Births - Method of Delivery
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Data are for the U.S.
- Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,703,504
- Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,272,503
- Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.0%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2015, table 21 [PDF - 1.9 MB]
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- Birth Data
- Births in the United States, 2015
- Maternal Morbidity for Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries, According to Previous Cesarean History: New Data From the Birth Certificate, 2013 [PDF - 340 KB]
- When Are Babies Born: Morning, Noon, or Night? Birth Certificate Data for 2013
- Trends in Low-risk Cesarean Delivery in the United States, 1990–2013 [PDF - 423 KB]
- Primary Cesarean Delivery Rates, by State: Results From the Revised Birth Certificate, 2006–2012 [PDF - 274 KB]
- Page last reviewed: January 20, 2017
- Page last updated: March 31, 2017
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