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. 2009 Mar 12;9:46. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-46

Table 4.

Caesarean delivery rates in 4 health facilities with records of caesarean deliveries in 2005, Korogocho, Viwandani and environs in Nairobi1

Health facility Deliveries Cesearean deliveries Caesearean delivery rate (%)
Nursing home 241 1 0.4
Obstetric specialist hospital 18,943 2,802 14.8
Mission hospital 9,717 3,289 33.8
National referral and teaching hospital 6,775 2,149 31.7
Total 35,676 8,241 23.1

1The caesarean rate for all 25 facilities is 20.0% (8,241/41,112)