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Table 2 Cesarean delivery rates by plurality and gestational age subgroups in 2008

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

Singletons

Multiples

Gestational age in completed weeks (wks)

 

26-31 wks

32-36 wks

37-38 wks

39-41 wks

≥42 wks

<34 wks

34-36 wks

≥37 wks

Country/Region

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Austria

75.5

44.7

42.6

17.4

30.3

89.8

84.5

76.0

Belgium: Flanders

64.6

31.2

29.0

13.6

18.1

61.0

57.5

53.9

Czech Republic

61.3

32.7

25.6

16.5

20.4

82.3

75.9

71.6

Estonia

48.4

34.7

28.4

15.8

24.9

66.3

77.8

81.7

Finland

68.6

31.2

20.6

13.7

21.9

67.4

48.5

48.2

France1

69.9

36.5

26.2

16.7

26.5

56.4

56.3

52.8

Germany2

83.3

46.4

46.8

22.3

37.9

87.8

76.1

64.8

Ireland

67.0

43.1

36.0

22.1

23.6

67.4

68.2

60.1

Lithuania

37.0

27.4

22.2

22.6

31.1

71.2

66.0

59.0

Malta3

61.3

52.0

43.5

18.9

37.0

85.7

92.3

100

The Netherlands

54.2

26.3

22.2

11.2

22.4

40.8

39.4

39.3

Norway

70.0

34.6

26.3

11.5

18.9

59.0

47.5

42.3

Slovakia

62.9

39.4

30.3

21.2

28.2

76.4

79.3

76.6

Slovenia

47.0

25.9

19.3

13.5

16.7

56.0

58.0

50.9

Spain4

51.2

36.7

31.5

22.1

32.5

73.8

71.7

70.0

Sweden3

62.1

32.0

31.7

11.3

21.0

71.0

56.0

48.9

UK: Scotland

57.1

37.9

33.0

21.4

33.3

64.7

69.5

61.4

USA

59.8

39.2

33.7

28.0

29.3

81.0

76.8

73.1

  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.