Research Article
Factors Associated with the Recent Increasing Cesarean Delivery Rate at a Japanese Perinatal Center
Table 2
Changes in perinatal outcomes for each year from 2002 to 2012.
| | Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Total | | N | 1733 | 1747 | 1912 | 1873 | 1873 | 1903 | 1960 | 1957 | 1987 | 1817 | 1752 | 20514 | | Cesarean deliveries | 300 (17.3) | 304 (17.4) | 327 (17.1) | 352 (18.8) | 413 (22.1) | 469 (24.6) | 523 (25.1) | 513 (25.1) | 522 (26.3) | 491 (27.0) | 472 (26.9) | 4686 (22.8) | | Intrauterine fetal demise | 14 (0.8) | 13 (0.7) | 14 (0.7) | 11 (0.6) | 11 (0.6) | 5 (0.2)* | 4 (0.2)* | 5 (0.3)* | 5 (0.3)* | 3 (0.2)* | 5 (0.3)* | 90 (0.4) | | Umbilical artery pH < 7.1 | 58 (3.3) | 53 (3.0) | 67 (3.5) | 55 (2.9) | 59 (3.2) | 40 (2.1) | 37 (1.9)* | 29 (1.5)* | 27 (1.4)* | 30 (1.7)* | 28 (1.6)* | 468 (2.3) | | Severe perineal laceration | 15 (0.9) | 14 (0.8) | 15 (0.8) | 17 (0.9) | 15 (0.8) | 14 (0.7) | 16 (0.8) | 18 (0.9) | 16 (0.8) | 15 (0.8) | 15 (0.9) | 170 (0.8) |
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Data are presented as numbers (percentage).
P < 0.05 versus 2002.
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