Figure 19. Changes Over Time in Rates of Cesarean Sections and Rates of Vaginal Births after Cesarean Section

Type of delivery and utilization rate: C-section: 1997: 21.3; 2000: 23.2; VBAC: 1997: 35.3; 2000: 28.6.

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Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, et al. Births: Final Data for 2000. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol. 50 No. 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2002.

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