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Cesarean section procedure rate U.S. 1997-2017
Number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (per 1,000 live births)
by John Elflein,
last edited
Nov 15, 2018
This statistic shows the number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2017, per 1,000 live births. In 1997, there were 208 C-sections performed per 1,000 live births in U.S. hospitals.
Number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (per 1,000 live births)
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Nov 15, 2018
This statistic shows the number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2017, per 1,000 live births. In 1997, there were 208 C-sections performed per 1,000 live births in U.S. hospitals.
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- 1997 to 2017
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- 1997 to 2017
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- Number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (per 1,000 live births)Cesarean section procedure rate U.S. 1997-2017
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- Percentage of all live births that were cesarean delivery in the U.S. in 2017, by stateC-section delivery rates in the U.S. in 2017, by state
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in New York in 2017, by ethnicity*Cesarean delivery percentage in New York by ethnicity 2017
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Texas from 2017, by ethnicityCesarean delivery percentage in Texas by ethnicity 2017
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity*Cesarean delivery percentage in Illinois by ethnicity 2017
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in California in 2017, by ethnicity*Cesarean delivery percentage in California by ethnicity 2017
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- Percentage of U.S. hospitals that are meeting or are above the national Cesarean section target as of 2017*Percentage of U.S. hospitals meeting target C-section rates as of 2017
- Cesarean section rates among births to first-time, low-risk mothers in U.S. hospitals as of 2017, by state*C-sections rates at U.S. hospitals in 2017 by state
- Highest Cesarean section rates for first-time, low-risk mothers at major U.S. hospitals as of 2017*Highest C-section rates at major U.S. hospitals in 2017
- Lowest Cesarean section rates for first-time, low-risk mothers at major U.S. hospitals as of 2017*Lowest C-section rates at major U.S. hospitals in 2017
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- Average hospital and physician costs for a normal delivery in selected countries in 2015 (in U.S. dollars)Average cost of hospital and physicians for normal delivery by country 2015
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- Cost of c-section delivery without insurance in the U.S. in 2016, by state (in U.S. dollars)Cesarean section delivery costs without insurance in the U.S. in 2016, by state
- Cost of c-section delivery with insurance in the U.S. in 2016, by state (in U.S. dollars)Cesarean section delivery costs with insurance in the U.S. in 2016, by state
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- Percentage of mothers worldwide who felt they were adequately informed about the risks of their cesarean section birth as of 2017Mothers who were informed about their c-section risks worldwide as of 2017
- Percentage of mothers worldwide who felt select ways about their past cesarean delivery as of 2017Cesarean delivery reflections among mothers worldwide as of 2017
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- Cesarean delivery percentage in West Virginia by ethnicity 2017
- Cesarean delivery percentage in Puerto Rico by ethnicity 2017
- Cesarean delivery percentage in New Jersey by ethnicity 2017
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- Cesarean delivery percentage in Indiana by ethnicity 2017
- Cesarean delivery percentage in Colorado by ethnicity 2017
- Cesarean delivery percentage in South Carolina by ethnicity 2017
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- Number of births in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in millions)
- Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017
- Selected medical or health characteristics experienced by mothers during pregnancies/births in the United States in 2017
- Percentage of live births delivered by cesarean section worldwide in 2000 and 2015, by region
- Cesarean section rates in OECD countries in 2016 (per 1,000 live births)
- Number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2017 (per 1,000 live births)
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in the United States from 2008 to 2017, by ethnicity
- Cesarean delivery rate in the United States between 1996 and 2017, by age of mother (per 100 births)
- Percentage of all live births that were cesarean delivery in the U.S. in 2017, by state
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in New York in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Texas from 2017, by ethnicity
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in California in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of U.S. hospitals that are meeting or are above the national Cesarean section target as of 2017*
- Cesarean section rates among births to first-time, low-risk mothers in U.S. hospitals as of 2017, by state*
- Highest Cesarean section rates for first-time, low-risk mothers at major U.S. hospitals as of 2017*
- Lowest Cesarean section rates for first-time, low-risk mothers at major U.S. hospitals as of 2017*
- Average hospital and physician costs for a normal delivery in selected countries in 2015 (in U.S. dollars)
- Average hospital and physician costs for a C-section delivery in selected countries in 2015 (in U.S. dollars)
- Cost of c-section delivery without insurance in the U.S. in 2016, by state (in U.S. dollars)
- Cost of c-section delivery with insurance in the U.S. in 2016, by state (in U.S. dollars)
- Total average bill charged by U.S. hospitals for a vaginal birth and a Cesarean section in 2013 (in U.S. dollars)*
- Percentage of mothers who had planned their cesarean section birth worldwide as of 2017
- Percentage of mothers worldwide who had select reasons for their cesarean births as of 2017
- Percentage of mothers worldwide who described their cesarean birth experience as follows as of 2017
- Percentage of mothers worldwide who felt they were adequately informed about the risks of their cesarean section birth as of 2017
- Percentage of mothers worldwide who felt select ways about their past cesarean delivery as of 2017
- Maternal death rates in selected developed countries in 2015 (per 100,000 live births)
- Percentage of live births in developing regions that were delivered in a health facility in 2017, by region
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Iowa in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Minnesota in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Number of live births in Norway from 2007 to 2017, by gender
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in West Virginia in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Puerto Rico in 2017, by ethnicity
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in New Jersey in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Connecticut during 2017, by ethnicity*
- Number or live births to a UK born mother and father in England and Wales from 2008 to 2017
- Number of live births for the most common countries of birth for non-UK born mothers in England and Wales in 2017
- Share of hospital stay after normal childbirth across India in 2014, by duration*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Massachusetts in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Indiana in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in Colorado in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Percentage of live births by cesarean delivery in South Carolina in 2017, by ethnicity*
- Number of live births in Germany from 2011 to 2015, by age of mother
- Share of mothers staying at hospitals after childbirth across west Indian states in 2014, by duration*
- Distribution of hospital discharges against medical advice in the U.S. in 2011, by primary payer
- Growth in number of U.S. hospital stays in the period 1997-2010, by discharge status
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