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Table 4 Summary of mode of delivery

From: Japanese trends in breastfeeding rate in baby-friendly hospitals between 2007 and 2010: a retrospective hospital-based surveillance study

  

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

(1) Total No. of delivery

23,762

 

31,036

 

31,612

 

35,168

 

  Single birth

23,088

97.2

30,157

97.2

30,719

97.2

33,622

95.6

  Multiple birth*

674

2.8

878

2.8

893

2.8

823

2.8

(2) Mode of delivery

  Vaginal delivery

19,146

80.6

24,528

79.0

25,064

79.3

27,454

78.1

  Cesarean section

4,505

19.0

6,508

21.0

6,527

20.6

7,670

21.8

  Emergency cesarean section**

0

0.0

0

0.0

2,298

7.3

3,387

9.6

  No. of vacuum extraction

1,396

5.9

1,902

6.1

1,880

5.9

2,145

6.1

  No. of forceps delivery

124

0.5

139

0.4

200

0.6

274

0.8

  No. of episiotomy

5,647

23.8

7,700

24.8

7,583

24.0

7,195

20.5

  Labor induction

3,453

14.5

5,152

16.6

5,618

17.8

5,385

15.3

  Epidural anesthesia***

66

0.3

70

0.2

57

0.2

152

0.4

  1. *Multiple births includes more than twin birth.
  2. **The number of emergency cesarean sections is included in the number of cesarean sections.
  3. ***Epidural anesthesia includes painless delivery.