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Live Births by Method of Delivery

The following table shows the Cesarean rate and the number of live births in the United States from 1989 to 2005 according to the method of delivery.

	All births	Vaginal	Cesarean	Cesarean rate
1989	3,798,734	2,793,463	826,955	22.8
1990	4,110,563	3,111,421	914,096	22.7
1995	3,899,589	3,063,724	806,722	20.8
2000	4,058,814	3,108,188	923,991	22.9
2002	4,021,726	2,958,423	1,043,846	26.1
2003	4,089,950	2,949,853	1,119,388	27.5
2004	4,112,052	2,903,341	1,190,210	29.1
2005	4,138,349	2,873,918	1,248,815	30.3

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 56, no. 6, Dec. 5, 2007. Web: www.cdc.gov/nchs .

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