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Table 1 Cesarean delivery rates by plurality in 2008

From: Varying gestational age patterns in cesarean delivery: an international comparison

Country/Region

Overall

Singletons

Multiples

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

  1. 1Data from France came from a nationally representative survey of all births in 2010.
  2. 2Data from Germany are from 3 Landers.
  3. 3Data from Malta and Sweden are from 2009.
  4. 4Data from Spain are from 2010.