Births – Method of Delivery

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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