Figure 3.21 Caesarean section rate, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013
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Sources: National Health Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission), National Health Services Survey, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013
Figure 3.21
Results from the latest four rounds of NHSS show a general increase in caesarean section rates both nationally and at the sub-national level, except for a slight decrease in urban areas during the 2008–2013 period. Caesarean section deliveries have reached numbers that exceed the clinical need.32 Nationally, two in five women delivered by caesarean section in 2013, compared with less than one in ten in 1998. Although urban women continue to have the highest rates of caesarean section, rural areas and central and western provinces experienced a more significant increase in caesarean rates between 1998 and 2013.