Cesarean section rates and maternal and neonatal mortality in low-, medium-, and high-income countries: an ecological study.

F, Althabe; C, Sosa; JM, Belizán; L, Gibbons; F, Jacquerioz; E, Bergel

doi:10.1111/j.1523-536x.2006.00118.x

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Cesarean section rates and maternal and neonatal mortality in low-, medium-, and high-income countries: an ecological study.

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Althabe F

Sosa C

Belizán JM

Abstract

Background Cesarean section rates show a wide variation among countries in the world, ranging from 0.4 to 40 percent, and a continuous rise in the trend has been observed in the past 30 years. Our aim was to explore the association of cesarean section rates of different countries with their maternal...

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