Table 2 Change in the cesarean section rates in the different governorates from 2008 to 2012
From: Rates and trends in cesarean sections between 2008 and 2012 in Iraq
Governorates | 2008 | 2012 | Relative change in %a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of births | CS rate % | No. of births | CS rate % | ||
Baghdad | 216,883 | 28.5 | 254,862 | 38.9 | 36.5% |
Basrah | 96,137 | 12.0 | 102,386 | 22.9 | 90.8% |
Nineveh | 117,967 | 12.6 | 147,917 | 15.2 | 20.6% |
Maysan | 39,092 | 9.5 | 42,566 | 9.5 | 0.0% |
Al-Diwaniya | 39,022 | 28.7 | 41,761 | 35.1 | 22.3% |
Diyala | 42,676 | 17.0 | 61,400 | 20.1 | 18.2% |
Al-Anbar | 38,693 | 17.0 | 58,096 | 24.0 | 41.2% |
Babylon | 70,488 | 20.7 | 64,563 | 21.0 | 1.4% |
Kerbala | 39,331 | 19.8 | 44,693 | 26.7 | 34.8% |
Kirkuk | 45,887 | 12.5 | 55,078 | 19.0 | 52.0% |
Wasit | 47,513 | 16.0 | 58,527 | 18.5 | 15.6% |
Thi-Qar | 66,971 | 11.3 | 66,034 | 16.6 | 46.9% |
Al-Muthanna | 31,498 | 14.7 | 35,461 | 17.1 | 16.3% |
Salah Al-Deen | 45,093 | 11.0 | 55,202 | 14.0 | 27.3% |
Al-Najaf | 46,999 | 24.2 | 50,762 | 30.1 | 24.4% |
Centre/South | 984,250 | 18.4 | 1,139,308 | 24.3 | 32.1% |
Erbil | 40,667 | 14.5 | 55,864 | 31.4 | 116.6% |
Dohouk | 41,364 | 11.7 | 52,569 | 15.9 | 35.9% |
Al-Sulaimaniya | 41,935 | 17.4 | 52,362 | 27.5 | 58.0% |
Kurdistan | 123,966 | 14.6 | 160,795 | 25.4 | 74.0% |
Total Iraq | 1,108,216 | 18.0 | 1,300,103 | 24.4 | 35.6% |