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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Midwifery Womens Health. 2019 Sep 25;65(1):10–21. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13035

Table 4.

Robson Categories by Care Group Comparisons (N = 96,810)

Interprofessional Care Groupa
Non-interprofessional Care Groupb
Robson Category Participants n (%)c Cesareans n (%)d Absolute Contribution to Overall Cesarean Rate %e Relative Contribution to Overall Cesarean Rate %f Participants n (%)c Cesareans n (%)d Absolute Contribution to Overall Cesarean Rate %e Relative Contribution to Overall Cesarean Rate %f
1 10,581 (21.7) 1809 (17.1) 3.7 14.2 6070 (12.7)g 987 (16.3) 2.1g 6.2g
2 5429 (11.1) 2265 (41.7) 4.7 17.9 11,198 (23.4)g 4212 (37.6)g 8.8g 26.3g
2a 4929 (10.2) 1765 (35.8) 3.6 13.9 10,022 (20.9)g 3036 (30.3) 6.3g 19.0g
2b 500 (1.0) 500 (100) 1.0 3.9 1176 (2.5) 1176 (100) 2.5 7.3g
3 15,446 (31.6) 453 (2.9) 0.9 3.6 8043 (16.8)g 284 (3.5) 0.6g 1.8g
4 5133 (10.5) 703 (13.7) 1.4 5.5 7989 (16.7)g 975 (12.2) 2.0g 6.1
4a 4830 (10.0) 373 (7.7) 0.8 2.9 7510 (15.7) 496 (6.6) 1.0 3.1
4b 330 (0.68) 330 (100) 0.7 2.6 479 (1.0) 479 (100) 1.0 3.0
5 5311 (10.9) 3919 (73.8) 8.1 30.9 5697 (11.9)g 4849 (85.1)g 10.1g 30.3
6 746 (1.5) 731 (98.0) 1.5 5.8 769 (1.6) 764 (99.4) 1.6 4.8g
7 742 (1.5) 701 (94.5) 1.4 5.5 620 (1.3) 596 (96.1) 1.2 3.7g
8 979 (2.0) 638 (65.2) 1.3 5.0 1314 (2.7)g 972 (74.0)g 2.0g 6.1g
9 34 (0.1) 34 (100) 0.1 0.3 64 (0.1) 63 (98.4) 0.1 0.4
10 4121 (8.4) 1414 (34.3) 2.9 11.2 6068 (12.7)g 2318 (38.2)g 4.8g 14.5g
Total 48,522h 12,667 (26.1) 26.0 99.9i 47,832h 16,020 (33.5)g 33.3 100.3i
a

Interprofessional group includes centers with midwifery presence.

b

Non-interprofessional group includes centers without midwifery presence.

c

Percentage = number of women in the group ÷ total number of women who gave birth in the setting × 100.

d

Percentage = number of cesareans in the group ÷ total number of women in the group × 100.

e

Percentage = number of cesareans in the group ÷ total number of women who gave birth in the setting × 100.

f

Percentage = number of cesareans in the group ÷ total number of cesareans in the setting × 100.

g

Statistically significant differences, P < .001.

h

Births not classified because of missing data: interprofessional, n = 335 (0.69%), non-interprofessional, n = 121 (0.25%), accounting for differences in total births in table (n = 96,354) and total births in sample (N = 96,810).

i

Total percentages may not add up because of rounding.