Cesarean and VBAC rates among immigrant vs. native-born women: a retrospective observational study from Taiwan Cesarean delivery and VBAC among immigrant women in Taiwan

Table 2 Cesarean and VBAC rates among the three ethnic groups

	Total birth	Vaginal birth	Cesarean birth			VBAC§
			Primary@ cesarean	Repeat cesarean	Total Cesarean
Taiwanese, n	349730	231266	68,617	49,847	118,464	2101
%	100.0%	66.1%	23.0%	10.8%	33.9%	4.0%
Chinese, n	19866	14384	3,587	1,895	5,482	100
%	100.0%	72.4%	20.1%*	7.5%*	27.6%*	5.0%*
Vietnamese, n	22650	18276	2,930	1,444	4,374	93
%	100.0%	80.7%	13.9%,*	5.4%,*	19.3%,	6.1%***
Total	392,246	263,926	75,134	53,186	128,320	2,294

%, Percentage of delivery mode are calculated as total number/total births
†Total cesarean = primary cesarean + repeat cesarean
‡ Total births = vaginal births + total cesarean
§ VBAC = vaginal birth after cesarean, VBAC rate = VBAC/(VBAC+ repeat cesarean)
@ Number of cesarean deliveries to women who have not had a previous cesarean regardless of parity
* Significant difference between Taiwanese and Chinese, ** Significant difference between Chinese and Vietnamese, *** significant difference between Taiwanese and Vietnamese

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