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Table 1 Mode of delivery

From: Indications for increase in caesarean delivery

Year

1992

2005

2015

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sweden

 Deliveries

121,123

99,361

114,981

 Caesarean

(10.8)

(17.2)

(17.4)

Karolinska University Hospital

 Deliveries1

(7.4)

(9.9)

7831 (7.9)

 Labour induction

(6.0)

(17.0)

1730 (22.1)

 Instrumental delivery

(7.7)

(13.0)

593 (7.6)

 Caesarean

(11.4)

(19.9)

1722 (21.7)

  1. Source: The Swedish Pregnancy Register and ICD-10 Karolinska University Hospital
  2. Unfortunately information about rates only was available for the years 1992 and 2005
  3. 1Rate of deliveries in Sweden