Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia

Table 3.2:   Proportion of caesarean sections among all live birth deliveries, by Canada, provinces and health regions with populations greater than 100,000, 1997/98
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
0	Canada	18.7
10	Newfoundland	23.6
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	21.6
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	26.3
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	25.4
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
11	Prince Edward Island	21.4
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
12	Nova Scotia	19.1
1201	Zone 1	21.3
1203	Zone 3	18.9
1205	Zone 5	18.9
1206	Zone 6	19.5
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
13	New Brunswick	22.1
1301	Region 1	19.6
1302	Region 2	19.8
1303	Region 3	22.0
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
24	Quebec	16.9
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	18.2
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	16.3
2403	Région de Québec	15.1
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	16.2
2405	Région de l�Estrie	12.3
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	18.8
2407	Région de l�Outaouais	19.1
2408	Région de l�Abitibi-Témiscamingue	13.1
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	19.9
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	23.2
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	18.0
2413	Région de Laval	16.6
2414	Région de Lanaudière	14.9
2415	Région des Laurentides	14.4
2416	Région de la Montérégie	17.0
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
35	Ontario	19.2
3501	Champlain District Health Council	16.9
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	21.2
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	21.0
3504	Toronto District Health Council	20.1
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	20.4
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	19.1
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	17.1
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	18.7
3509	Niagara District Health Council	18.6
3510	Grand River DHC	17.3
3511	Thames Valley DHC	14.8
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	18.3
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	19.8
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	24.2
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	22.0
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	20.2
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
46	Manitoba	na
4610	Winnipeg	17.2
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
47	Saskatchewan	15.6
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	14.9
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	16.2
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
48	Alberta	16.7
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	15.5
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	16.4
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	18.8
4807	East Central Health Authority	22.8
4810	Capital Health Authority	17.3
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	18.6
Code	Health Region Name	(%)
59	British Columbia	21.8
5903	North Okanagan	27.0
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	22.7
5905	Thompson	25.2
5906	Fraser Valley	21.5
5907	South Fraser Valley	22.0
5910	Central Vancouver Island	20.6
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	21.2
5915	Northern Interior	23.0
5918	North Shore	20.9
5920	Capital	24.7
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	21.2
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	20.1

na: not available

Source: Hospital Morbidity Database, CIHI