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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]

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    • 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
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