Table.
Episiotomy rates in primiparous women with spontaneous vaginal deliveries in Latin America, 1995-98
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No of deliveries
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| Location | No of hospitals | Total | Median | Median rate (interquartile range) of episiotomies (%) |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 375 | 688 | 69.2 (45.7-92.7) |
| Panama | 1 | 55 | 55 | 81.8 |
| Argentina | 36 | 32 454 | 354 | 85.7 (78.7-91.3) |
| Colombia | 3 | 3 496 | 1314 | 86.2 (85.7-88.5) |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 146 | 146 | 86.3 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1 811 | 351 | 90.8 (88.5-95.2) |
| Paraguay | 4 | 3 933 | 1116 | 91.5 (90.7-92.5) |
| Honduras | 2 | 888 | 444 | 92.0 (90.7-93.2) |
| Brasil | 3 | 406 | 123 | 94.2 (47.2-98.9) |
| Peru | 9 | 7 134 | 918 | 94.4 (93.1-94.8) |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 5 368 | 5368 | 94.9 |
| Uruguay | 38 | 31 456 | 403 | 95.1 (93.3-96.4) |
| Chile | 1 | 5 020 | 5020 | 95.9 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 930 | 930 | 96.2 |
| All countries | 105 | 94 472 | 439 | 92.3 (86.3-94.9) |