Cesarean birth reasons worldwide 2017 | Statista

This statistic depicts the percentage of mothers worldwide who said they had select reasons for having a cesarean birth as of 2017. According to the data, 33.9 percent of women said that their previous birth was cesarean or that their doctor had recommended cesarean birth at that time.

Percentage of mothers worldwide who had select reasons for their cesarean births as of 2017

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Previous birth was cesarean, doctor recommended	33.9%
Knew what to expect, was the birth I wanted	10.3%
Fear of labor and natural childbirth	2.4%
Previous traumatic birth, cesarean was less risky	6.4%
No VBAC support or availability	5.5%
Other	56.1%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

330 respondents

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Women who had cesarean births

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question 3: "If elective or planned, what was the reason?"

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