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Cesarean Rate Up Again

As the preliminary birth data is released, the cesarean rate is up yet again to 32.9% of all births.  This is another record high for the United States.  The VBAC rates are not released with this preliminary 2009 data.  It … Continue reading

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C-Section Rate Up 12th Straight Year

The 2008 Preliminary Birth data was released today: 32.2% for our new c-section rate.

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C-Section Births Up 53% since 1996

Today the NCHS released a briefing on the c-section trends from 1996-2007.  Here you can see that after a brief dip in the early 1990s, the c-section rate is skyrocketing – 53% increase in the national cesarean rates in these … Continue reading

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CDC Releases Home Birth Data

Today the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released some much anticipated data regarding home birth from 1990 to 2006. Inside the released data, it showed an increasing trend in out of hospital births.  Home births rose about 5% from … Continue reading

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