Table 2.
Cesarean delivery rates by plurality and gestational age subgroups in 2008
| Singletons | Multiples | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gestational age in completed weeks (wks) | ||||||||
| 26-31 wks | 32-36 wks | 37-38 wks | 39-41 wks | ≥42 wks | <34 wks | 34-36 wks | ≥37 wks | |
| Country/Region | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Austria | 75.5 | 44.7 | 42.6 | 17.4 | 30.3 | 89.8 | 84.5 | 76.0 |
| Belgium: Flanders | 64.6 | 31.2 | 29.0 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 61.0 | 57.5 | 53.9 |
| Czech Republic | 61.3 | 32.7 | 25.6 | 16.5 | 20.4 | 82.3 | 75.9 | 71.6 |
| Estonia | 48.4 | 34.7 | 28.4 | 15.8 | 24.9 | 66.3 | 77.8 | 81.7 |
| Finland | 68.6 | 31.2 | 20.6 | 13.7 | 21.9 | 67.4 | 48.5 | 48.2 |
| France1 | 69.9 | 36.5 | 26.2 | 16.7 | 26.5 | 56.4 | 56.3 | 52.8 |
| Germany2 | 83.3 | 46.4 | 46.8 | 22.3 | 37.9 | 87.8 | 76.1 | 64.8 |
| Ireland | 67.0 | 43.1 | 36.0 | 22.1 | 23.6 | 67.4 | 68.2 | 60.1 |
| Lithuania | 37.0 | 27.4 | 22.2 | 22.6 | 31.1 | 71.2 | 66.0 | 59.0 |
| Malta3 | 61.3 | 52.0 | 43.5 | 18.9 | 37.0 | 85.7 | 92.3 | 100 |
| The Netherlands | 54.2 | 26.3 | 22.2 | 11.2 | 22.4 | 40.8 | 39.4 | 39.3 |
| Norway | 70.0 | 34.6 | 26.3 | 11.5 | 18.9 | 59.0 | 47.5 | 42.3 |
| Slovakia | 62.9 | 39.4 | 30.3 | 21.2 | 28.2 | 76.4 | 79.3 | 76.6 |
| Slovenia | 47.0 | 25.9 | 19.3 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 56.0 | 58.0 | 50.9 |
| Spain4 | 51.2 | 36.7 | 31.5 | 22.1 | 32.5 | 73.8 | 71.7 | 70.0 |
| Sweden3 | 62.1 | 32.0 | 31.7 | 11.3 | 21.0 | 71.0 | 56.0 | 48.9 |
| UK: Scotland | 57.1 | 37.9 | 33.0 | 21.4 | 33.3 | 64.7 | 69.5 | 61.4 |
| USA | 59.8 | 39.2 | 33.7 | 28.0 | 29.3 | 81.0 | 76.8 | 73.1 |
1Data from France came from a nationally representative survey of all births in 2010.
2Data from Germany are from 3 Landers.
3Data from Malta and Sweden are from 2009.
4Data from Spain are from 2010.