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Table 2 Rate of Caesarean section by Robson classification group for eleven State and one Federal Territory hospitals in Malaysia, 2011–2015

From: Caesarean section rates from Malaysian tertiary hospitals using Robson’s 10-group classification

Robson’s Group

N CS in group

Total N in group

Group Size (%)

Group CS rate (%)

Absolute group contribution to overall CS rate (%)

Relative group contribution to overall CS rate (%)

1

22,111

18,912

19.0

18.6

3.5

15.1

2

15,767

55,600

8.9

28.4

2.5

10.7

3

20,243

214,888

34.4

9.4

3.2

13.8

4

11,157

74,729

12.0

14.9

1.8

7.6

5

28,048

51,096

8.2

54.9

4.5

19.1

6

6120

6657

1.1

91.9

1.0

4.2

7

9091

10,361

1.7

87.7

1.5

6.2

8

6529

12,527

2.0

52.1

1.0

4.4

9

5312

5312

0.8

100.0

0.8

3.6

10

16,879

58,665

9.4

28.8

2.7

11.5

Unclassified

5609

16,343

2.6

34.3

0.9

3.8

Total

146,866

625,090

100.0

23.5

23.5

100.0

  1. 1. % = n of women in the group / total N women delivered in the setting × 100
  2. 2. % = n of CS in the group / total N of women in the group × 100
  3. 3. % = n of CS in the group / total N of women delivered in the setting × 100
  4. 4. % = n of CS in the group / total N of CS in the setting × 100