Pregnancy induction rates here over treble WHO recommended guidelines

ALMOST a third of Irish mothers have their labour induced, or started artificially.

The rate of pregnancy induction here is 31% despite guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that “no geographic region should have rates of induced labour over 10%”.

Those in Leinster counties outside of Dublin have a 40% chance of having their labour induced, while mothers in Dublin have a 25% chance, and those in Connaught and Ulster 24%.