Caesarean sections and births with prenatal deaths by hospital type (2019-2024), sourced from the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) via Tables 3.1 and 3.2 of the Rwanda Statistical Yearbook 2025. Table 3.1 reports deliveries, caesarean section counts and the caesarean rate. Table 3.2 reports total births, prenatal deaths, low-birth-weight counts and the low-birth-weight rate, plus a perinatal death rate (per 1,000 births) published only for the latest year. In 2024, RBC reclassified its hospital categories: "Referral Hospital" was split into "Level 2 Teaching Hospitals", "University Teaching Hospitals" and "Medicalised Health Centers"; these facility types are therefore absent or present only for specific years.
| COLUMN | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | UNIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | int64 | Calendar year, 2019-2024. | - |
| topic | string | caesarean_sections (Table 3.1) or births_and_prenatal_deaths (Table 3.2). | - |
| facility_type | string | Facility type slug: district_hospital, provincial_hospital, level2_teaching_hospital, referral_hospital, university_teaching_hospital, medicalised_health_center, health_center, health_post, private, total. referral_hospital is absent for 2024; level2_teaching_hospital, university_teaching_hospital and medicalised_health_center are present only for 2024 (RBC's 2024 hospital reclassification). | - |
| deliveries | float64 | Total deliveries at this facility type. Nullable, topic=caesarean_sections only. | people |
| cesarean_count | float64 | Number of caesarean section deliveries. Nullable, topic=caesarean_sections only. | people |
| cesarean_pct | float64 | Caesarean sections as a percentage of deliveries. Nullable, topic=caesarean_sections only. | percent |
| total_births | float64 | Total births at this facility type. Nullable, topic=births_and_prenatal_deaths only. | people |
| perinatal_deaths | float64 | Number of prenatal/perinatal deaths. Nullable, topic=births_and_prenatal_deaths only. | people |
| low_birth_weight_count | float64 | Number of births with low birth weight. Nullable, topic=births_and_prenatal_deaths only. | people |
| low_birth_weight_pct | float64 | Low-birth-weight births as a percentage of total births. Nullable, topic=births_and_prenatal_deaths only. | percent |
| perinatal_death_rate_per_1000 | float64 | Perinatal death rate per 1,000 births. Nullable, published only for 2024 (the latest year), topic=births_and_prenatal_deaths only. | rate per 1,000 births |