Table 3.
Distribution of the Primary Indications for Cesarean Delivery by 3 Year Intervals
| Birth Years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Indication for Cesarean Delivery |
Total (N=1242) |
2002–2004 (N=177) |
2005–2007 (N=370) |
2008–2010 (N=436) |
2011–2012 (N=259) |
|
| Repeat | 409 (33%) | 46 (26%) | 99(27%) | 146 (33%) | 118 (46%) | |
| Interruption of HIV Infection | 328 (26%) | 84 (47%) | 105 (28%) | 95 (22%) | 44 (17%) | |
| Non-reassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) | 109 (9%) | 8 (4%) | 43(12%) | 40(9%) | 18 (7%) | |
| Arrest disorder | 86 (7%) | 8 (4%) | 21 (6%) | 31 (7%) | 26 (10%) | |
| Failed induction | 72 (6%) | 8 (4%) | 20 (5%) | 30 (7%) | 14 (5%) | |
| Malpresentation | 60 (5%) | 6 (3%) | 14 (4%) | 27 (6%) | 13 (5%) | |
| Subject desire | 55 (4%) | 4 (2%) | 24 (6%) | 23 (5%) | 6 (2%) | |
| HTN/preeclampsia/eclampsia | 29 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 13 (4%) | 9 (2%) | 5 (2%) | |
| Other* | 73 (6%) | 12 (7%) | 21 (6%) | 28 (6%) | 11 (4%) | |
*
Other- Maternal medical/surgical indication (n=12), Prolonged rupture of membranes (n=12), Fetal risk for stillbirth (n=11), Multiple gestation (n=9), Macrosomia (n=6), Fetal anomaly(n=2), Placenta abruption (n=2), Cord prolapse(n=1), unknown (n=3)