
Preterm birth and cesarean delivery percentage in the District of Columbia 2020
In 2020, the number of births in the District of Columbia amounted to 8,858 births, from which roughly a third were delivered by cesarean. Indeed, the cesarean delivery rate in the District of Columbia stood at 32.3 percent. Furthermore, in this U.S. state, nearly one out of ten babies were delivered preterm in 2020. This statistic shows the percentage of preterm birth and cesarean delivery in the District of Columbia in 2020.