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- Title
Rates of Cesarean Delivery Among Puerto Rican Women--Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland, 1992-2002.
- Authors
Valera-Flores, R.; Vázquez-Rivera, H.; Menacker, F.; Ahmed, Y.; Grant, A. M.; Jamieson, D. J.; Whiteman, M. K.; Farr, S. L.
- Abstract
This article presents a study concerning rates of cesarean delivery in Puerto Rico. The rate of cesarean birth in Puerto Rico is almost double the rate on the U.S. mainland and the rate for Puerto Rican women living in the U.S. is higher as well. These rates have shown a dramatic increase between the years of 1996-2002, especially among women who had already experienced multiple live births. The article includes rates of cesarean birth compared to rates of vaginal birth in both Puerto Rico and mainland U.S. The concept of education and its link to preference of cesarean birth among Puerto Rican women is also discussed.
- Subjects
PUERTO Rico; CESAREAN section; CHILDBIRTH; PUERTO Rican women; DELIVERY (Obstetrics); EDUCATION &; demography; PUERTO Rican Americans; OBSTETRICS surgery
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, Vol 295, Issue 12, p1369
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.295.12.1369