Table 1 |
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Total number of deliveries and facilities by country, and the percentages of deliveries by mode and country |
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Vaginal Delivery |
Caesarean section without indications |
Caesarean section with indications |
Total deliveries |
Total facilities |
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Spontaneous |
Operative |
Antepartum |
Intrapartum |
Antepartum |
Intrapartum |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
n |
n |
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Africa |
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Algeria |
80.5 |
5.9 |
0.04 |
0.1 |
5.9 |
7.5 |
15,578 |
18 |
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Angola |
97.7 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.02 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
6,322 |
20 |
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D.R. Congo |
84.8 |
2.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
11.4 |
8,804 |
21 |
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Kenya |
82.9 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
11.8 |
19,968 |
20 |
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Niger |
91.5 |
3.2 |
0.02 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
4.8 |
8,275 |
11 |
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Nigeria |
81.1 |
4.4 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
3.6 |
10.5 |
8,939 |
21 |
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Uganda |
85.4 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
2.1 |
10.9 |
13,836 |
20 |
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Americas |
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Argentina |
62.1 |
2.8 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
17.8 |
17.0 |
10,689 |
14 |
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Brazil |
68.5 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
15.4 |
13.6 |
15,129 |
19 |
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Cuba |
61.7 |
2.7 |
0.02 |
0.1 |
16.6 |
18.8 |
12,642 |
17 |
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Ecuador |
59.2 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
7.8 |
31.8 |
12,414 |
18 |
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Mexico |
60.4 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
15.8 |
21.8 |
20,883 |
21 |
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Nicaragua |
69.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
7.7 |
22.8 |
5,636 |
8 |
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Paraguay |
57.3 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
18.1 |
21.7 |
3,460 |
17 |
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Peru |
65.4 |
0.6 |
0.01 |
0.0 |
13.2 |
20.8 |
16,040 |
17 |
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Asia |
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Cambodia |
77.6 |
7.7 |
0.04 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
11.8 |
5,565 |
5 |
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China |
52.6 |
1.2 |
9.3 |
2.3 |
19.7 |
14.9 |
14,541 |
21 |
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India |
79.4 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
13.8 |
24,682 |
20 |
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Japan |
74.1 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
13.9 |
5.9 |
3,300 |
10 |
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Nepal |
76.0 |
3.8 |
0.04 |
0.1 |
6.2 |
14.0 |
8,489 |
8 |
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Philippines |
78.4 |
2.8 |
0.04 |
0.1 |
8.0 |
10.3 |
13,295 |
6 |
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Sri Lanka |
65.9 |
3.5 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
20.2 |
9.8 |
15,024 |
14 |
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Thailand |
61.6 |
4.3 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
13.4 |
20.2 |
9,745 |
12 |
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Vietnam |
62.2 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
4.3 |
30.2 |
13,309 |
15 |
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Total |
71.7 |
2.6 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
9.4 |
15.4 |
286,565 |
373 |
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Souza et al. BMC Medicine 2010 8:71 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-71 |
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