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Caesarean section rate

DefinitionPercentage of births that are by caesarean section.

Also called the Caesarean delivery rate (Hospital Minimum Data Set, District Health Information System Database) - defined as Caesarean deliveries x 100 divided by Total Deliveries.
ReferencePattinson RC, editor. Saving Babies: A perinatal care survey of South Africa 2000. South Africa: Medical Research Council; 2000.
Ref. URLhttp://www.hst.org.za/publications/428
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Reproductive Health -> Maternal health

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Caesarean section rate [Definition]
2000 Public sector--[1] 15.0-------
2001 District Hospitals---------[2] 14.0
2001 National Central Hosp---------[3] 31.0
2001 Regional Hospitals---------[4] 20.0
2002 12.614.420.422.813.113.619.66.823.5[5] -
2002 District Hospitals---------[6] 13.0
2002 National Central Hosp---------[7] 31.0
2002 Regional Hospitals---------[8] 22.0
2003 DHIS12.715.417.722.210.812.215.310.516.6[9] 16.0
2003 District Hospitals---------[10] 13.0
2003 National Central Hosp---------[11] 31.0
2003 Regional Hospitals---------[12] 22.0
2003 SADHS21.815.420.514.19.720.418.921.933.6[13] 20.6
2003 SADHS no education---------[14] 13.3
2003 SADHS post Gr12---------[15] 30.4
2003 SADHS rural---------[16] 14.8
2003 SADHS urban---------[17] 23.7
2004 DHIS15.018.718.223.212.412.116.110.417.9[18] 17.0
2005 DHIS15.715.318.823.712.913.614.811.523.1[19] 17.7
2005 Private sector---------[20] 61.9
2006 DHIS17.017.518.823.313.612.916.112.218.3[21] 17.6
2006 PPIP[22] 12.9[23] 15.423.024.212.8-15.510.3-[24] -
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Saving Babies 2000: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving Babies: A perinatal care survey of South Africa 2000. South Africa: Medical Research Council; 2000. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/428
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2000.pdf
    Data only available for perinatal care in public sector institutions.
  2. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  3. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  4. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  5. Saving Babies 2002: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving Babies 2002: Third Perinatal Care Survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2003. http://www.ppip.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2002.pdf
  6. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  7. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  8. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  9. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2006
  10. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  11. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  12. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  13. SADHS 2003: Department of Health, Medical Research Council, OrcMacro. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2007. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/sadhs-f.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003_full.pdf
  14. SADHS 2003: Department of Health, Medical Research Council, OrcMacro. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2007. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/sadhs-f.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003_full.pdf
  15. SADHS 2003: Department of Health, Medical Research Council, OrcMacro. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2007. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/sadhs-f.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003_full.pdf
  16. SADHS 2003: Department of Health, Medical Research Council, OrcMacro. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2007. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/sadhs-f.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003_full.pdf
  17. SADHS 2003: Department of Health, Medical Research Council, OrcMacro. South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2007. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/sadhs-f.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/SADHS_2003_full.pdf
  18. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2006
  19. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2006
  20. Risk Equalisation Fund: Risk Equalisation Fund - Council for Medical Schemes. Databases, reports and other publications. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/REF_Contribution_Table_2007_Methodology.pdf
    Data from the REF Study 2005. Based on data obtained from 4 administrators (Discovery Health, Medscheme, Old Mutual Healthcare and Metropolitan Health Group) who provide services for about 4.2 million lives. Related article published: Rothberg AD, McLeod H. Private Sector Caesareans in Perspective. S Afr Med J, 2005; 95: 257-60.
  21. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted July 2007.
  22. Data should be viewed and interpreted with caution considering the number and level of hospitals currently providing PPIP data.
  23. Data from Jan-Dec 2006.
  24. Saving Babies 2003-2005: MRC Research Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies, PPIP Users and the Saving Babies Technical Task Team. Saving Babies 2003-2005: Fifth Perinatal Care Survey of South Africa. Pretoria; 2007. http://www.ppip.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2003-5.pdf
    Data from Oct 2003 - Mar 2006.
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