Table 3.

The proportions of emergency and elective caesarean sections among institutional deliveries at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Central Regional Referral Hospital and Phuentsholing General Hospital, Bhutan, 2017–2019

Obstetric centre	Year	Total caesarean section	Emergency caesarean section		Elective caesarean section		Chi-squared p value
			%	Average (%)	%	Average (%)
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu [15, 16, 28]	2017	1283a	72.3	71.6	26.3	28.1	< 0.001
	2018	1551	75.8		24.2
	2019	1463	66.7		33.3
Central Regional Referral Hospital, Gelegphu	2015	196	40.8	40.5	59.2	59.5	< 0.001
	2016	192	34.4		65.6
	2017	270	33.3		66.7
	2018	281	44.8		55.2
	2019	285	49.1		50.9
Phuentsholing General Hospital, Chhukha	2015	277	63.9	64.4	36.1	35.6	< 0.001
	2016	249	75.1		24.9
	2017	293	70.6		29.4
	2018	264	43.2		56.8
	2019	272	69.1		30.9

^aMissing information for 17 cases