[ozmidwifery] questions regarding cs states.

[Jo & Dean Bainbridge]

I have someone who is after some cs and vbac stats for the Nation...I have really only got access to SA's and so would be really appreciative if someone could lend a hand. the required info is listed below....the bits in blue are the bits she needs help on.   Australia’s Caesarean rate is now the x highest in the world.   Save $x per Australian And by avoiding approximately x000 caesareans at an average cost of $…, this also means huge cost savings for the taxpayer – ($xx for every Australian) health dollars that could be much better spent. The Caesarean rate in Australia has soared over the last x years and now stands at 21.1% of births nationally (1998), and up to xx% in some private hospitals  compared to xx% in comparable countries like New Zealand   In Netherlands the caesarean rate has risen only x% in y years, - eg in 1995 it was 9.2%* In Australia the private hospital Caesar rate now tops 50%. . Public x% and private x%.   Natural birth alternatives are shrinking unnecessarily in Australia. For example, in Australia the homebirth rate was 0.3% in xx year, in the same year the homebirth rate in The Netherlands was yy%.   Society/Cost A caesarean costs nearly twice as much as a vaginal birth (??) Impacts on society of PND  - statistics?   vbac rates in vic? Thanks for your help. cheers Jo Bainbridge founding member CARES SA www.cares-sa.org.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 08 8388 6918 birth with trust, faith & love...