Table 4.
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 socio-demographic and obstetric history factors.
| Factors | Strata | All Births (N) | OCS | PCS | PPCS | VBAC-1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row (%) | |||||||||
| SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS | Father’sage (years) (Missing: 1,949) | 15–19 | 199 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 3,3 | 100.0 | ||
| 20–24 | 2,798 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 4.9 | 27.9 | ||||
| 25–29 | 12,982 | 20.8 | 18.2 | 7.1 | 28.7 | ||||
| 30–34 | 31,601 | 22.7 | 18.8 | 8.1 | 28.2 | ||||
| 35–39 | 34,560 | 24.5 | 19.2 | 8.9 | 28.5 | ||||
| 40–44 | 17,866 | 27.4 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 28.7 | ||||
| 45–49 | 5,353 | 30.5 | 24.3 | 11.9 | 28.6 | ||||
| 50–54 | 1,361 | 30.9 | 25.8 | 13.7 | 27.6 | ||||
| 55+ | 577 | 31.2 | 26.8 | 15.9 | 27.3 | ||||
| Mother’s nationality (Missing:116) | EU | Italian | 86,083 | 24.0 | 19.6 | 9.0 | 28.9 | ||
| Non-Italian | 5,983 | 20.8 | 16.6 | 6.8 | 25.6 | ||||
| Non-EU | 17,064 | 26.5 | 20.2 | 8.3 | 27.1 | ||||
| Marital status (Missing: 8,155) | Not married | 12,036 | 23.9 | 21.8 | 9.5 | 27.3 | |||
| Married | 70,340 | 24.4 | 19.1 | 8.7 | 29.1 | ||||
| Separated | 1,136 | 32.1 | 26.0 | 13.8 | 29.2 | ||||
| Widow | 82 | ||||||||
| Divorced | 669 | ||||||||
| Living together | 16,846 | 22.5 | 19.6 | 8.0 | 31.0 | ||||
| Mother’s education (Missing: 24) | University/more | 29,150 | 23.8 | 19.9 | 9.2 | 30.5 | |||
| Secondary | 52,988 | 23.8 | 19.4 | 8.5 | 28.4 | ||||
| Junior secondary | 25,107 | 25.3 | 19.4 | 8.8 | 26.7 | ||||
| Primary/none | 1,977 | 28.3 | 21.0 | 8.8 | 27.5 | ||||
| Father’s education (Missing: 6,772) | University/more | 18,542 | 24.4 | 20.1 | 9.5 | 29.6 | |||
| Secondary | 51,356 | 23.7 | 19.3 | 8.5 | 29.8 | ||||
| Junior secondary | 30,767 | 24.4 | 19.1 | 8.5 | 27.9 | ||||
| Primary/none | 1,809 | 26.3 | 19.8 | 8.5 | 27.9 | ||||
| Mother’s occupation (Missing: 448) | Unemployed/student/housewife | 34,144 | 24.8 | 18.8 | 8.0 | 27.8 | |||
| Self-employed/Enterpreur | 9,037 | 25.0 | 20.7 | 9.5 | 27.6 | ||||
| Manager | 2,145 | 27.0 | 22.6 | 10.8 | 25.3 | ||||
| Employed (Clerk) | 31,002 | 23.3 | 19.5 | 9.2 | 29.8 | ||||
| Blue Collar | 12,836 | 25.0 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 27.7 | ||||
| Employed (other) | 19,634 | 23.6 | 19.5 | 8.6 | 29.3 | ||||
| Father’s occupation (Missing: 7,145) | Unemployed/student/housewife | 3,722 | 27.2 | 21.4 | 8.8 | 23.9 | |||
| Self-employed/Enterpreneur | 22,100 | 23.4 | 18.9 | 8.6 | 31.7 | ||||
| Manager | 3,338 | 28.9 | 23.4 | 12.1 | 21.0 | ||||
| Employed (Clerk) | 22,537 | 23.3 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 31.1 | ||||
| Blue Collar | 32,812 | 24.4 | 19.1 | 8.3 | 28.2 | ||||
| Employed (other) | 17,592 | 23.7 | 19.3 | 8.5 | 28.5 | ||||
| Consanguinity | No | 109,099 | 24.2 | 19.6 | 8.8 | 28.4 | |||
| Yes | 147 | 19.1 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 33.3 | ||||
| OBSTETRIC HISTORY FACTORS | N. previous livebirths | 0 | 58,217 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 10.0 | 16.7 | ||
| 1 | 39,805 | 23.3 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 24.4 | ||||
| 2 | 8,644 | 24.7 | 12.0 | 5.7 | 51.6 | ||||
| 3 | 1,820 | 22.6 | 11.7 | 5.8 | 52.3 | ||||
| 4+ | 755 | 17.4 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 61.5 | ||||
| N. previous stillbirths | 0 | 108,502 | 24.1 | 19.5 | 8.7 | 28.4 | |||
| 1+ | 744 | 44.4 | 29.6 | 17.2 | 30.1 | ||||
| N. previous Pre-term babies (Missing: 1,144) | 0 | 105,774 | 24.0 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 27.9 | |||
| 1 | 2,041 | 35.1 | 14.1 | 7.0 | 33.6 | ||||
| 2+ | 287 | 44.3 | 21.0 | 9.3 | 43.5 | ||||
| N. previous intentional abortions | 0 | 100,653 | 24.2 | 19.5 | 8.8 | 28.2 | |||
| 1 | 7,038 | 246 | 20.0 | 8.8 | 31.6 | ||||
| 2+ | 1,555 | 28.2 | 22.1 | 9.2 | 31.3 | ||||
| N. previous spontaneous abortions | 0 | 92,694 | 24.0 | 19.6 | 8.7 | 28.2 | |||
| 1 | 12,555 | 24.5 | 18.5 | 8.6 | 30.2 | ||||
| 2 | 2,897 | 27.8 | 21.0 | 9.9 | 29.5 | ||||
| 3+ | 1,099 | 34.7 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 24.7 | ||||
| N. previous neonatal deaths | 0 | 108,923 | 24.2 | 19.6 | 8.8 | 28.4 | |||
| 1+ | 323 | 42.4 | 16.7 | 10.2 | 33.7 | ||||
Number (N); row percentage (%).