Food for Thought - U.S. C-Section Rates

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - 


The overall cesarean delivery rate in the United States increased 60% from 1996 through 2009, from 20.7% to 32.9%. 



Since 2009, the cesarean delivery rate has declined slightly, to 32.7% in 2013; however, nearly one-third of births continue to be delivered by cesarean every year. 



In November of 2005, the CDC reported the national cesarean birth rate at 29.1%, which was the highest rate ever recorded involving more than a quarter of all births. In 2005, more than 1 in 4 women were likely to experience a cesarean birth. 


 In 2013 delivery rates, according the CDC, were as follows:
  • Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,642,892
  • Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,284,339
  • Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.7%


Information and statistics were found at the following Sites: American Pregnancy & Center for Disease Control



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