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Relentless Rise in Cesarean Section RateIn December 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics released the preliminary U.S. national cesarean rate for 2006: 31.1%. This rate has increased by 50% over the past decade, reaching a record level every year in this century (see chart below). The most common operating room procedure in U.S. hospitals, c-section involves considerable morbidity in women and babies and considerable expense for private payers/employers and Medicaid/taxpayers. See links below for some of Childbirth Connection's extensive resources about this procedure. For your use, we have also prepared a PDF hand-out of this c-section page (PDF).  Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (Note: for comparability, 2004 and 2005 primary cesarean and VBAC rates are limited to 37 jurisdictions with unrevised birth certificates, encompassing 69% of 2005 births; 2006 total cesarean rate is preliminary) The following resources are available on this website:
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