and by CS (in labour), 7.4%, with an annual variation from 6.6% to 7.9%. The rate of VE varied between 6.2% to 13.4% between hospitals, and the rate of CS varied from 6.1% to 11.0%. The numbers of newborn infants with any cerebral complication delivered by VE was 906 (104/10,000) and by CS the numbers were 652 (87/10,000) compared with 1,227 (14/10,000) after spontaneous vaginal delivery.