880 | 2129 | 4750 | 29015 | 5875 | 69494 |
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| Private | 17381 | 163 | 1315 | 4140 | 714 | 20509 |
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By percentage of births
| Public–Sydney | 64.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 31.4 | 12.1 | 100.0 |
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| Public–South Western Sydney | 49.1 | 3.3 | 10.3 | 45.5 | 11.9 | 100.0 |
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| Public–South Eastern Sydney | 65.3 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 40.4 | 4.7 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Illawarra Shoalhaven | 58.9 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 42.2 | 7.4 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Western Sydney | 57.1 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 42.2 | 7.2 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Nepean Blue Mountains | 57.3 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 41.8 | 7.0 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Northern Sydney | 59.5 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 40.4 | 5.9 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Central Coast | 49.1 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 43.3 | 8.8 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Hunter New England | 54.1 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 44.2 | 7.5 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Northern NSW | 51.7 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 36.5 | 12.7 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Mid North Coast | 52.5 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 37.6 | 11.0 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Southern NSW | 51.0 | n.p. | n.p. | 43.7 | 7.3 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Murrumbidgee | 53.3 | 3.1 | 9.9 | 43.8 | 8.2 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Western NSW | 53.4 | 3.0 | 11.4 | 45.3 | 7.8 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Far West | 42.0 | n.p. | n.p. | 47.8 | 13.7 | 100.0 |
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| Public–Total | 55.9 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 41.8 | 8.5 | 100.0 |
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| Private | 84.7 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 20.2 | 3.5 | 100.0 |
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Source: NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.
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The category 'epidural–spinal' includes epidural, spinal, combined epidural and spinal, and caudal pain relief.
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Total NSW includes births at home assisted by independent midwives.
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Row percentages do not sum to 100 per cent as 1 woman may have more than 1 type of analgesia.
- Cells with counts less than 5 are suppressed, and other cells may also be hidden to prevent back-calculation. These cells are marked with n.p.
