Keizersneden; aantallen en letaliteit in Nederland

– Compared with 1938, the number of Caesarean sections has increased twelve-fold. The average over the period 1983- 1985 was 59.6 per 1000 newborn. At the same time, the numbers of deaths during or after this operation decreased from 48 in 1938 to an average of 4 in the period 1982-1985. In the last two decades, this mortality has decreased very markedly, in spite of the increased number of Caesarean sections. The decrease of the number of deaths after Caesarean section more or less parallels the decrease of the total maternal mortality.