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behavior science 5th edition
Chapter 1 
The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy Through Preschool 
 
 
I.	CHILDBIRTH AND THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD 
 
A.	Birth rate and cesarean birth 
 
1.	About 4 million children are born each year in the United States; 23% of all births are by cesarean section. 
 
2.	The number of cesarean births declined from 1989 to 1996, partly in response to increasing evidence that women often undergo unnecessary surgical procedures. Since 1996 the rate has been rising and is now as high as it was in 1989. 
 
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