Table 4 Robson classification of cesarean birth within the global network, by site, 2017–2018: the percent of cesareans within each group
Overall | African sites | Non-African sites | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DRC | Zambia | Kenya | Guatemala | Belagavi | Nagpur | Pakistan | ||
Robson group, N (%) | 9981 | 135 | 161 | 198 | 4197 | 2368 | 2550 | 372 |
1. Nulliparous, single cephalic term pregnancy in spontaneous labor | 22.0% | 28.1% | 28.6% | 34.8% | 15.7% | 28.9% | 26.2% | 9.1% |
2. Nulliparous, single cephalic term pregnancy with labor induced or cesarean before labor | 20.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 5.6% | 23.5% | 17.9% | 22.7% | 14.2% |
3. Multiparous without a previous uterine scar, single cephalic term pregnancy in spontaneous labor | 6.7% | 29.6% | 30.4% | 23.2% | 4.9% | 8.1% | 4.9% | 3.2% |
4. Multiparous without a previous uterine scar, single cephalic term pregnancy with labor induced or cesarean before labor | 8.2% | 1.5% | 5.6% | 3.0% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 11.6% |
5. Multiparous with a previous uterine scar, single cephalic term pregnancy | 23.2% | 7.4% | 8.1% | 10.1% | 25.7% | 20.1% | 24.7% | 22.8% |
6. Nulliparous with a single breech pregnancy | 2.5% | 0.7% | 6.2% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
7. Multiparous with a single breech pregnancy | 2.0% | 4.4% | 6.8% | 5.6% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 3.0% |
8. Multiple pregnancy | 1.6% | 8.9% | 3.7% | 5.6% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
9. Single pregnancy with a transverse or oblique lie | 2.6% | 5.9% | 1.2% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 4.6% |
10. Single cephalic preterm pregnancy | 10.6% | 12.6% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 10.7% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 28.2% |