2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
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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 |