iarjaccIARJACCIARJACC2709-1880https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjacc.2021.v02i01.03Prevalence Rate of Spinal and General Anesthesia in Cesarean SectionsTahaMidhatLaftaMbch, High Diploma in Anaesthesia. Minisitry Of Health. Baghdad, IraqIntroduction: The number of caesarean sections has increased over, especially in the developed countries. Hence, it has increasingly become a greater challenge to provide care for the pregnant, but this has given obstetric anesthetists’ a greater opportunity to contribute to obstetric services. Aims: to identify the characteristics of participants during cesarean section by using the general and spinal anesthesia during the period of study. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the operation unit in Elweya Maternity Teaching Hospital in Baghdad. Semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the information from the records. The sample size was 1987 cases. Data was described by using the descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, Chi-square, and p. value. STATA version 14 statistical package was used to analyze the data. Results: Our finding, 44.3% (841/1897) were between 31 - 40 years old, followed by 34.1% (646/1897) were between 21 to 30 years old. Majority of pregnant women 69.9% (1326/1897) were housewives; 57.4% were uneducated; 48.7% (924/1897) of them had overweight, followed by 30 %( 569/1897) had normal weight. The totals of CS were higher during October 36 %, followed by September 34.8% and the percentage was lower 29.2% in November 2020. Conclusion: We concluded that the most of them had general anesthesia during CS. The respiratory tract infections and overweight are one of reasons for spinal anesthesia indication. There are significant association had been found between the age, occupation and BMI by the types of anesthesia at the p. value less than 0.5. Recommendation:  we recommended to see the future development of new medications and newer techniques with a greater understanding and further research, obstetric anesthetists’ would play an even greater role to optimize the care of the parturient during caesarean delivery.