Cesarean Deliveries

Birth Data Maps

Key points

  • Find the percentage of all live births that were cesarean deliveries for each state in map and table formats.
  • A Cesarean delivery is a surgery on the abdomen and uterus to deliver the baby.
An outline of a woman's torso with a C-section scar and a baby next to her against a backdrop of a U.S. map.

Percentage of all live births that were cesarean deliveries

Sources

The CDC WONDER Online Database is the source of the 2023 National Vital Statistics System birth data featured in Stats of the States.

Differences by state do not account for state specific population characteristics that may affect birth characteristics.

When the number of births is small, differences by state may be unreliable due to instability in rates.

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Content Source:
National Center for Health Statistics