From: Rates and indications of caesarean section deliveries in Bhutan 2015–2019: a national review
Obstetric centres | Year | Total deliveries | Normal delivery (%)a | Caesarean delivery (%)b | Chi-squared p value | |||
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n | (%) | n | (%) | Average (%) | ||||
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphuc [15, 16, 26–28] | 2015 | 4035 | – | – | 1033 | (25.6) | 28.1 | < 0.001 |
2016 | 4523 | 3405 | (75.3) | 1081 | (23.9) | |||
2017 | 4553 | 3172 | (69.7) | 1283 | (28.2) | |||
2018 | 5081 | 3380 | (66.5) | 1551 | (30.5) | |||
2019 | 4522 | 2866 | (63.4) | 1463 | (32.4) | |||
Central Regional Referral Hospital, Gelegphu | 2015 | 793 | 597 | (75.3) | 196 | (24.7) | 27.5 | 0.008 |
2016 | 782 | 590 | (75.4) | 192 | (24.6) | |||
2017 | 883 | 611 | (69.2) | 270 | (30.6) | |||
2018 | 941 | 660 | (70.1) | 281 | (29.9) | |||
2019 | 1021 | 736 | (72.1) | 285 | (27.9) | |||
Eastern Regional Referral Hospital, Monggar | 2015 | 836 | 499 | (59.7) | 317 | (37.9) | 34.2 | < 0.001 |
2016 | 682 | 419 | (61.4) | 241 | (35.3) | |||
2017 | 665 | 433 | (65.1) | 222 | (33.4) | |||
2018 | 987 | 633 | (64.1) | 347 | (35.2) | |||
2019 | 949 | 670 | (70.6) | 277 | (29.2) | |||
Samtse General Hospital, Samtse | 2017 | 274 | 263 | – | 11 | – | – | – |
2018 | 425 | 303 | (71.3) | 122 | (28.7) | 32.0 | 0.049 | |
2019 | 351 | 227 | (64.7) | 124 | (35.3) | |||
Phuentsholing General Hospital, Chhukha | 2015 | 918 | 641 | (69.8) | 277 | (30.2) | 37.2 | 0.001 |
2016 | 863 | 614 | (71.1) | 249 | (28.9) | |||
2017 | 898 | 605 | (67.4) | 293 | (32.6) | |||
2018 | 587 | 323 | (55.0) | 264 | (45.0) | |||
2019 | 553 | 281 | (50.8) | 272 | (49.2) | |||
Trashigang Hospital, Trashigang | 2015 | 208 | 166 | (79.8) | 40 | (19.2) | 20.4 | 0.963 |
2016 | 318 | 249 | (78.3) | 67 | (21.1) | |||
2017 | 306 | 241 | (78.8) | 64 | (20.9) | |||
2018 | 299 | 238 | (79.6) | 61 | (20.4) | |||
2019 | 130 | 125 | – | 5 | – | – | – | |
Wangdue General Hospital, Wangdue Phodranga | 2015 | 204 | 204 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | – | – |
2016 | 202 | 202 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
2017 | 251 | 251 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
2018 | 258 | 258 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |||
2019 | 263 | 232 | – | 31 | – |