Table 1 Modes of delivery by maternal age (low-risk population of primiparous women, delivering singletons in cephalic version at term (≥37gestational weeks). Norway, 19992009, n = 169,583)
Maternal age | Deliveries | Elective Cesarean section | Planned vaginal delivery | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency Cesarean section | Operative vaginal | Unassisted vaginal | |||||||
Deliveries (Row%) | 169,583 | 1689 (1.0 %) | 15,362 (9.0 %) | 27,447 (16.2 %) | 125,085 (73.9 %) | ||||
n | Row % | n | Row % | n | Row % | n | Row % | ||
<20 | 9398 | 53 | 0.6 | 502 | 5.3 | 958 | 10.2 | 7885 | 83.9 |
20 − 24 | 43,658 | 264 | 0.6 | 2929 | 6.7 | 5663 | 13.0 | 34,802 | 79.8 |
25 − 29 | 67,338 | 487 | 0.7 | 5652 | 8.4 | 10,918 | 16.2 | 50,281 | 74.7 |
30 − 34 | 38,190 | 512 | 1.3 | 4421 | 11.6 | 7439 | 19.5 | 25,818 | 67.7 |
≥35 | 10,999 | 373 | 3.4 | 1858 | 16.9 | 2469 | 22.4 | 6299 | 57.3 |