Table 1. Weighted rates of vaginal birth after caesarean section, by maternal age, number of previous caesarean sections and hospital level, China, 2012–2016.
| Characteristic | Weighted % of vaginal birth after caesarean sectiona |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Maternal age, years | |||||
| < 20 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 20.0 |
| 20–24 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 13.6 |
| 25–29 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| 30–34 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| ≥ 35 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| No. of previous caesarean sections | |||||
| 1 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 2 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| ≥ 3 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 5.8 |
| Hospital level | |||||
| Level 1 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| Level 2 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 |
| Level 3 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| Unknown | 12.5 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 16.0 |
| All births | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
a Weighted for sampling distribution of the population.
Notes: We obtained data from 438 hospitals. Level-1 hospitals are the smallest hospitals, while level-3 hospitals are the largest.