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In 2015, WHO proposed the use of the Robson classification (also known as the 10-group classification) as a global standard for assessing, monitoring and comparing caesarean section rates both within healthcare facilities and between them. The Robson classification system classifies all childbirth women into one of 10 categories that are mutually exclusive and, as a set, totally comprehensive. The categories are based on basic obstetric characteristics that are routinely collected in all maternities (parity, number of fetuses, previous caesarean section, onset of labour, gestational age, and fetal presentation).
Robson groups:
Group 1 - Nulliparous, single cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks, in spontaneous labor;
Group 2 - Nulliparous, single cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks induced (including prelabor CS);
Group 3 - Multiparous (excluding previous CS), single cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks, in spontaneous labor;
Group 4 - Multiparous (excluding previous CS), single cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks, induced (including prelabor CS);
Group 5 - Previous CS, single cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks;
Group 6 - All nulliparous breeches;
Group 7 - All multiparous breeches (including previous CS);
Group 8 - All multiple pregnancies (including previous CS);
Group 9 - All transverse/oblique lies (including previous CS);
Group 10 - All preterm single cephalic, ≤ 36 weeks, including previous CS.
Medical Birth register, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC) of Latvia
The Register contains information on newborns and their birth conditions. There is data on all newborns born in medical institutions in Latvia, as well as out-of-hospitals (including planned home births), in accordance with Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 328 "Medical Birth Register regulations".
The register contains data on the mother, previous pregnancies, childbirth, the current pregnancy and childbirth, and the newborn health status. Please note that the information in the Register is provided by the medical facility after discharge of the newborn from the maternity unit / ward.
Statistical Yearbook of Health Care in Latvia Link
The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
Janis Misins
Head of the Health Statistics Unit
Phone Number: +371 67501582
Last updated: 02.12.2024.