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. 2017 Mar 10;7:44093. doi: 10.1038/srep44093

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
Total
Uterine rupture
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.