Table 1.
Number and percentages of multiparous women with previous caesarean sections by countries.
| Countries | No. of Previous caesarean section | Total | CS (%) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | (%) | 1 | (%) | 2 | (%) | 3 | (%) | 4 | (%) | 5 | (%) | >5 | (%) | |||
| PRY | 1,269 | (0.9) | 530 | (2.0) | 173 | (2.9) | 51 | (4.8) | 7 | (3.8) | 2 | (5.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 2,032 | (37.5) |
| BRA | 2,238 | (1.6) | 1,009 | (3.9) | 217 | (3.6) | 50 | (4.7) | 10 | (5.5) | 2 | (5.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 3,526 | (36.5) |
| MEX | 4,465 | (3.2) | 1,730 | (6.7) | 384 | (6.4) | 36 | (3.4) | 5 | (2.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 6,620 | (32.6) |
| LBN | 1,722 | (1.2) | 501 | (1.9) | 205 | (3.4) | 72 | (6.7) | 23 | (12.6) | 4 | (11.4) | 1 | (12.5) | 2,528 | (31.9) |
| PER | 5,884 | (4.2) | 2,092 | (8.1) | 544 | (9.0) | 73 | (6.8) | 3 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 8,596 | (31.5) |
| PAK | 5,916 | (4.2) | 1,666 | (6.4) | 661 | (11.0) | 201 | (18.8) | 28 | (15.4) | 3 | (8.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 8,475 | (30.2) |
| VNM | 5,115 | (3.7) | 2,045 | (7.9) | 160 | (2.7) | 6 | (0.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 7,326 | (30.2) |
| JOR | 673 | (0.5) | 147 | (0.6) | 55 | (0.9) | 25 | (2.3) | 16 | (8.8) | 4 | (11.4) | 1 | (12.5) | 921 | (26.9) |
| LKA | 6,995 | (5.0) | 2,072 | (8.0) | 485 | (8.1) | 9 | (0.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 9,561 | (26.8) |
| ECU | 3,867 | (2.8) | 903 | (3.5) | 402 | (6.7) | 72 | (6.7) | 11 | (6.0) | 2 | (5.7) | 1 | (12.5) | 5,258 | (26.5) |
| CHN | 3,662 | (2.6) | 1,209 | (4.7) | 36 | (0.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4,907 | (25.4) |
| QAT | 2,206 | (1.6) | 510 | (2.0) | 154 | (2.6) | 53 | (5.0) | 12 | (6.6) | 7 | (20.0) | 2 | (25.0) | 2,944 | (25.1) |
| OPT | 527 | (0.4) | 104 | (0.4) | 36 | (0.6) | 20 | (1.9) | 8 | (4.4) | 3 | (8.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 698 | (24.5) |
| THA | 3,463 | (2.5) | 899 | (3.5) | 115 | (1.9) | 6 | (0.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4,483 | (22.8) |
| ARG | 3,507 | (2.5) | 764 | (2.9) | 160 | (2.7) | 61 | (5.7) | 18 | (9.9) | 2 | (5.7) | 2 | (25.0) | 4,514 | (22.3) |
| KEN | 9,174 | (6.6) | 1,730 | (6.7) | 413 | (6.9) | 69 | (6.5) | 2 | (1.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 11,388 | (19.4) |
| PHL | 4,892 | (3.5) | 831 | (3.2) | 279 | (4.6) | 21 | (2.0) | 2 | (1.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 6,025 | (18.8) |
| MNG | 3,223 | (2.3) | 561 | (2.2) | 135 | (2.2) | 6 | (0.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3,925 | (17.9) |
| COD | 4,730 | (3.4) | 689 | (2.7) | 237 | (3.9) | 84 | (7.9) | 16 | (8.8) | 2 | (5.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 5,758 | (17.9) |
| JPN | 1,289 | (0.9) | 227 | (0.9) | 40 | (0.7) | 1 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1,558 | (17.3) |
| IND | 13,114 | (9.4) | 2,299 | (8.9) | 378 | (6.3) | 14 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 15,806 | (17.0) |
| UGA | 4,598 | (3.3) | 553 | (2.1) | 153 | (2.5) | 66 | (6.2) | 9 | (4.9) | 2 | (5.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 5,381 | (14.6) |
| NPL | 4,158 | (3.0) | 552 | (2.1) | 51 | (0.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4,761 | (12.7) |
| NGA | 6,765 | (4.8) | 686 | (2.6) | 210 | (3.5) | 30 | (2.8) | 4 | (2.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 7,695 | (12.1) |
| AGO | 6,140 | (4.4) | 448 | (1.7) | 91 | (1.5) | 8 | (0.7) | 2 | (1.1) | 1 | (2.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 6,690 | (8.2) |
| KHM | 1,885 | (1.3) | 138 | (0.5) | 12 | (0.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2,035 | (7.4) |
| NIC | 2,845 | (2.0) | 202 | (0.8) | 22 | (0.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3,069 | (7.3) |
| NER | 7,737 | (5.5) | 341 | (1.3) | 74 | (1.2) | 10 | (0.9) | 3 | (1.6) | 1 | (2.9) | 1 | (12.5) | 8,167 | (5.3) |
| AFG | 17,798 | (12.7) | 523 | (2.0) | 130 | (2.2) | 25 | (2.3) | 1 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 18,477 | (3.7) |
| Total | 139,857 | (100.0) | 25,961 | (100.0) | 6,012 | (100.0) | 1,069 | (100.0) | 182 | (100.0) | 35 | (100.0) | 8 | (100.0) | 173,124 | (19.2) |
Note: CS = caesarean section; PRY = Paraguay; BRA = Brazil; MEX = Mexico.
LBN = Lebanon; PER = Peru; PAK = Pakistan; VNM = VietNam; JOR = Jordan; LKA = Sri Lanka; ECU = Ecuador; CHN = China; QAT = Qatar; OPT = Palestinia; THA = Thailand; ARG = Argentina; KEN = Kenya; PHL = Philippines; MNG = Mongolia; COD = of the Congo; JPN = Japan; IND = India; UGA = Uganda; NPL = Nepal; NGA = Nigeria; AGO = Angola; KHM = Cambodia; NIC = Nicaragua; NER = Niger; AFG = Afghanistan.