1. 1986 C-Sections Rise: VBACs Inch Upward.
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Placek, Paul J., Taffel, Selma M., and Moien, Mary
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CESAREAN section , *DELIVERY (Obstetrics) , *OBSTETRICS surgery , *MARITAL status , *MEDICAL records , *PUBLIC hospitals , *MEDICAL statistics - Abstract
The article focuses on the statistics of cesarean delivery in the U.S. in 1965 to 1986. During 1965, the rate of cesarean delivery was 4.5%, 22.7% in 1985, and has finally reached 24.1% in 1986. Such data is fairly uniform for women of all ages and marital statuses, and has been observed in hospitals of all sizes and types of ownership. The National Center for Health Statistics conducted the National Hospital Discharge Survey to monitor the annual trends of cesareans. Information came from about 200,000 medical records for inpatient discharges from a representative national sample of over 400 non-federal general and special short-stay hospitals. It also showed that almost one-fifth of teenage deliveries were cesareans.
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- 1988
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