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Figure 5

From: Theory of obstetrics: An epidemiologic framework for justifying medically indicated early delivery

Figure 5

Incidence of labor induction/cesarean delivery, revealed small-for-gestation age (SGA) and perinatal death, United States 1999–2000. Incidence of labor induction and/or cesarean delivery (Figure 5a), incidence of revealed SGA (Figure 5b) and incidence of perinatal death (Figure 5c) at 28 weeks gestation and over, among pregnancies with no medical risk factors, hypertension, hypertension and diabetes and twins, United States 1999–2000. Hypertension includes chronic and pregnancy-associated hypertension and eclampsia (National Center for Health Statistics definitions).

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