Table 1.
Total number of births (%) delivered by different sections in place of delivery along with demographic and socio-economic background characteristics in India, 2019-21
| Background characteristic’s | Private Hospital | Public Hospital | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-section birth N (%) |
Normal birth | C-section birth N (%) | Normal birth | |
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Mother’s age at birth | ||||
| 15–19 | 367 (41.85) | 510 (58.15) | 450 (11.58) | 3,435 (88.42) |
| 20–24 | 5,802 (44.04) | 7,371 (55.96) | 5,762 (12.61) | 39,927 (87.39) |
| 25–29 | 9,707 (47.29) | 10,819 (52.71) | 8,696 (14.52) | 51,198 (85.48) |
| 30+ | 8,113 (50.96) | 7,806 (49.04) | 6,887 (16.87) | 33, 944 (83.13) |
| Preceding birth interval | ||||
| < 24 months | 2,435 (39.55) | 3,722 (60.45) | 2,301 (9.65) | 21,554 (90.35) |
| > 24 months | 9,040 (45.25) | 10,937 (54.75) | 8,794 (13.00) | 58,853 (87.00) |
| Birth order | ||||
| 1 | 12,232 (50.99) | 11,755 (49.01) | 10,555 (18.06) | 47,884 (81.94) |
| 2 | 8,693 (50.08) | 8,665 (49.92) | 8,135 (16.20) | 42,076 (83.80) |
| 3+ | 3,064 (33.49) | 6,086 (66.51) | 3,105 (7.46) | 38,544 (92.54) |
| Place of residences | ||||
| Rural | 15,247 (46.05) | 17,861 (53.95) | 15,690 (12.69) | 107,919 (87.31) |
| Urban | 8,742 (50.28) | 8,645 (49.72) | 6,105 (22.87) | 20,5858 (77.13) |
| Household wealth | ||||
| Poorest | 1,508 (35.75) | 2,710 (64.25) | 2,661 (6.36) | 39,164 (93.64) |
| Poorer | 3,023 (41.50) | 4,261 (58.50) | 4,593 (11.93) | 34,413 (88.22) |
| Middle | 4,718 (47.93) | 5,125 (52.07) | 5,616 (17.88) | 25,876 (82.12) |
| Richer | 6,548 (50.07) | 6,529 (49.93) | 5,317 (22.07) | 18,774 (77.93) |
| Richest | 8,192 (50.97) | 7,881 (49.03) | 3,608 (25.82) | 10,367 (74.18) |
| Delivered by | ||||
| Doctor | 20,880 (50.61) | 20,380 (49.39) | 18,161 (19.86) | 73,269 (80.14) |
| Nurse | 14,087 (45.67) | 16,757 (54.33) | 13,472 (12.12) | 97,686 (87.88) |