Table 2 Rate of Caesarean section by Robson classification group for eleven State and one Federal Territory hospitals in Malaysia, 2011–2015
From: Caesarean section rates from Malaysian tertiary hospitals using Robson’s 10-group classification
Robson’s Group | N CS in group | Total N in group | Group Size (%) | Group CS rate (%) | Absolute group contribution to overall CS rate (%) | Relative group contribution to overall CS rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22,111 | 18,912 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 3.5 | 15.1 |
2 | 15,767 | 55,600 | 8.9 | 28.4 | 2.5 | 10.7 |
3 | 20,243 | 214,888 | 34.4 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 13.8 |
4 | 11,157 | 74,729 | 12.0 | 14.9 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
5 | 28,048 | 51,096 | 8.2 | 54.9 | 4.5 | 19.1 |
6 | 6120 | 6657 | 1.1 | 91.9 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
7 | 9091 | 10,361 | 1.7 | 87.7 | 1.5 | 6.2 |
8 | 6529 | 12,527 | 2.0 | 52.1 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
9 | 5312 | 5312 | 0.8 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
10 | 16,879 | 58,665 | 9.4 | 28.8 | 2.7 | 11.5 |
Unclassified | 5609 | 16,343 | 2.6 | 34.3 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
Total | 146,866 | 625,090 | 100.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 100.0 |