Table 1.
C-section rates during the pandemic and pre-pandemic periods by province
| Province | Pandemic period N (%) |
Pre-pandemic period N (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alborz | 9075 (57.7%) | 8963 (53.8%) | .001 |
| Ardabil | 5886 (61.3%) | 6049 (57.8%) | .001 |
| East Azerbaijan | 17,249 (65.7%) | 17,687 (62.3%) | .001 |
| West Azerbaijan | 13,393 (50.7%) | 12,856 (47.2%) | .001 |
| Bushehr | 3822 (47.9%) | 3993 (46.9%) | .183 |
| Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari | 3571 (47.1%) | 3424 (44.3%) | .001 |
| Fars | 18,962 (58.3%) | 19,761 (56.5%) | .001 |
| Gilan | 7969 (75.0%) | 7971 (69.5%) | .001 |
| Golestan | 8933 (56.1%) | 8683 (51.5%) | .001 |
| Hamadan | 6226 (49.7%) | 6381 (47.2%) | .001 |
| Hormozgan | 6969 (42.2%) | 7153 (41.1%) | .050 |
| Ilam | 1977 (54.4%) | 2097 (53.2%) | .286 |
| Isfahan | 18,728 (57.3%) | 19,360 (54.6%) | .001 |
| Kerman | 12,378 (49.9%) | 12,319 (46.5%) | .001 |
| Kermanshah | 6345 (47.9%) | 6511 (46.8%) | .074 |
| North Khorasan | 2421 (34.9%) | 2752 (36.4%) | .058 |
| Razavi Khorasan | 24,567 (42.2%) | 25,688 (41.1%) | .001 |
| South Khorasan | 3100 (39.7%) | 3212 (39.7%) | .043 |
| Khuzestan | 20,993 (47.5%) | 20,993 (45.7%) | .001 |
| Kohgiluyeh Boyer-Ahmad | 2498 (46.8%) | 2471 (43.3%) | .001 |
| Kurdistan | 4171 (35.8%) | 4119 (34.0%) | .003 |
| Lorestan | 6658 (49.8%) | 6975 (49.9%) | .952 |
| Markazi | 3397 (44.3%) | 3487 (42.8%) | .059 |
| Mazandaran | 10,404 (67.6%) | 11,820 (68.9%) | .012 |
| Qazvin | 4611 (55.9%) | 4699 (53.4%) | .001 |
| Qom | 5438 (55.6%) | 5438 (54.3%) | .051 |
| Semnan | 2467 (57.1%) | 2534 (54.8%) | .033 |
| Sistan and Baluchestan | 9104 (26.0%) | 8318 (24.2%) | .001 |
| Tehran | 58,458 (72.2%) | 59,898 (68.5%) | .001 |
| Yazd | 5525 (50.0%) | 5960 (48.7%) | .041 |
| Zanjan | 3841 (48.0%) | 3702 (43.0%) | .001 |