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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.044 Byline: Shenglan Tang (a), Xiaoyan Li (b), Zhuochun Wu (b) Abstract: To examine the trend in the rate of cesarean delivery in primiparous women and to analyse individual socioeconomic factors driving the escalation of cesarean delivery rates in urban China. Author Affiliation: (a) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom (b) School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Article History: Received 21 October 2005; Revised 13 February 2006; Accepted 8 March 2006 Article Note: (footnote) Supported by UNICEF. All authors have participated in the concept and design of the study, the analysis and interpretation of data, the drafting or revising of the manuscript, and approval of the submitted manuscript. Reprints not available from the authors. Address correspondence to Zhuochun Wu.

Abstract: This study analysed the relative contributions of three possible determinants to the high sex ratio among newborns in rural China--under-reporting of female births, abortions of female fetuses and excess [...]

Abstract Objectives To explore the use of local civil registration data to assess the perinatal mortality in a typical rural county in a less developed province in China, 1999-2000. Design […]

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.032 Byline: Reija Klemetti (a), Xuan Che (b), Yan Gao (c), Joanna Raven (d), Zhuochun Wu (c), Shenglan Tang (d), Elina Hemminki (a) Keywords: cesarean section delivery rate; primiparous women; rural China; trend Abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the trends and determinants of cesarean section (CS) delivery rates in rural China. Author Affiliation: (a) National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland (b) Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (c) Fudan University, School of Public Health, Shanghai, China (d) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK Article History: Received 26 March 2009; Revised 5 June 2009; Accepted 19 August 2009 Article Note: (footnote) This article is an output from the project 'Structural hinders to and promoters of good maternal care in rural China (CHIMACA) (015396)' that was funded by the European Commission Specific International Scientific Cooperation Activities Programme and coordinated by the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. All authors are independent from the funding source., Reprints not available from the authors., Cite this article as: Klemetti R, Che X, Gao Y, et al. Cesarean section delivery among primiparous women in rural China: an emerging epidemic. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:65.e1-6.