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35 Regional variations in childbirth interventions in the Netherlands Table 2. Childbirth intervention rates by region total, and in subgroups by setting, stratified by parity (percentages) (continued) Nulliparous women, total and by care setting at the onset of labour (abbreviated as ‘midwife’ or ‘obstetrician’) Total GR FR DR OV FL GD UT NH ZH ZL NB LB Involvement paediatrician <24 hours, % All women Midwife Obstetrician 35.6 14.6 58.2 41.1 16.6 65.0 34.5 14.2 59.9 36.3 13.7 57.0 33.9 13.1 59.3 34.0 14.8 52.0 37.8 16.4 66.1 41.9 19.6 70.2 25.6 9.2 45.2 37.0 14.4 59.1 36.0 11.7 62.7 37.0 16.8 55.5 42.7 19.2 62.7 Percentage of missing data: 0.6 for midwife- or obstetrician-led care, 0.7% for spontaneous vaginal birth, 0.7% for instrumental birth, 0.7% for caesarean section, 0.8% for induction of labour, 0.6% for augmentation of labour, 0.0% for oxytocin use, 0.4% for epidural and other pharmacological pain relief, 0.3% for involvement paediatrician <24 hours. 2

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