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Obstetrics
U.S. cesarean births rapidly rising
July 4th, 2002
Almost one in four American women who gave birth last year had a cesarean section, the highest rate in 13 years - an increase fueled by repeat operations and also women who schedule C-sections for convenience. C-sections had dropped in the early 1990s after an outcry that American women were getting too many. But in 1997, they started inching back up again. Last year brought the biggest jump yet, a 7% increase that "was certainly a surprise," said Joyce Martin, coauthor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) birth report that was released June 6, 2002. That made C-sections account for 24.4% of U.S. births last year, the CDC found. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-07-04)
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