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Cesarean deliveries per 100 low-risk births, 2010-2020

  • A cesarean delivery is classified as low-risk when a single infant is born head-first at full term to a mother who hasn't previously given birth. However, it's important to note that performing low-risk cesarean sections is deemed as inappropriate care.

Source: KFF analysis of National Center for Health Statistics reports

Cesarean deliveries per 100 low-risk births, by race/ethnicity, 2019 and 2020

Note: Rates for All and for each racial and ethnic category were statistically significantly higher in 2020 than in 2019 (p <.05). A cesarean delivery is classified as low-risk when a single infant is born head-first at full term to a mother who hasn’t previously given birth. However, it’s important to note that performing low-risk cesarean sections is deemed as inappropriate care.

Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK. Births in the United States, 2020. National Center for Health Statistics, no. 418. CDC.

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