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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

C-Section Rates Hit All-Time High, Study Finds

More than 1 in 3 women undergo surgery to deliver their babies

Rates of Cesarean section deliveries in the United States climbed to 34 percent in 2009, hitting an all time high, a new study says.

Florida, New Jersey and Texas had the highest rates, while Utah, Wisconsin and Colorado had the lowest of the 19 states included in the study.

"Obviously, a 34 percent C-section rate is far too high," said Jacqueline Wolf, a researcher at Ohio University who wasn't involved in the study. "Medical reasons alone cannot possibly explain why more than one in three American women need major abdominal surgery in order to safely give birth."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That is because women want to plan their life around mother nature.