Table 2.

Indications contributing to the increase in primary cesarean rate (per 1,000 live births)

	2001	2006	2011
Fetal distress	58.72	89.67	110.63
Arrest of labor	13.46	18.81	24.27
Dilatation	10.05	13.62	16.82
Descent	3.41	5.19	7.44
Malpresentation	21.73	27.12	32.90
Multiple gestation	2.15	3.37	5.21
Obstetric indication	8.44	12.06	14.59
Maternal indication	1.79	1.81	1.78
Fetal indication	3.05	6.35	7.74
Cephalopelvic disproportion	8.97	10.64	12.95