%0 Journal Article %T Nacimientos seg¨²n tipo de asistencia obst¨¦trica. Hospital £¿Dr. Adolfo Prince Lara£¿, Puerto Cabello, Estado Carabobo, 1969-2004 %A Faneite %A Pedro %A Rivera %A Clara %A Faneite %A Josmery %J Gaceta M¨¦dica de Caracas %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the births and tendencies were studied from 1969 to 2004 in the hospital £¿dr. adolfo prince lara£¿, puerto cabello, estado carabobo. there were 120 907 normal births, 97 813 childbirths, 21 729 cesareans and 1 346 forceps. the normal childbirth had a tendency to declivity throughout the period, with reduction of global variation percent 25.61 %, the minimum ranks were 94.02 % to 68.11 %; global logarithm tendency to reduction. cesarean showed frank tendency to increase 7.4 times in all period, with minimum ranks from 4.59 % to 34 %; global logarithm tendency to ascend. the instrumental childbirth with forceps, clear tendency to disuse, variation percent 94.93 %, evident in last years, extreme ranks 3.15 % and 0.06 %, global logarithm tendency to reduction. the births showed tendency to resolution by caesarean, and there were decrement of the vaginal childbirth and use of forceps. it£¿s necessary to implement a norm gram that justifies each caesarean and facilitated the vaginal attendance. %K obstetrical attendance %K ypes of childbirth %K cesarean trends. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0367-47622007000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en