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Complications in cesarean and non-cesarean deliveries: United States, 1980

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  • Taffel, S.M.
  • Placek, P.J.

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Using 1980 National Hospital Discharge Survey data, complications reported for cesarean and non-cesarean deliveries coded by the Ninth Revision ICD-CM are compared. While over 16% of all deliveries in 1980 were by C-section, 94% of the deliveries where maternal-infant disproportion was noted were by C-section, and this complication was noted in one-fourth of all C-section deliveries. Similarly, where malposition or malpresentation of the fetus was evident, 59% of the mothers were delivered by C-section, and this complication was noted in one-sixth of all C-section deliveries. C-sections were also associated with placenta praevia, pre-eclampsia, infections of the genito-urinary tract, anemia, multiple births, and were almost universal for mothers who had had a previous C-section delivery. Competing explanations for the rise in C-sections from 5.5% of deliveries in 1970 to 16.5% in 1980 are discussed in the context of these findings.

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  • Taffel, S.M. & Placek, P.J., 1983. "Complications in cesarean and non-cesarean deliveries: United States, 1980," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 73(8), pages 856-860.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1983:73:8:856-860_9
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    1. Brown, H. III, 1996. "Physician demand for leisure: implications for cesarean section rates," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(2), pages 233-242, April.

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