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through births cesarean section For the first time ‘natural’ vaginal births have been overtaken.
New NHS Data showed that 45 percent of births England The number of births last year was through cesarean, 44 percent through natural vaginal birth and 11 percent were assisted with instruments such as forceps or ventouse.
Data published on Tuesday found that more than four in 10 caesareans, also known as C-sections, carried out by NHS England were elective, planned operations.
For women under 30, the most common method of delivery was natural vaginal birth, and for women 30 and older, cesarean was the most common.
About 59 percent of births to women age 40 and older were via C-section.
The data covers the period from the beginning of April 2024 to the end of March this year.
A total of 542,235 births took place in NHS England hospitals during this period.