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March 26, 2025Clinical Epidemiology and Global HealthOpen Access

Trends, Geographic patterns and Determinants of Caesarean sections in Karnataka: Insights from the National Family Health Survey

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DDDeepa DurgadasimiASAnjugam SugavanamRVR.N. Vaishali

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis reveals a tenfold rise in Caesarean sections among delivering mothers, indicating substantial over-medicalization influenced by private healthcare facilities.

Key Points

  • To assess longitudinal trends, geographic variations, and sociodemographic or institutional predictors of Caesarean section deliveries using National Family Health Survey data.
  • Analyzed cross-sectional National Family Health Survey round 5 (NFHS-5) data for women delivering within the prior five years, comparing trends against rounds NFHS-1 through NFHS-4.
  • Applied descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression to evaluate associations between Caesarean delivery and maternal age, education, household wealth, residence, and healthcare sector.
  • Caesarean section rates increased from 3.0% in NFHS-1 to 31.5% in NFHS-5, showing pronounced geographic concentration in southern districts.
  • Births in private healthcare facilities had higher odds of Caesarean section compared with public facilities (OR = 3.77; 95% CI: 3.14–4.17).
  • Women with reported pregnancy complications showed lower odds of undergoing Caesarean delivery than those without complications (OR = 0.5017; 95% CI: 0.44–0.56).

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Durgadasimi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a998f7bee60764e37aabe9bhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2025.102007
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