Trends in the Attendant, Place and Timing of Births, and in the Use of Obstetric Interventions: United States 1989-97. National Vital Statistic Report. Volume 47, Number 27

摘要

This report presents recent trends in the circumstances surrounding live births in the United States. Specifically, this report will examine the changes in the attendant and place of birth as well as changes in the day and month of birth. Trends in the use of four obstetric procedures (electronic fetal monitoring, ultrasound, induction of labor, and stimulation of labor) are examined as well as trends in cesarean births, vaginal births after a previous cesarean, and births delivered by forceps and vacuum extraction.