Emergency cesarean section among women in Robson groups one and three: A comparison study of immigrant and Norwegian women giving birth in a low-risk maternity hospital in Norway

Abstract

Researchers have shown that some immigrant groups have an increased risk of emergency cesarean section. The authors' aim was to examine the differences in emergency cesarean section rates among immigrant women in Norway with low obstetric risks by using the Robson classification system. We performed secondary analysis on a Norwegian cohort study, where 10,125 women were classified in Robson groups one and three. Women from East, Southeast, and Central Asia, and from Africa had a higher risk of emergency cesarean section. The Robson classification system was a useful tool in comparing cesarean section rates between immigrant groups and host country populations.

Association between Maternal Origin, Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Caesarean Section: A Nation-Wide Registry Study

“…Even though the rate of CS in Sub-Saharan Africa is low, migrant women from this region have an increased risk of CS when giving birth in a host country. The observation that Sub-Saharan African women were at high risk of emergency CS compared to Norwegian women is in line with previous studies [ 35 , 36 ]. Most of the Sub-Saharan women in our study came from Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia where female genital mutilation (FGM) is highly prevalent.…”