美国一项研究认为,剖腹产出生的婴儿第一个月死亡率比自然分娩婴儿高三倍。这一结果让那些选择剖腹产的产妇们大吃一惊,因为她们往往在并不需要的情况下作出这一选择。这个研究组考察了美国自1998年到2000年期间超过570万例存活婴儿出生的情况。他们把婴儿出生后28天内死亡的情况都归为新生婴儿死亡。他们得出的结论是,低风险产妇剖腹产新生儿死亡率是每千人1.77例。自然分娩情况下此数字是0.62。 A study in the United States concluded that the first month of infants born with caesarean section had a three-fold higher mortality rate than those born naturally. This result surprises those who choose to have a caesarean section because they often make this choice when they are not needed. The team looked at the births of more than 5.7 million live babies in the United States from 1998 to 2000. They attribute the death of a baby within 28 days of birth to the death of a newborn baby. They concluded that the neonatal mortality rate for low risk maternal cesarean section was 1.77 per 1,000. This figure is 0.62 for natural births.