Table 5.

Trends in labor induction and cesarean delivery rates and neonatal mortality rates among twin birth: 1995–2006

Gestational age (weeks)	Rate per 100 live births
	Labor induction			Cesarean delivery
	1995–96	2005–06	% Change	1995–96	2005–06	% Change
20–28	4.6	2.3	−50	51.5	72.3	+40
29–33	5.8	3.5	−40	59.2	77.0	+30
34–36	10.6	9.4	−11	53.1	71.9	+35
37+	15.9	17.5	+10	51.9	69.1	+33
Total	12.0	11.0	−8	53.3	71.7	+35

	Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births by labor induction and cesarean delivery
	Labor Induction			Cesarean delivery
	1995–96	2005–06	% Change	1995–96	2005–06	% Change
20–28	199.5	219.8	+10	135.3	128.2	−5
29–33	13.6	6.8	−50	17.0	12.3	−28
34–36	3.3	1.3	−61	4.9	2.7	−45
37+	1.9	1.3	−32	2.6	1.4	−46
Total	6.2	4.3	−31	13.4	11.2	−16

The labor induction and cesarean section estimates are not mutually exclusive.