Only Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is ranked higher than Portiuncula Hospital.
A midlands hospital ranks among the highest in the country for first time mother induction rates.
The rate at Portiuncula Hospital is at 65.5%, with just Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda at 65.9%.
It's 43% in Portlaoise and 38% at the maternity ward in Mullingar.
Meanwhile, the lastest HSE data show there's a c-section rate of 45% in Mullingar, in the year to date.
The figure is 40% in Portiuncula, and 39.5% in Portlaoise.
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