Table 1 Raw data from national surveys of obstetric anesthesia units in Israel, showing the annual delivery numbers and the epidural and cesarean delivery rates (%) with the calculated OAAI
2005 | 2007 | ||||||
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Deliveries (no./year) | Epidural rate (%) | Cesarean rate (%) | OAAI | Deliveries (no./year) | Epidural rate (%) | Cesarean rate (%) | OAAI |
12,000 | 20 | 18 | 12.92 | 12,000 | 27 | 19 | 14.93 |
9,500 | 93 | 27 | 23.79 | 10,000 | 85 | 26 | 23.61 |
9,000 | 60 | 12 | 14.20 | 11,000 | 50 | 8 | 14.01 |
9,000 | 90 | 25 | 21.73 | 10,000 | 90 | 25 | 24.14 |
8,600 | 55 | 23 | 15.61 | 8,000 | 55 | 23 | 14.52 |
6,000 | 24 | 17 | 6.65 | 6,000 | 40 | 18 | 8.44 |
6,000 | 45 | 10 | 7.46 | 7,300 | 45 | 27 | 13.03 |
5,500 | 70 | 25 | 11.58 | 5,500 | 70 | 25 | 11.58 |
5,500 | 54 | 19 | 9.16 | 5,782 | 54 | 15 | 9.02 |
5,300 | 63 | 20 | 9.84 | 5,600 | 56 | 18 | 9.43 |
5,000 | 65 | 20 | 9.45 | 5,000 | 70 | 18 | 9.60 |
4,500 | 35 | 22 | 6.59 | 4,500 | 60 | 23 | 8.53 |
4,500 | 60 | 18 | 7.88 | 5,440 | 53 | 18 | 8.87 |
4,500 | 22 | 18 | 4.91 | 4,200 | 20 | 19 | 4.68 |
4,500 | 40 | 22 | 6.95 | 4,000 | 45 | 23 | 6.60 |
4,000 | 35 | 17 | 5.18 | 3,900 | 27 | 28 | 6.05 |
3,700 | 40 | 10 | 4.26 | 4,398 | 38 | 10 | 4.96 |
3.200 | 60 | 18 | 5.60 | 3,188 | 67 | 20 | 6.10 |
2,700 | 22 | 22 | 3.39 | 2,788 | 26 | 18 | 3.28 |
2,690 | 20 | 20 | 3.10 | 2,969 | 20 | 22 | 3.56 |
2,600 | 4 | 16 | 1.89 | 2,000 | 15 | 18 | 1.98 |
2,500 | 68 | 20 | 4.85 | 3,500 | 74 | 24 | 7.50 |
2,350 | 50 | 18 | 3.72 | 2,548 | 49 | 23 | 4.36 |
1,300 | 10 | 20 | 1.28 | 2,000 | 10 | 20 | 1.97 |
900 | 70 | 23 | 1.85 | 1,000 | 75 | 24 | 2.16 |