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
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Elective or planned
14.8%
Unplanned
39.5%
Emergency
21%
Repeat cesareans
15.1%
First birth was cesarean, VBAC attempt or other births (first was unplanned cesarean, scheduled subsequent cesareans)
5.6%
Always attempted vaginal birth, always ended in cesarean
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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 December 18, 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 December 18, 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: December 18, 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 December 18, 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/
