While writing the post on C-section birth statistics in G North ward (data was for 3.5 months) in Mumbai, I was acutely aware that I was looking at a ward that contained Dharavi and data would probably be skewed towards what was happening in Government hospitals. At the same time, I wondered what would the statistic be for a Bandra or a Khar West where a higher strata of the society lived.
This prompted me to start downloading data for the entire MCGM limits. Finally managed to download data of all birth during October 2015 for the MCGM limits.
The data I downloaded was for 15,099 births (there might be some errors & records missing in this data, but it should not be more than 100 records). About 4,961 of them, or 32.9%, were thru Caesarean section (this number has crept up from 26% for the G/N ward alone). Another 716, or 4.7% were assisted by forceps / vacuum.
Giving a quick summary of method of delivery of births below:
The wards with the maximum C-section deliveries are D, H/E and T. I wonder if the strata of people living in these wards is the reason for the higher incidence of C-secs in these wards.
More analysis will follow soon.
