Table 2.

Number of Deliveries Five Years before and Five Years after Local Hospital Closure for the Catchment Areas That Were Affected and Not Affected, by Local Hospital Closure

		Catchment Area That Was Affected by Local Hospital Closure (Treatment Group)		Catchment Area That Was Not Affected by Local Hospital Closure (Control Group)
Hospital Identification	Date for Local Hospital Closure	Number of Deliveries 5 years before Closure	Number of Deliveries 5 years after Closure	Number of Deliveries 5 years before Closure	Number of Deliveries 5 years after Closure
A	July 1979	1,131	1,108	28,010	26,432
B	March 1980	189	214	27,625	26,394
C	July 1982	353	364	26,683	27,036
D	July 1982	264	305	26,683	27,036
E	October 1985	733	745	26,437	30,364
F	July 1986	1,860	2,212	26,684	31,264
G	September 1988	2,869	3,204	28,046	32,570
H	September 1988	1,599	1,784	28,046	32,570
I	September 1988	1,382	1,589	28,046	32,570
J	October 1988	281	307	28,124	32,576
K	July 1994	605	607	32,684	32,020
L	July 1995	849	882	32,628	32,156
M	June 1999	4,182	4,059	32,040	30,448