Doctors Warn Of C-Section ‘Epidemic’ As Global Rates Double

(CBS Local) — Caesarean section birth rates have nearly doubled in two decades worldwide, even reaching “epidemic” proportions in some countries, doctors warned Friday.
According to research published in The Lancet, the number of women delivering babies via C-section doctors rose to 29.7 million worldwide in 2015. That is the most recent year for which complete data is available. That’s up from 16 million in 2000, or 12 percent of all births, and significantly higher