Births – Method of Delivery

• Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,431,500
• Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,161,896
• Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.3%

Source: Births: Final Data for 2023, table 17 [PDF – 2 MB]

• Vital Statistics downloadable public use data files
• American College of Nurse Midwives
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis: 4.3% (2023)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2023

• Percent of visits to office-based physicians with COPD indicated on the medical record: 4.2%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 1 [PDF – 865 KB]

• Number of visits to emergency departments with COPD as the primary diagnosis: 854,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2022 National Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF – 1 MB]

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma) deaths

• Number of deaths: 162,639
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 48.6
• Cause of death rank: 5

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2023) via CDC WONDER

• Ambulatory Health Care Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health Interview Survey
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COPD
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: COPD
• American Lung Association: COPD
• American Thoracic Society: COPD