Pregnancy Screening for Down’s Syndrome, Edwards’ Syndrome and Patau’s Syndrome in Scotland
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | Scottish Linked Pregnancy and Baby Dataset (SLiPBD). Screening test data returned to PHS from the NHS screening labs. |
| Author | PHS CARDRISS team |
| Maintainer | PHS Open Data team |
| Last Updated | September 24, 2024, 09:30 (BST) |
| Created | September 24, 2024, 09:14 (BST) |
| Contact Address | Public Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB |
| Subject | Pregnancy screening |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Time frame of data and timeliness | The data cover financial years 2019/20 to 2021/22 and are based on bookings for antenatal care between April 1, 2019, and March 31, 2022. |
| Coverage | Scotland, 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2022 |
| Completeness | See Technical Report |
| Accuracy | Data are subject to validation and quality assurance procedures in PHS. In addition, screening lab leads, pregnancy and newborn screening NHS Board co-ordinators and NHS Board lead midwives have the opportunity to review data for their area prior to publication for data quality assurance. |
| Continuity of data | Data are presented from 2019/20. SLiPBD includes data on all pregnancies booked for antenatal care from 1 April 2019, when antenatal booking collection returns to PHS commenced (one of the source datasets for SLiPBD). There are no known impacts on the continuity of data in this release. |
| Concepts and definitions | See glossary and appendix sections of the main report, and the supporting technical report. |
| Disclosure | PHS Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol (https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/public-health-scotland-statistical-disclosure-protocol/public-health-scotland-statistical-disclosure-protocol-version-22/) has been applied where appropriate. |
| Revision statement | Figures contained within each publication may be subject to change in future publications. See PHS Statistical Revisions Policy. |
| Official statistics designation | Official statistics in development |
| Relevance and key uses of the statistics | Providing information on the number of women eligible for pregnancy screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome, the number having screening, and screening results. Making information publicly available for monitoring, and service planning and provision. |
| Format | CSV |
| Language | English |
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