Posts Tagged ‘low birthweight’
C-Section Rate at all Time High
Thursday, January 10, 2008 21:29 No CommentsAccording to preliminary birth data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), cesarean section rates in the United States hit an all time high of 31.1% of all births in 2006. This marks a 3% increase since 2005, and a startling 50% increase over the past decade. Some of this increase is [...]








