Table 1. Total number of deliveries, number and proportion of women with prior caesarean section among total deliveries, and number and proportion of women with uterine rupture among women with prior caesarean section, by Human Development Index.
HDI | Total deliveries | Women with prior CS |
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Uterine rupture |
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n | % | n | % | ||
Very high-HDI countries | 17,294 | 2,843 | 16.4 | 8 | 0.3 |
High-HDI countries | 68,066 | 13,125 | 19.3 | 20 | 0.2 |
Medium-HDI countries | 104,206 | 11,280 | 10.8 | 39 | 0.4 |
Low-HDI countries | 125,030 | 10,118 | 8.1 | 103 | 1.0 |
All countries | 314,623 | 37,366 | 11.9 | 170 | 0.5 |
CS, caesarean section; HDI, Human Development Index.