An analysis of prevalence and indications of caesarean section in primigravida

Background: rate caesarean section(cs) is increasing worldwide. who recommended 5 to 15% appropriate cs rate indications vary from country to country due to different social reasons,health care facilities and medicolegal aspect aim: to analyze prevalence and indication of cs in primigravida. place and duration: study was conducted at nawaz sharif social security hospital (nsssh) multan road lahore pakistan during may 2016 to october 2016. methadology: this study was descriptive study. all patients underwent cs were included,all information were recorded in a specially designed proformaand rateand indications were calculated. results: total cs rate was 81%. 30.87% patients were primigravida and 69.1% patients were multigravida. most common indication was failure to progress and rate of obstructive labour was very low (0.47%).