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Childbirth via C-section soared in India between 2016 and 2021: IIT Madras
Updated On: 01 April, 2024 02:48 PM IST | Chennai | IANS
The study is based on data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in 2015–2016 and 2019-21
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There has been a sharp uptick in the number of caesarean section (C-sec) deliveries that took place across India between 2016 and 2021, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, showed that from 17.2 per cent in 2016, the prevalence of C-sections across India increased to 21.5 per cent in 2021.
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