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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information is not collected in a way that would enable an
assessment of the number of women that underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedures.
Information is not collected centrally on the number of premature births linked to
incompetent cervix conditions. A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with
primary diagnosis of incompetent cervix, for female patients from 2016-17 to 2018-19
can be found in the following table. <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Incompetent
cervix</p></td><td><p>Incompetent cervix in pregnancy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>3,207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>3,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>3,484</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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