Caesarean births in the United States

A) are associated with lower infant mortality.
B) have risen from about 4 percent to nearly 33 percent, possibly because of profitability to physicians.
C) are down from about half the births to about 15 percent of the births.
D) have remained steady at about half of U.S. births.

Caesarean Births

Surgical procedures used to deliver a baby through incisions in the mother's abdomen and uterus, performed when vaginal delivery would put the baby or mother at risk.

Infant Mortality

The death of young children under the age of 1, often measured as the number of deaths per 1000 live births in a given year.

Profitability to Physicians

The financial gain that doctors achieve from their medical practices and services.