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

Table 3.1:   Proportion of vaginal births after caesarean section, by Canada, provinces and health regions with populations greater than 100,000, 1997/98
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
0	Canada	35
10	Newfoundland	15
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	22
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	7
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	--
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
11	Prince Edward Island	35
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
12	Nova Scotia	38
1201	Zone 1	27
1203	Zone 3	44
1205	Zone 5	40
1206	Zone 6	40
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
13	New Brunswick	17
1301	Region 1	24
1302	Region 2	25
1303	Region 3	16
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
24	Quebec	40
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	34
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	41
2403	Région de Québec	43
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	40
2405	Région de l�Estrie	51
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	38
2407	Région de l�Outaouais	27
2408	Région de l�Abitibi-Témiscamingue	63
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	44
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	23
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	37
2413	Région de Laval	34
2414	Région de Lanaudière	47
2415	Région des Laurentides	39
2416	Région de la Montérégie	39
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
35	Ontario	33
3501	Champlain District Health Council	36
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	31
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	28
3504	Toronto District Health Council	32
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	31
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	36
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	39
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	39
3509	Niagara District Health Council	32
3510	Grand River DHC	38
3511	Thames Valley DHC	43
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	40
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	29
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	15
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	21
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	32
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
46	Manitoba	na
4610	Winnipeg	39
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
47	Saskatchewan	44
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	38
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	48
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
48	Alberta	43
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	35
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	50
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	40
4807	East Central Health Authority	18
4810	Capital Health Authority	44
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	33
Code	Health Region Name	% of previous caesarean sections
59	British Columbia	31
5903	North Okanagan	26
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	32
5905	Thompson	22
5906	Fraser Valley	28
5907	South Fraser Valley	30
5910	Central Vancouver Island	34
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	26
5915	Northern Interior	20
5918	North Shore	28
5920	Capital	39
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	33
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	33

na: not available
-- Suppressed in accordance with CIHI's privacy & confidentiality policy

Source: Hospital Morbidity Database, CIHI