Table 3 The proportions of emergency and elective caesarean sections among institutional deliveries at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Central Regional Referral Hospital and Phuentsholing General Hospital, Bhutan, 2017–2019
From: Rates and indications of caesarean section deliveries in Bhutan 2015–2019: a national review
Obstetric centre | Year | Total caesarean section | Emergency caesarean section | Elective caesarean section | Chi-squared p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Average (%) | % | Average (%) | ||||
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu [15, 16, 28] | 2017 | 1283a | 72.3 | 71.6 | 26.3 | 28.1 | < 0.001 |
2018 | 1551 | 75.8 | 24.2 | ||||
2019 | 1463 | 66.7 | 33.3 | ||||
Central Regional Referral Hospital, Gelegphu | 2015 | 196 | 40.8 | 40.5 | 59.2 | 59.5 | < 0.001 |
2016 | 192 | 34.4 | 65.6 | ||||
2017 | 270 | 33.3 | 66.7 | ||||
2018 | 281 | 44.8 | 55.2 | ||||
2019 | 285 | 49.1 | 50.9 | ||||
Phuentsholing General Hospital, Chhukha | 2015 | 277 | 63.9 | 64.4 | 36.1 | 35.6 | < 0.001 |
2016 | 249 | 75.1 | 24.9 | ||||
2017 | 293 | 70.6 | 29.4 | ||||
2018 | 264 | 43.2 | 56.8 | ||||
2019 | 272 | 69.1 | 30.9 | ||||