Maternity: Delayed childbirth linked to big increase in caesarean sections - The Guardian 2nd July 2008

The trend for women to delay having babies until later in life has been a significant factor in the increase in caesarean sections, experts said yesterday. Researchers at Cambridge University, who examined the statistics for Scotland, calculate that if the age of new mothers had not increased between 1980 and 2005, there would have been 6,200 fewer caesareans.

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Four in ten Caesarean births are down to women delaying child birth until late 30s, say researchers - Daily Mail 1st July 2008