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Table 3 Caesarean sections / Total deliveries and Robson’s group contribution to the overall CS rate for eleven State and one Federal Territory hospitals in Malaysia in each year, 2011–2015

From: Caesarean section rates from Malaysian tertiary hospitals using Robson’s 10-group classification

Robson’s Groups

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

CS / Total deliveries

Contribution to overall C/S rate

CS / Total deliveries

Contribution to overall C/S rate

CS / Total deliveries

Contribution to overall C/S rate

CS / Total deliveries

Contribution to overall C/S rate

CS / Total deliveries

Contribution to overall C/S rate

Group 1

3431/23582

2.7

3725/23516

3.2

4148/20400

3.8

4917/24173

3.9

5890/27241

4.5

Group 2

4021/12882

3.2

3707/10243

3.2

2432/10958

2.2

2701/11402

2.2

2906/10115

2.2

Group 3

2911/44148

2.3

2937/41900

2.5

3587/36242

3.3

4815/43747

3.8

5993/48851

4.6

Group 4

3587/18418

2.8

3095/13147

2.7

1384/14934

1.3

1632/15783

1.3

1459/12447

1.1

Group 5

5225/9817

4.1

5299/9788

4.6

5306/9598

4.9

6112/10727

4.9

6106/11166

4.7

Group 6

1289/1411

1.0

1193/1292

1.0

1037/1118

0.9

1279/1400

1.0

1322/1436

1.0

Group 7

1883/2165

1.5

1728/1967

1.5

1648/1874

1.5

1841/2114

1.5

1991/2241

1.5

Group 8

1224/2422

1.0

1218/2345

1.0

1217/2370

1.1

1372/2664

1.1

1498/2726

1.1

Group 9

1053/1053

0.8

973/973

0.8

986/986

0.9

1113/1113

0.9

1187/1187

0.9

Group 10

3046/11262

2.4

3029/11276

2.6

3138/10738

2.9

3600/12061

2.9

4066/1338

3.1

Total

27,670/127160

21.8

26,904/116447

23.1

24,883/109218

22.8

29,382/125184

23.5

32,418/130738

24.8