Cesarean section rate for all pregnancies is about 25 percent. The fact that this percentage represents all pregnancies is significant because it includes women who have had cesarean sections in the past and are electing to have a repeat C-section. So it is important for most women who have never had a child or have never had to have one by C-section to be informed of their chance of having a C-section. This means eliminating the number of elective repeat cesarean sections, which would be approximately 10 percent – a significant difference.
