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Primary cesarean deliveries: United States, 1992-2002

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• In the United States in 2010, the rate of primary cesarean delivery for the 15 states using unrevised birth certificates (19% of all births) was 22.0 per 100 live births to women who have not had a previous cesarean delivery and for the 33 states and the District of Columbia using revised certificates (76% of all births) was 23.6 per 100 live births to women who have not had a previous cesarean delivery. 

Footnotes

  • Primary cesarean rate is the number of primary cesareans per 100 live births to women who have not had a previous cesarean.

Source

  • National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
  • Retrieved May 20, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.