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Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has increased significantly

02.02.22 | PLOS

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Fig 3. (a-d) Distribution of Socioeconomic Status among women having caesarean section use in Bangladesh, 2004-2017/18.
Fig 3. (a-d) Distribution of Socioeconomic Status among women having caesarean section use in Bangladesh, 2004-2017/18. Credit: Khan et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has increased significantly

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000091

Article Title: Too many yet too few caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data

Author Countries: Bangladesh, Malaysia

Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors.

PLOS Global Public Health

10.1371/journal.pgph.0000091

Too many yet too few caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data

2-Feb-2022

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Keywords

Gynecology Health and Medicine Health Care Health Care Delivery Human Health Human Reproduction Pregnancy Public Health

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Global Public Health
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgph.0000091
Article Publication Date
2022-02-02
Article Title
Too many yet too few caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data
COI Statement
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, February 2). Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has increased significantly. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDDRGY8/cesarean-sections-in-bangladesh-have-increased-751-from-388-in-2004-to-33-in-201718-but-the-access-gap-between-wealthy-and-poorer-women-has-increased-significantly.html
MLA:
"Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has increased significantly." Brightsurf News, Feb. 2 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDDRGY8/cesarean-sections-in-bangladesh-have-increased-751-from-388-in-2004-to-33-in-201718-but-the-access-gap-between-wealthy-and-poorer-women-has-increased-significantly.html.