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Press release No. N 009 of 15 February 2023 Nearly one third of births by Caesarean section in 2021
Roughly 237,000 women delivered by Caesarean in 2021, which means that nearly one out of three births in hospitals in Germany was by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate was 30.9% for the whole …
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Press release No. 119 of 2 April 2020 High hospital bed density in Germany compared with other countries
Germany has a high density of intensive care beds in hospitals compared with other countries. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports, this is shown by a comparison by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) …