U.S. mothers: medical or health characteristics of birth 2017
Selected medical or health characteristics experienced by mothers during pregnancies/births in the United States in 2017
This statistic shows the rate of selected medical or health characteristics experienced by mothers during pregnancy/births in the United States in 2017. In that year, 53.3 percent of all delivering mothers were overweight or obese.
Selected medical or health characteristics experienced by mothers during pregnancies/births in the United States in 2017
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| Percentage of all births | |
|---|---|
| Infant was being breastfed at discharge** | 83.4% |
| Overweight or obese (BMI of 25.0 or over) | 53.3% |
| Cesarean delivery | 32% |
| CNM delivery* | 9.1% |
| Smoked during pregnancy | 6.9% |
| Prepregnancy diabetes | 0.9% |
| Pregnancy resulted from infertility treatment | 1.9% |
| Home births | 1% |
| Gestational diabetes | 6.4% |
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