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Data are for cesarean rates are from the fourth round of the 2015-2016 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4); maternity mortality rates, 2014-2016 Sample Registration System estimation.20 Cesarean rates at state level were compared with the maternal mortality (calculated as the number of female deaths due to any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy) ratio.
