Basic Summary for Breech pregnancy

Main name of condition: Breech pregnancy
Other names or spellings: breech presentation

What is Breech pregnancy?
  Brief description of Breech pregnancy: Pregnancy with fetus reversed with head up.
  Parent types of Breech pregnancy: Uterus conditions, Pregnancy-related conditions, Malpresentation
  Organs Affected by Breech pregnancy: uterus

What causes Breech pregnancy?
Causes of Breech pregnancy: see causes of Breech pregnancy

What are the symptoms of Breech pregnancy?
Symptoms of Breech pregnancy: see symptoms of Breech pregnancy

How is it treated?
Treatments for Breech pregnancy: see treatments for Breech pregnancy

Society issues for Breech pregnancy
Hospitalization statistics for Breech pregnancy: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Breech pregnancy:

0.065% (8,335) of hospital consultant episodes were for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
94% of hospital consultant episodes for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospital consultant episodes for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
29 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.064% (33,440) of hospital bed days were for obstruct labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 2, 2003

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