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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce cesarean births among low-risk women with no prior births — MICH‑06 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
26.3 percent (2022)

Target:
23.6 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
25.9 percent of low-risk females with no prior birth had a cesarean birth in 2018

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Cesarean births among low-risk women with no prior births, 2018-2022
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
25.9
CI 25.8 / 26.0
SE 0.039
25.6
CI 25.5 / 25.7
SE 0.039
25.9
CI 25.8 / 26.0
SE 0.040
26.3
CI 26.2 / 26.4
SE 0.040
26.3
CI 26.3 / 26.4
SE 0.040