Table 2Low-risk multiparous women: Rates of different modes of birth, transfer to an obstetric unit and obstetric interventions for each planned place of birth (number of incidences per 1,000 women giving birth by location)

Type of birthHomeFreestanding midwifery unitAlongside midwifery unitObstetric unit
Spontaneous vaginal birth984980967927
Birth with forceps or ventouse9122338
Unplanned caesarean birth781035
Transfer to an obstetric unit1159412510
Regional analgesia (epidural and/or spinal)284060121
Episiotomy15233556
Blood transfusion4458

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