From: Varying gestational age patterns in cesarean delivery: an international comparison
Country/Region | Overall | Singletons | Multiples | ||||||
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Live births (N) | Rate % | 95% CI | Live births (N) | Rate % | 95% CI | Live births (N) | Rate % | 95% CI | |
Austria | 77 728 | 28.0 | 27.7-28.3 | 75 072 | 26.0 | 25.7-26.4 | 2656 | 83.4 | 81.9-84.8 |
Belgium: Flanders | 69 187 | 20.2 | 20.0-20.5 | 66 672 | 18.8 | 18.5-19.1 | 2515 | 56.7 | 54.7-58.6 |
Czech Republic | 119 455 | 22.0 | 21.7-22.2 | 114 722 | 19.7 | 19.5-20.0 | 4733 | 75.4 | 74.1-76.6 |
Estonia | 16 032 | 21.2 | 20.5-21.8 | 15507 | 19.3 | 18.7-19.9 | 525 | 77.5 | 73.7-81.0 |
Finland | 59 594 | 17.2 | 16.9-17.5 | 57 872 | 16.2 | 15.9-16.5 | 1722 | 51.9 | 49.5-54.2 |
France1 | 14 594 | 21.1 | 20.4-21.7 | 14 161 | 20.1 | 19.4-20.7 | 433 | 54.3 | 49.4-59.0 |
Germany2 | 211 889 | 32.5 | 32.3-32.7 | 204 746 | 31.0 | 30.8-31.2 | 7143 | 74.6 | 73.6-75.6 |
Ireland | 75 249 | 26.7 | 26.3-27.0 | 72 592 | 25.3 | 25.0-25.6 | 2657 | 64.0 | 62.1-65.8 |
Lithuania | 31 287 | 23.9 | 23.4-24.4 | 30 510 | 22.9 | 22.4-23.3 | 777 | 63.3 | 59.8-66.7 |
Malta3 | 4152 | 30.2 | 28.8-31.6 | 4020 | 28.1 | 26.7-29.5 | 132 | 95.4 | 90.4-98.3 |
The Netherlands | 174 828 | 15.7 | 15.5-15.6 | 168 619 | 14.8 | 14.6-15.0 | 6209 | 39.6 | 38.4-40.8 |
Norway | 61 206 | 17.2 | 17.0-17.5 | 59 075 | 16.2 | 15.9-16.5 | 2131 | 46.7 | 44.6-48.9 |
Slovakia | 53 971 | 25.7 | 25.3-26.0 | 52 520 | 24.2 | 23.9-24.6 | 1451 | 77.5 | 75.2-79.6 |
Slovenia | 21 806 | 16.9 | 16.4-17.4 | 21 041 | 15.5 | 15.0-16.0 | 765 | 54.9 | 51.3-58.5 |
Spain4 | 398 922 | 27.4 | 27.3-27.5 | 382 141 | 25.5 | 25.3-25.6 | 16 781 | 71.3 | 70.6-72.0 |
Sweden3 | 108 923 | 18.0 | 17.8-18.3 | 105 855 | 17.0 | 16.7-17.2 | 3068 | 54.6 | 52.8-56.3 |
UK: Scotland | 58 302 | 26.1 | 25.8-26.5 | 56 450 | 24.9 | 24.5-25.2 | 1852 | 64.7 | 62.5-66.9 |
USA | 4236158 | 32.4 | 32.3-32.4 | 409 2381 | 30.8 | 30.8-30.9 | 143777 | 76.4 | 76.2-76.6 |