This statistic depicts the percentage of mothers worldwide who used select words to describe their cesarean birth as of 2017. According to the data, 46.8 percent of women said that their cesarean birth was traumatic at that time.
Percentage of mothers worldwide who described their cesarean birth experience as follows as of 2017
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Healthy Baby Network. (March 9, 2017). Percentage of mothers worldwide who described their cesarean birth experience as follows as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982586/mothers-experiences-with-cesarean-birth-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Healthy Baby Network. "Percentage of mothers worldwide who described their cesarean birth experience as follows as of 2017." Chart. March 9, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982586/mothers-experiences-with-cesarean-birth-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Healthy Baby Network. (2017). Percentage of mothers worldwide who described their cesarean birth experience as follows as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982586/mothers-experiences-with-cesarean-birth-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Healthy Baby Network. "Percentage of Mothers Worldwide Who Described Their Cesarean Birth Experience as Follows as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982586/mothers-experiences-with-cesarean-birth-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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