Background& Objective: The prevalence of cesarean section (C/S) has increased worldwide, as in Iran, in current years.This issue is more important for our country due to the change in the policy of family planning Ball - Bat - Slo Pitch to increase population.Therefore, the objective of the present study is to determine the prevalence of C/S and its causes in Fasa in the year 2011.
Materials& Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the data were collected from profiles of women who underwent C/S in Vali Asr hospital in Fasa University of Medical Sciences; Fars, Iran in the year 2011 by using a standard questionnaire containing socio-demographic data and its causes of C/S.The rates of Normal Vaginal Delivery (NVD) and C/S were obtained from vice-chancellor for health of Fasa University of Medical Sciences.The data were described by SPSS software version 16, prevalence and percentage indices.
Results: There were 4376 deliveries in Fasa in the year 2011 that 2741 (62%) of them were cesarean section that 1540(56/7%) of them were rural and the rest of them (43.3%) were urban.The average age of them was 27.
5 years.The Fog and Work Lights most cause for C/S was previous section.Conclusion: The rate for cesarean section was four times more than the suggested rate by World Health Organization (WHO) (15%).
This is also higher than the average rate of Iran that has increased during recent decades.