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Table 3 The median of each outcome in the six different WHO regions

From: A global study of the association of cesarean rate and the role of socioeconomic status in neonatal mortality rate in the current century

WHO region, Median (Q25-Q75)

C/S rate

NMR

MMR

TFR

Age of first childbearing

HDI

GDP percentage

Health expenditure per capita

AFR (na = 85)

3.6 (2.05–6)

31.4 (25.6–38.55)

450 (304–698.5)

5.22 (4.56–5.88)

29.14 (28.45–29.83)

0.46 (0.41–0.51)

5.21 (4.16–7.43)

34.89 (21.48–64.36)

AMR (n = 133)

27.1 (21.35–33.43)

9.4 (5.3–13)

61 (24–101)

2.11 (1.93–2.54)

27.71 (26.91–28.85)

0.72 (0.69–0.81)

6.77 (5.59–8.41)

377.67 (189.91–875.3)

EMR (n = 54)

19.35 (12.37–24.5)

9.5 (5.75–19.28)

24.5 (19.25–60.5)

2.96 (2.19–3.71)

29.84 (28.86–30.93)

0.74 (0.64–0.8)

4.09 (2.96–5.26)

314.83 (91.78–657.74)

EUR (n = 703)

19.33 (14.98–25.04)

3.6 (2.4–8.2)

10 (6–25)

1.59 (1.39–1.9)

28.65 (27.26–29.87)

0.82 (0.74–0.88)

7.31 (5.95–8.95)

923.27 (254.13–3017.1)

SEAR (n = 24)

12.35 (4.23–24.18)

21.6 (8.53–31.95)

203 (73.25–267.5)

2.42 (2.2–2.78)

28.17 (26.75–29.22)

0.6 (0.55–0.69)

3.38 (2.65–3.87)

48.62 (19.31–87.31)

WPR (n = 80)

29.45 (18.61–33.38)

3.3 (2.65–13.3)

18 (8–44)

1.92 (1.51–2.16)

29.34 (27.66–29.78)

0.87 (0.66–0.91)

6.82 (4.42–8.25)

1173.32 (89.75–2825.41)

  1. C/S Cesarean Section, NMR Neonatal Mortality Rate, MMR Maternal Mortality Rate, TFR Total Fertility Rate, HDI Human Development Index, GDP Gross Domestic Products, AFR Africa, AMR Americas, EMR Eastern Mediterranean, EUR Europe, SEAR South-East Asia, WPR Western Pacific
  2. aNumber of countries in each continent