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Table 1 Characterization of births and maternal backgrounds by year

From: Cesarean section in Uruguay from 2008 to 2018: country analysis based on the Robson classification. An observational study

Year

Births (LBC)

Births (SIP)

SIP coverage

CS in LBC

CS in SIP

Rest of the country

Capital city (Montevideo)

Public Health Care sector

Private Health Care sector

Age

Previous pregnancies

BMI

Previous CS

N

N

%

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

n (%)

Total

511,846

485,263

94.8

207,182 (40.48)

189,872 (43.14)

219,881 (45.4)

264,886 (54.6)

205,649 (42.4)

279,118 (57.6)

26.7 (6.8)

1.2 (1.5)

24.2 (5)

84,696 (20.2)

2008

47,104

41,849

88.8

15,729 (33.4)

12,443 (29.7)

17,930 (42.8)

23,919 (57.2)

18,237 (43.6)

23,612 (56.4)

26.6 (6.7)

0.8 (1.4)

23.3 (4.6)

5883 (19)

2009

46,820

42,382

90.5

16,675 (35.6)

13,938 (32.9)

20,211 (47.7)

22,171 (52.3)

20,250 (47.8)

22,132 (52.2)

26.5 (6.8)

1.3 (1.7)

23.4 (4.6)

6410 (19.5)

2010

46,943

42,902

91.4

17,866 (38.1)

15,257 (35.6)

19,355 (45.1)

23,547 (54.9)

19,223 (44.8)

23,679 (55.2)

26.5 (6.8)

1.3 (1.6)

23.6 (4.7)

6712 (19.4)

2011

46,712

42,555

91.1

18,729 (40.1)

16,226 (38.1)

18,889 (44.4)

23,666 (55.6)

18,482 (43.4)

24,073 (56.6)

26.6 (6.8)

1.3 (1.6)

23.8 (4.8)

6948 (19.5)

2012

48,059

45,804

95.3

19,314 (40.2)

18,252 (39.8)

20,590 (45.0)

25,214 (55.0)

19,789 (43.2)

26,015 (56.8)

26.5 (6.8)

1.3 (1.6)

23.9 (4.8)

7709 (19.6)

2013

48,681

47,174

96.9

20,011 (41.1)

19,597 (41.5)

21,333 (45.2)

25,841 (54.8)

19,542 (41.4)

27,632 (58.6)

26.4 (6.9)

1.3 (1.6)

24.2 (5)

8062 (19.9)

2014

48,368

47,449

98.1

21,391 (44.2)

20,087 (42.3)

21,227 (44.7)

26,219 (55.3)

19,030 (40.1)

28,416 (59.9)

26.6 (6.8)

1.2 (1.5)

24.4 (5)

8530 (20.2)

2015

48,926

47,513

97.1

21,072 (43.1)

19,808 (41.7)

21,278 (45.3)

25,742 (54.7)

18,601 (39.6)

28,419 (60.4)

26.7 (6.8)

1.2 (1.5)

24.6 (5.2)

8868 (20.5)

2016

47,058

46,089

97.9

19,843 (42.2)

19,000 (41.2)

21,295 (46.2)

24,794 (53.8)

19,103 (41.4)

26,986 (58.6)

26.9 (6.7)

1.3 (1.5)

24.8 (5.3)

8993 (21)

2017

43,036

42,362

98.4

18,934 (43.9)

18,171 (42.9)

19,809 (46.8)

22,553 (53.2)

17,245 (40.7)

25,117 (59.3)

27.2 (6.7)

1.3 (1.5)

25 (5.4)

8543 (21.4)

2018

40,139

39,184

97.6

17,618 (43.9)

17,089 (43.6)

17,964 (45.8)

21,220 (54.2)

16,147 (41.2)

23,037 (58.8)

27.4 (6.7)

1.3 (1.4)

25.2 (5.5)

8038 (21.4)