Graphs Of Historical Caesarean Section Rates

Sources of data:

• For England, Department of Health Statistical Bulletin 2002/11²¹
• For Scotland, NHSScotland Sexual and Reproductive Health Statistics²²
• Scottish VBAC Rates, Clinical Outcome Indicators (December 2000), Page 25⁸⁰
• For Wales, the All Wales Perinatal Survey²³

The graph below shows that the split between elective and emergency rates has remained essentially unchanged for over two decades. This calls into question the "too posh to push" hypothesis for the observed increase in caesarean rates.

Historical Caesarean rate statistics can be found here:

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