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Almost two-thirds of Korean girls who gave delivery final 12 months did so by way of cesarean part, information exhibits.
In accordance with information from the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Service, obtained and launched Thursday by the ruling Folks Energy Get together Rep. Kim Mi-ae, the proportion of girls present process surgical supply stood at 64.2 % final 12 months.
The info highlights a constant rise in C-section deliveries over the previous 5 years, from 51.1 % in 2019 to 61.6 % in 2022.
The upward incline continued within the first half of this 12 months, with C-sections accounting for 67 % of births.
Vaginal births, which took up 49.9 % of all births in 2019, fell to simply 35.8 % final 12 months.
When trying on the case numbers, not the proportions, each surgical and vaginal births declined, as South Korea noticed the entire variety of births shrink.
C-section supply instances fell from 152,014 in 2019 to 145,519 final 12 months, whereas vaginal births declined from 145,325 to 81,200 throughout the identical interval.
A cesarean part is carried out when well being care suppliers deem {that a} non-surgical delivery poses severe well being dangers for both the mom or the newborn.
