The rates for cesarean birth have risen drastically in the past decade and now account for 1/3 of all births in the U.S.  According to a recent Yahoo Health article:

Between 1996 and 2007, the C-section rate rose by 53 percent, with similar rises seen among all age, racial and ethnic groups, according to the report released Tuesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, which used birth certificate data to arrive at this conclusion.

Do you think that the rise in c-sections can be attributed to better medical decision-making?