C-section deliveries in Germany reach post-unification record

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2026-05-04

Frankfurt (dpa) - A record share of children born in German hospitals have been delivered by caesarean section, with the procedure accounting for 33% of hospital births, the Federal Statistical Office announced on Monday. A total of 654,600 women gave birth in German hospitals in 2024, with 215,900 of them giving birth by a caesarean or C-section. The rate of c-section deliveries has more than doubled since 1991, when only 15% of all hospital bir......

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