College of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaee, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
East Mediterr Health J. 2009 Nov-Dec;15(6):1389-98.
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of caesarean section in the Islamic Republic of Iran in different provinces and to compare the sociodemographic characteristics of married women with and without caesarean section. Data were analysed from the Iranian Demographic and Health Survey of a representative sample of married women (n = 17,991) who delivered a baby between September 1998 and October 2000. Overall, 35.0% of deliveries were by caesarean section. Women having a caesarean section were older, better educated, married at a later age and with lower parity than those who delivered normally. Provincial variations in rates were significantly correlated with indices of socioeconomic development.
本研究旨在调查伊朗伊斯兰共和国不同省份的剖宫产率，并比较有剖宫产和无剖宫产的已婚妇女的社会人口学特征。该数据来自于伊朗人口与健康调查，是对 1998 年 9 月至 2000 年 10 月间分娩的已婚妇女（n = 17991）的代表性样本进行的分析。总体而言，35.0%的分娩是剖宫产。与正常分娩的妇女相比，剖宫产的妇女年龄更大、教育程度更高、结婚年龄更晚、生育次数更少。各省份剖宫产率的差异与社会经济发展指数显著相关。
