capcat
08-24-2007, 09:18 PM
Some things in this article surprised me. First, that the numbers, if they truly represent a rise, would be higher than those in 1977. Second, the percentage of births that are C-Section. Last, what the numbers looked like 90 years ago. Scary stuff, giving birth back then.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/wireStory?id=3520838
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA Aug 24, 2007 (AP)
U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
Some numbers crunchers note that a change in how such deaths are reported also may be a factor.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/wireStory?id=3520838
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA Aug 24, 2007 (AP)
U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
Some numbers crunchers note that a change in how such deaths are reported also may be a factor.