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Births – Method of Delivery
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,450,519
- Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,173,391
- Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.4%
More data
- Birth Data
- Births in the United States, 2024
- Epidural or Spinal Anesthesia Use for Singleton Vaginal Deliveries: United States, 2016−2024
- Induction of Labor Increases in the United States: 2016 to 2024
- Differences in Cesarean Delivery Rates for Puerto Rican Mothers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland, 2023
- Trends in Cesarean Delivery in Puerto Rico, 2018–2022