Table 4.

Indications for induction among group 2A and 4A and the associated caesarean section rates (NMH 2016)

	Group 2A (n = 1339)	CS rate for group 2A	Group 4A (n = 1005)	CS rate for group 4A
Fetal reasons	32.48% (435)	26.43% (115/435)	27.56% (277)	4.33% (12/277)
SROM	24.42% (327)	33.02% (108/327)	14.72% (148)	6.08% (9/148)
Postdates (> = 42 weeks)	14.86% (199)	44.22% (88/199)	12.83% (129)	3.87% (5/129)
PET/hypertension	11.87% (159)	29.55% (47/159)	5.87% (59)	6.77% (4/59)
Maternal reasons (including pains)	9.03% (121)	26.44% (32/121)	19.20% (193)	3.10% (6/193)
Nonmedical reasons/dates (< 42 weeks)	7.31% (98)	48.0% (47/98)	19.80% (199)	4.02% (8/199)
Total	39.4%(1339)	32.63% (437/1339)	28.8%(1005)	4.37% (44/1005)