The aim of this paper is to reveal the trends of childbirth in the period from 2017 to 2021, and to what extent the mother's medical history before and during pregnancy is related to the outcomes of childbirth, i.e. to what extent risk factors such as increased body weight, smoking, and pathology by the mother has an influence on the outcome of the birth. 3136 births and 3188 newborns born in Virovitica General Hospital in the period from 2017 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The source of the aggregated data is the Birth Register of the Croatian Institute of Public Health. Processing and statistical analysis was done using the Python programming language, ver. 3.9. and Microsoft Excel 2007. The results of the research are presented by displaying the frequency of individual values associated with the collected variables and by calculating the correlation, distribution and proportion with a 95% interval and p-values for the tested hypotheses. The research results show that the average age of women who gave birth in a general hospital is lower than the average of the European Union and Croatia. An unstable trend in the number of births and a decrease in the number of births of premature children can be observed due to the organization of antenatal health care. Twenty years ago, we recorded a statistically significant decrease in the number of term children born, along with an increase in the number of births of newborns with a gestational age ≥ 42 weeks. Risk factors that negatively affect the outcome of childbirth have been confirmed. The following stand out: overweight, higher body mass index, previous terminations of pregnancy, greater number of vaginal births, smoking, medically assisted fertilization and pathological conditions of pregnant women. However, it is noticeable that pregnant women who start their pregnancy with a higher body mass pay more attention to proper nutrition, and have less weight gain than pregnant women who have a normal body mass. Although the above confirms numerous previous studies, it provides a detailed picture of pregnancies and deliveries completed in a general hospital, and opens up new opportunities for further research, as well as for public health action with the aim of reducing risk factors. Also, it should be emphasized the need to accurately fill out the birth registration form for the purpose of better monitoring of vital-statistical indicators of the perinatal period.