Births - Method of Delivery
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,581,992
- Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,208,176
- Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 31.9%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2018, table 17 pdf icon[PDF – 985 KB]
More data
- Birth Data
- Births in the United States, 2018
- Maternal Morbidity for Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries, According to Previous Cesarean History: New Data From the Birth Certificate, 2013 pdf icon[PDF – 340 KB]
- When Are Babies Born: Morning, Noon, or Night? Birth Certificate Data for 2013
- Trends in Low-risk Cesarean Delivery in the United States, 1990–2013 pdf icon[PDF – 423 KB]
- Primary Cesarean Delivery Rates, by State: Results From the Revised Birth Certificate, 2006–2012 pdf icon[PDF – 274 KB]
Page last reviewed: January 20, 2017
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics