Table 3 Epidural analgesia provision by maternal birthplace, mode of delivery and parity
Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Epidural analgesia | Instrumental Vaginal Delivery* Epidural analgesia | Emergency Cesarean Delivery Epidural analgesia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
Primiparous | 94,093 | 37.8 | 37.6–38.0 | 38,580 | 61.7 | 61.3–62.0 | 27,126 | 53.8 | 53.4–54.2 |
Norway | 75,389 | 37.6 | 37.4–37.8 | 29,556 | 61.1 | 60.7–61.5 | 20,199 | 53.4 | 52.9–53.9 |
High-income | 4973 | 40.0 | 39.1–40.9 | 2392 | 64.8 | 63.2–66.3 | 1729 | 58.5 | 56.7–60.2 |
Europe / Central Asia | 5777 | 41.2 | 40.4–42.0 | 2458 | 65.2 | 63.7–66.8 | 1546 | 57.7 | 55.8–59.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1418 | 33.8 | 32.4–35.3 | 734 | 57.5 | 54.8–60.3 | 937 | 47.7 | 45.5–50.0 |
North Africa / Middle East | 2541 | 39.4 | 38.2–40.6 | 1230 | 66.5 | 64.3–68.7 | 741 | 51.2 | 48.6–53.8 |
South Asia | 998 | 38.1 | 36.2–40.0 | 555 | 65.6 | 62.3–68.8 | 326 | 47.9 | 44.1–51.8 |
East Asia /Pacific | 2085 | 31.0 | 29.9–32.2 | 1298 | 56.6 | 54.5–58.6 | 1232 | 55.6 | 53.5–57.7 |
Latin America/ Caribbean | 912 | 53.8 | 51.4–56.2 | 357 | 78.3 | 74.2–82.0 | 416 | 66.5 | 62.6–70.1 |
Multiparous | 72,612 | 17.0 | 16.9–17.1 | 9598 | 49.9 | 49.2–50.6 | 10,550 | 30.5 | 30.0–31.0 |
Norway | 59,723 | 17.5 | 17.4–17.6 | 7256 | 50.6 | 49.8–51.4 | 7699 | 30.4 | 29.8–30.9 |
High-income | 3716 | 18.9 | 18.3–19.4 | 599 | 56.1 | 53.0–59.1 | 561 | 34.8 | 32.5–37.2 |
Europe / Central Asia | 3104 | 16.9 | 16.4–17.5 | 518 | 52.7 | 49.6–55.9 | 495 | 35.0 | 32.5–37.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1224 | 9.3 | 8.8–9.8 | 279 | 36.7 | 33.2–40.2 | 569 | 27.0 | 25.1–28.9 |
North Africa / Middle East | 2020 | 13.7 | 13.1–14.2 | 356 | 45.8 | 42.2–49.3 | 379 | 26.3 | 24.1–28.7 |
South Asia | 942 | 14.8 | 13.9–15.6 | 176 | 48.1 | 42.9–53.3 | 191 | 27.8 | 24.5–31.4 |
East Asia /Pacific | 1282 | 11.2 | 10.6–11.8 | 328 | 39.9 | 36.5–43.3 | 530 | 33.0 | 30.7–35.4 |
Latin America /Caribbean | 601 | 26.9 | 25.1–28.8 | 86 | 64.7 | 55.9–72.7 | 126 | 37.6 | 32.4–43.0 |