NCHS Releases Report on Recent U.S. Cesarean Birth Rates

"A new report released today by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) revealed that from 1996 to 2007, cesarean rates increased for all women regardless of age, race, Hispanic origin, state of residence or gestational age of their infant(s) at birth.
     In 2007, 32% of the approximately 1.4 million births in the United States were by cesarean section, the highest rate ever recorded in the United States and higher than the rates in most industrialized countries. The cesarean rate increased most rapidly between 2000 and 2007."

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