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Births – Method of Delivery

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Data are for the U.S.

  • Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,486,963
  • Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,178,066
  • Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.1%

Source: Births: Final Data for 2022, table 17 [PDF – 1 MB]

More data

  • Birth Data
  • Births in the United States, 2022
  • Trends in Cesarean Delivery in Puerto Rico, 2018–2022
  • Recent Trends in Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery: United States, 2016–2018
Related Links
  • Vital Statistics downloadable public use data files
  • American College of Nurse Midwives
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Last Reviewed: April 9, 2024
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