Cesarean sections

Statistics report about C-sections in the United States

Cesarean sections

This report presents key facts and figures about Cesarean deliveries - often referred to as C-sections-  worldwide and in the United States. It includes statistics on births and preventable maternal mortality, c-section rates worldwide, select countries and by U.S. states, and cost comparison worldwide and by U.S. states.

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Births - overview

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  • Basic Statistic Countries with the highest fertility rates 2024
  • Basic Statistic Fertility rate in the United States 2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of births in the United States 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. mothers: medical or health characteristics of birth 2022
  • Basic Statistic Distribution of preventability in maternal mortality U.S. 2020

C-sections overview

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  • Basic Statistic C-section delivery rates worldwide in 2000 and 2030, by region
  • Basic Statistic Cesarean sections in selected countries 2021
  • Premium Statistic Rate of cesarean section procedure in the U.S. 1997-2022
  • Premium Statistic C-section rate in the U.S. 1996-2022, by ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Cesarean delivery rate in the U.S. 1996-2022, by age of mother

U.S. states

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  • Premium Statistic C-section delivery rates in the U.S. in 2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic Preterm birth and cesarean delivery percentage in New York 2022
  • Premium Statistic Preterm birth and cesarean delivery percentage in Texas 2022
  • Premium Statistic Preterm birth and cesarean delivery percentage in Illinois 2022
  • Premium Statistic Preterm birth and cesarean delivery percentage in California 2022

Hospitals

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  • Basic Statistic Number of U.S. hospitals meeting national c-section standard as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic NTSV c-section rates in U.S. hospitals 2015-2022
  • Premium Statistic Average length of hospital stay for childbirth in the U.S. 2018-2020

Cost comparisons

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  • Basic Statistic Cost for a vaginal delivery in hospitals in select countries in 2019
  • Basic Statistic Costs of a hospital C-section delivery in select countries worldwide in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Cesarean section delivery costs without insurance in the U.S. in 2023, by state
  • Premium Statistic Cesarean section delivery costs with insurance in the U.S. in 2023, by state
  • Basic Statistic Health costs of pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. 2020, by payer and birth

Further information

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  • Basic Statistic Public support for no out-of-pocket medical costs for childbirth in the U.S. in 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of women who preferred select types of births in the UK in 2023
  • Basic Statistic Reasons mothers had for c-section births in the U.S. as of 2023
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