Cesarean delivery in Norwegian nulliparous women with singleton cephalic term births, 1967-2020: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nulliparous women contribute to increasing cesarean delivery in the Nordic countries and advanced maternal age has been suggested as responsible for rise in cesarean delivery rates in many developed countries. The aim was to describe changes in cesarean delivery rates among nulliparous women with singleton, cephalic, term births by change in sociodemographic factors across 50 years in Norway.

Methods

We used data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and included 1 067 356 women delivering their first, singleton, cephalic, term birth between 1967 and 2020. Cesarean delivery was described by maternal age (5-year groups), onset of labor (spontaneous, induced and pre-labor CD), and time periods: 1967-1982, 1983-1998 and 1999-2020. We combined women's age, onset o

SUBMITTER: Sima YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9118652 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature