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Prevalence of induction of labor in six U.S. health plans, 2001–2007. The lines indicate the prevalence of induction for any indication (squares), induction for a medical or obstetric indication (triangles), and elective induction (circles). Elective induction was defined as induction between 35 and 40 completed weeks' gestation with no documentation of an indication listed in Table 2.
