Births – Method of Delivery
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,462,904
- Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,148,692
- Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 31.8%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2020, table 17 pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]
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Page last reviewed: May 16, 2022
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics