Goal for Year 2000 Elusive

Despite Leveling Trend Cesarean Rates Too High

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 24th, 1995

A reduction of 50 percent in cesarean section deliveries would have to occur to allow the U.S. to reach a goal of 15 percent by the turn of the century, researchers reported.

This sharp reduction would have to occur even if the rates for vaginal birth following a cesarean delivery continue to increase at the same rate as in the past, the report said.

S.C. Clarke and colleagues reported their findings in their article, "Changes in cesarean delivery in the United States, 1988 and 1993," (Birth - Issues in Perinatal Care, June 1995;22(2):63-67).

The cesarean delivery goal of Healthy People 2000, a blueprint for U.S. public health,...

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