Table 3 Change in VBAC proportion from 2012 to 2016 by Country and site
Country | Allocation | Site | Births 2012 (n) | VBAC 2012 (n) | VBAC 2012 (%) | Births 2016 (n) | VBAC 2016 (n) | VBAC 2016 (%) | VBAC (% improvement) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | Control | 1 | 284 | 73 | 25.70 | 365 | 81 | 22.19 | −3.51 |
2 | 189 | 56 | 29.63 | 220 | 78 | 35.45 | 5.82 | ||
Intervention | 3 | 288 | 99 | 34.38 | 420 | 107 | 25.48 | −8.90 | |
4 | 445 | 148 | 33.26 | 610 | 174 | 28.52 | −4.73 | ||
Ireland | Control | 5 | 889 | 192 | 21.60 | 861 | 186 | 21.60 | 0.01 |
6 | 519 | 120 | 23.12 | 420 | 80 | 19.05 | −4.07 | ||
Intervention | 7 | 279 | 104 | 37.28 | 214 | 63 | 29.44 | −7.84 | |
8 | 547 | 153 | 27.97 | 549 | 122 | 22.22 | −5.75 | ||
9 | 223 | 80 | 35.87 | 159 | 51 | 32.08 | −3.80 | ||
Italy | Control | 10 | 224 | 4 | 1.79 | 233 | 24 | 10.30 | 8.51 |
11 | 1051 | 131 | 12.46 | 753 | 186 | 24.70 | 12.24 | ||
Intervention | 12 | 77 | 26 | 33.77 | 112 | 32 | 28.57 | −5.19 | |
13 | 212 | 11 | 5.19 | 82 | 22 | 26.83 | 21.64 | ||
14 | 447 | 24 | 5.37 | 286 | 40 | 13.99 | 8.62 |