C Section Rates

By david baker md mph facp executive vice president.

C section rates. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the cdc website. There is no target for the total cesarean rate. New jersey 35 9.

Although it s impossible to know the necessary rate with real precision the world health organization says it is. The joint commission will begin publicly reporting hospitals with consistently high cesarean birth rates on quality check the website that lists joint commission accreditation status by july 1 2020 using data reported by hospitals during the calendar years 2018 and 2019. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a non federal website.

The high rate designation will be based on hospitals rates on the perinatal care pc cesarean birth measure pc 02 they report to the joint commission. Increases in c section rates have not translated to healthier moms or babies. The number of births by cesarean section is on the rise climbing from about 16 million 12 1 of all births in 2000 to 29 7 million 21 1 of all births in 2015 according to a study published.

Hospitals report on their rate of c sections for first time mothers giving birth to a single baby at full term in the head down position. West virginia 35 2. Time period covered 01 01 2019 12 31 2019.

Without health insurance a c section in california could cost as much as 19 000 dollars. 35 45 c section rate. States with the highest c section rates.

However financial incentives alone are not enough to explain the rise in cesarean sections around the. Available cdc data show that the ntsv cesarean birth rate was as high as 28 1 in the united states reaching this peak in 2009. The healthy people 2020 target for the ntsv c section rate is 23 9.