METHODS Data on the method of delivery used in this article are as reported on the more
than 4 million birth certificates filed each year in the United States and compiled by the …

Objectives—This report presents trends in cesarean rates (total and primary) and vaginal
birth after previous cesarean (VBAC) rates from birth certificate data for 1991–95. Trends in …

The 25 years of rising cesarean delivery rates in the United States may have finally run their
course. In 1989 the rate of 23.8 cesareans per 100 deliveries was not significantly different …

The United States cesarean rate has risen from 5.5 per 100 deliveries in 1970 to 24.1 per
100 deliveries in 1986 according to the National Hospital Discharge Survey. Less than 10 …

The incidence of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and characteristics of VBAC births are
investigated using 1980-85 National Hospital Discharge Survey Data collected by the …

The rate of cesarean delivery in the United States (22.8% in 1993) has remained stable
since the mid‐1980s after dramatic increases during the 1970s and early 1980s. The …

Previous studies of birth certificates have not fully evaluated how accurately they identify
delivery methods that have a historical component, such as repeat cesarean and vaginal …

A rising cesarean birth rate, both nationally and at our institution, led us to attempt to reverse
the trend. Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) was introduced as an alternative to repeat …

There is a general consensus that the cesarean delivery rate in the United States is too high,
and that practice patterns of obstetricians are largely to blame for this situation. In reality, the …

Taffel, Selma. Cesarean delivery in the United States, 1990/[SM Tafel]. p. cm.-(Vital and
health statistics. Series 21. Data on natality, marriage, and divorce; no. 51)(DHHS …