Births and their outcomes by time, day and year: a retrospective birth cohort data linkage study

• Main Authors: Alison Macfarlane (Author), Nirupa Dattani (Author), Rod Gibson (Author), Gill Harper (Author), Peter Martin (Author), Miranda Scanlon (Author), Mary Newburn (Author), Mario Cortina-Borja (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Studies of daily variations in the numbers of births in England and Wales since the 1970s have found a pronounced weekly cycle, with numbers of daily births being highest from Tuesdays to Fridays and lowest at weekends and on public holidays. Mortality appeared to be higher at weekends....