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MORE THAN A quarter of all births in Ireland are to women aged 35 years and over, new figures reveal.
A major ESRI report on pregnancy and births also found that 26 per cent of women giving birth in 2010 delivered by Caesarean section, compared to 21 per cent in 2001.
The study also found that almost one third of all births were to single mothers.
Among the other findings in the report were:
There were 177 homebirths in Ireland in 2010, which was a significant drop on 2001 when there were 245.
The report looked at 75,600 births in 2010, compared to 2001 when there were just over 58,000 births in the country. The number of children being born in Ireland is at the highest level since 1891.
The Perinatal Statistics Report collated information from 20 maternity hospitals and 18 independent midwives across the country.
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