Nearly half of mothers giving first birth had C-sections in 2017
Social affairsJan 27, 2019
Nearly half of South Korean mothers giving birth to their first child received caesarean sections in 2017, data showed Sunday, with the percentage rising over recent years.According to the data compiled by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, 48.8 percent of mothers giving birth for the first time had C-sections in 2017. (Yonhap)A C-section is a form of childbirth in which a surgical incision is made through a mother's abdomen and uterus in times of medical complications.The figure