National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS)
The National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) has as its principal aim, the provision of national statistics on perinatal events.
**Purpose:** To maintain a timely accurate national database of key perinatal indicators over time. Collection, processing, management and reporting of data on all births nationally that meets the needs of the data users (including policymakers, clinical teams and researchers), through the development and support of the system.
**Coverage:** All maternity hospitals/departments and independent midwives report to NPRS covering 100% of births in Ireland.
NPRS data collection commenced in 1970 and is ongoing.
Health Category
Language
Access Rights
- Organization
- Healthcare Pricing Office
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/NON_PUBLIC |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL |
| Id | bfda4105-e82d-4ec1-9d42-cfcc2c4b7440 |
| Identifier | NDC-0096 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 1969-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by-sa |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa |
| Max Typical Age | 85 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:16:59.835061 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:16:59.835064 |
| Min Typical Age | 0 |
| Modified | 2024-02-09 |
| Name | national-perinatal-reporting-system-nprs-96 |
| Notes | The National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) has as its principal aim, the provision of national statistics on perinatal events. **Purpose:** To maintain a timely accurate national database of key perinatal indicators over time. Collection, processing, management and reporting of data on all births nationally that meets the needs of the data users (including policymakers, clinical teams and researchers), through the development and support of the system. **Coverage:** All maternity hospitals/departments and independent midwives report to NPRS covering 100% of births in Ireland. NPRS data collection commenced in 1970 and is ongoing. |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 4 |
| Number Of Records | 265356 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 142948 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | All births are registered and notified on a standard four part birth notification form which is completed where the birth takes place. Part 3 of this paper form is sent to the HPO office for data entry and validation. Approximately 40% of hospitals submit data electronically to the NPRS system. |
| Title | National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) |
| Type | dataset |
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