Table 1.

Deliveries in Denmark. Values are percentages of the total number of deliveries unless otherwise stated

	Year										% Change 1995-2004
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
No of deliveries	67 840	65 635	65 783	64 578	64 578	65 541	63 814	62 515	63 038	62 814	−7.41
Stage of delivery*
Extremely preterm	0.22	0.27	0.21	0.20	0.22	0.21	0.26	0.24	0.31	0.31	40.91
Very preterm	0.55	0.61	0.58	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.59	0.63	0.66	0.67	21.82
Moderately preterm	4.40	4.85	4.39	4.57	4.54	4.76	5.09	5.18	5.26	5.36	21.82
Term	94.83	94.27	94.82	94.63	94.63	94.42	94.06	93.94	93.77	93.67	−1.22
Characteristics of mother:
White European	95.23	94.81	94.33	94.01	93.75	93.61	93.59	93.63	94.02	94.43	−0.84
In vitro fertilisation	1.17	1.55	1.89	2.03	2.43	2.82	2.99	2.95	3.37	2.47	111.11
Multiple births	1.70	1.89	1.88	1.98	1.97	1.99	2.23	2.22	2.24	2.26	32.9
Primiparity†	44.85	45.69	46.52	43.49	43.62	44.33	44.16	43.70	43.79	44.02	−1.85
Spontaneous delivery‡	87.63	87.17	93.28	92.82	88.67	85.70	84.68	82.11	80.52	79.18	−9.64
Smoker	26.8	25.5	22.0	21.2	20.0	19.7	18.6	17.7	16.3	15.5	−42.2
Standard population§	34.88	35.33	37.97	35.41	33.54	32.80	32.47	31.49	31.01	31.31	−10.24

^*Extremely preterm: 22-27 completed weeks of gestation; very preterm: 28-31; moderately preterm: 32-36; term: ≥37.

^†Women giving birth for the first time.

^‡All deliveries except induced delivery and elective caesarian section.

^§20-40 year old white European primiparous women with a singleton spontaneous pregnancy.