This statistic depicts the percentage of mothers worldwide who said they had planned their cesarean section birth as of 2017. According to the data, 39.5 percentage of respondents said their cesarean section was unplanned at that time.
Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017
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Healthy Baby Network. (March 9, 2017). Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982520/mothers-who-planned-for-cesarean-birth-worldwide/
Healthy Baby Network. "Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017." Chart. March 9, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982520/mothers-who-planned-for-cesarean-birth-worldwide/
Healthy Baby Network. (2017). Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982520/mothers-who-planned-for-cesarean-birth-worldwide/
Healthy Baby Network. "Percentage of Mothers Who Had Planned Their Cesarean Section Birth Worldwide as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982520/mothers-who-planned-for-cesarean-birth-worldwide/
Healthy Baby Network, Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982520/mothers-who-planned-for-cesarean-birth-worldwide/ (last visited June 05, 2024)
Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017 [Graph], Healthy Baby Network, March 9, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/982520/mothers-who-planned-for-cesarean-birth-worldwide/