Using the Robson Classification to Explain the Fluctuations in Cesarean Section

Table 5

Robson’s 10-Group Classification of Flemish women giving birth in 1992-2000-2008-2016: absolute contribution of cesarean sections per group to the total cesarean section rate. ND = no data.

	1992 (%)	2000 (%)	2008 (%)	2016 (%)	∆ SC 92-16
1	1.1	1.7	2.4	2.7	+1.6
2a	1.2	2.0	2.3	2.5	+1.3
2b	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.1	-0.1
3	ND	0.4	0.4	0.6	(+0.2)
4a	ND	0.3	0.3	0.4	(+0.1)
4b	ND	1	0.7	1.1	(+0.1)
5	ND	3.5	4.9	5.6	(+2.1)
6	1.7	2.4	2.6	2.4	+0.7
7	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.5	+0.6
8	0.6	0.8	1	1	+0.4
9	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	+0.1
10	0.7	1.3	1.5	1.7	+1
Total %	11.8%	16.4%	19.5%	20.9%	(): 2000-16