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Article: Cesarean delivery on maternal request in southeastern China.(UPDATE)(Author abstract)(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- International Family Planning Perspectives
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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The proportion of women delivering by cesarean section has risen substantially in southeastern China since the mid-1990s, with almost all of the increase occurring because of women's request for the procedure.(1) According to an analysis of maternal and child health surveillance data from 1.1 million singleton births in in two provinces in southeast China, the overall proportion of deliveries by cesarean section increased from 22% in 1994 to 60% in 2003, and then decreased slightly to 56% by 2006; the rate of cesarean delivery on maternal request per 100 all deliveries rose dramatically, from 0.8% to 22% between 1994 and 2003, before falling slightly to 20% by 2006. In ...