Table 4.
Ten group classification and intervention procedure for delivery (prospective year 2008)
| Over all cesarean delivery rate—(CD) 1471/7993 (18.4 %) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | No of CD over total no of women in each group | Relative size of the group (%) | CD rate in each group (%) | Contribution made by each group to the over all CD rate (%) |
| 1. Nulliparous, single, cephalic ≥37 weeks—augmented | 156/2,036 | 25.4 (2,036/7,993) | 7.6 (156/2,036) | 1.9 (156/7,993) |
| 2. Nulliparous, single, cephalic ≥37 weeks—induced | 346/1,019 | 12.7 (1,019/7,993) | 33.9 (346/1,019) | 4.3 (346/7,993) |
| 3. Nulliparous (excluding post cesarean), single, cephalic ≥37 weeks in spontaneous labor—augmented | 48/2,416 | 30.2 (2,416/7,993) | 1.9 (48/2,416) | 0.6 (48/7,993) |
| 4. Multiparous (excluding post cesarean) single, cephalic ≥37 weeks—augmented | 107/914 | 11.4 (914/7,993) | 11.7 (107/914) | 1.3 (107/7,993) |
| 5. Post CS, single, cephalic ≥37 weeks—induced | 413/768 | 8.9 (716/7,993) | 57.6 (413/716) | 5.1 (413/7,993) |
| 6. All multiparous breech—induced | 125/200 | 2.5 (200/7,993) | 62.5 (125/200) | 1.5 (125/7,993) |
| 7. All multiparous breech (including post CS—TOL | 107/179 | 2.2 (179/7,993) | 59.7 (107/179) | 1.3 (107/7,993) |
| 8. All abnormal life (including post CS)—cesarean delivery | 38/38 | 0.4 (38/7,993) | 100 (38/38) | 0.4 (38/7,993) |
| 9. All multiple pregnancy (including post CS)—TOL | 15/70 | 0.8 (70/7,993) | 21.4 (15/70) | 0.18 (15/7,993) |
| 10. All single cephalic ≤36 weeks (including post CS)—TOL | 116/353 | 4.4 (353/7,993) | 32.8 (116/353) | 1.4 (116/7,993) |