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Caesarean sections are a major factor in pregnancy-related deaths, report finds

Caesarean sections are a major factor in pregnancy-related deaths, report finds

Deaths from pregnancy-related causes, which usually occur around the time of childbirth, have risen dramatically in the United States in the last decade. In a report released Tuesday, a committee investigating such deaths in California cited an increase in caesarean-section births as a major contributor to the disturbing trend.

 

Caesarean Births Are at an All Time High in U.S.

Caesarean Births Are at an All Time High in U.S.

Nearly one in three children in the United States is born by Caesarean section.

 

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