Table 3.
Total number of hospital births, rates of Overall Cesarean Sections (OCS), Primary Cesarean Sections (PCS), Planned Primary Cesarean Sections (PPCS) and Vaginal Births After 1 previous Cesarean Section (VBAC-1), by clinical factors of the newborn.
| Factors | Strata | All Births (N) | OCS | PCS | PPCS | VBAC-1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row % | ||||||||
| CHILD’S SIZE FACTORS | Gestational Age (weeks) | <29 | 563 | 65.5 | 63.6 | 15.6 | 19.2 | |
| 29–32 | 1,130 | 75.7 | 74.8 | 37.6 | 18.5 | |||
| 33–36 | 6,217 | 51.8 | 47.9 | 25.1 | 19.6 | |||
| 37–40 | 82,637 | 22.4 | 17.1 | 8.7 | 27.9 | |||
| 41+ | 18,699 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 4.1 | 40.4 | |||
| Birthweight (gr) (Missing: 5) | <1000 | 525 | 75.1 | 74.0 | 41.3 | 16.4 | ||
| 1,000–1,499 | 668 | |||||||
| 1,500–1,999 | 1,330 | |||||||
| 2,000–2,499 | 4,524 | 50.3 | 46.8 | 26.7 | 16.3 | |||
| 2,500–3,999 | 95,954 | 21.7 | 16.9 | 7.8 | 29.6 | |||
| 4,000–4,499 | 6,576 | 23.1 | 18.4 | 6.9 | 26.0 | |||
| 4,500+ | 664 | |||||||
| Placenta weight (gr) (Missing: 172) | <500 | 22,862 | 23.9 | 20.6 | 8.1 | 34.0 | ||
| 500–599 | 35,744 | 19.1 | 15.2 | 6.6 | 34.7 | |||
| 600–999 | 49,048 | 26.5 | 20.7 | 9.6 | 24.1 | |||
| 1,000–1,500 | 1,420 | 77.9 | 75.1 | 62.6 | 2.7 | |||
| Child’s size * | SGA | 9,122 | 32.1 | 28.1 | 13.0 | 28.5 | ||
| AGA | 88,138 | 23.2 | 18.5 | 8.4 | 29.1 | |||
| LGA | 11,986 | 25.5 | 20.7 | 8.8 | 23.6 | |||
| CHILD’S FRAGILITY FACTORS | Apgar score 1 minute | <7 | 6,807 | 43.9 | 41.1 | 13.4 | 26.9 | |
| 7+ | 102,439 | 22.9 | 18.1 | 8.5 | 28.5 | |||
| Apgar score 5 minute | <8 | 2,386 | 48.6 | 45.7 | 12.7 | 25.0 | ||
| 8+ | 106,860 | 23.7 | 19.0 | 8.7 | 28.5 | |||
| Multiple births (Missing: 898) | Singleton | Female | 51,806 | 22.7 | 17.9 | 7.7 | 28.9 | |
| Male | 54,797 | |||||||
| Twins or more | 1,745 | 87.3 | 86.7 | 76.9 | 6.5 | |||
Number (N); row percentage (%).
*SGA = Small for Gestational Age; AGA = Appropriate for Gestational Age; LGA = Large for Gestational Age.