It is not new that Mexico is one of the countries in which too many caesarean sections are performed. In fact, some years ago we became the first place in the world and it is definitely nothing to be proud of.
Now a new study found that 48.7% of children born in this country do so through cesarean deliveries, placing it in second place worldwide, after Brazil.
To reach these results, the birth certificate data for 2014 was reviewed and thus carry out a data analysis of 600,124 new mothers. But in addition to obtaining this high percentage, differences were found according to the type of insurance the mothers had.
For example, mothers who have Popular Insurance, an insurance granted by the Ministry of Health, 40% were caesarean births. In contrast, mothers with insurance provided by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) had 78% of C-sections. Another difference was the type of hospitals where the deliveries were carried out, since in private hospitals the figure was much higher.
The authors of the study consider that to reduce the number of caesarean sections in Mexico, it is required to intervene in the different types of insurances and hospitals, as well as inform mothers through a public health message.
And why are there so many caesarean sections in Mexico? Personally I think it's for disinformation. At some point the caesarean sections began to look normal and doctors began to tell their patients that they had the option of having a caesarean section. Of course, being a very profitable business is something that some doctors - badly - recommend. In addition, the fact of being able to schedule a caesarean section or induce it so that it does not fall on a holiday or weekend, is something that helps to keep it happening so frequently.
we hope that medical staff train better and moms get more information so that this high number of caesarean sections can be reduced, which surely are mostly not necessary.
