Historical Iowa Cesarean Statistics
2006 – 2013 Statistics – State of Iowa & Selected Hospitals
Name | Year | Cesarean rate | VBAC rate |
State of Iowa | 2006 | 28.3% | 7.7% |
2007 | 29.1% | 8.6% | |
2008 | 29.3% | 8.6% | |
2009 | 30.3% | 8.1% | |
2010 | 30.4% | 8.8% | |
2011 | 30.7% | 9.2% | |
2012 | 30.9% | 8.5% | |
2013 | 31.0% | 9.6% | |
Broadlawns | 2006 | 26.4% | 4.3% |
2007 | 32.9% | 5.0% | |
2008 | 28.7% | 14.3% | |
2009 | 27.9% | 3.7% | |
2010 | 24.2% | 9.5% | |
2011 | 28.9% | 10.3% | |
2012 | 23.7% | 10.0% | |
2013 | 21.9% | 22.9% | |
Lutheran – DM | 2006 | 24.8% | 17.5% |
2007 | 29.2% | 15.0% | |
2008 | 28.7% | 14.3% | |
2009 | 30.9% | 9.3% | |
2010 | 29.8% | 3.8% | |
2011 | 30.8% | 1.6% | |
2012 | 31.6% | 6.3% | |
2013 | 31.4% | 7.5% | |
Methodist – DM | 2006 | 27.9% | 9.5% |
2007 | 30.4% | 9.1% | |
2008 | 30.5% | 9.4% | |
2009 | 31.0% | 8.4% | |
2010 | 31.5% | 10.8% | |
2011 | 34.3% | 10.4% | |
2012 | 33.4% | 12.2% | |
2013 | 33.6% | 13.2% | |
Mercy – DM | 2006 | 31.4% | 4.7% |
2007 | 31.6% | 6.3% | |
2008 | 30.4% | 9.2% | |
2009 | 33.9% | 7.4% | |
2010 | 32.5% | 7.6% | |
2011 | 33.4% | 8.5% | |
2012 | 34.4% | 10.2% | |
2013 | 34.5% | 9.4% | |
Mercy West Lakes – WDM | 2009 | 16.2% | 0.0% |
2010 | 37.3% | 0.0% | |
2011 | 32.1% | 2.0% | |
2012 | 26.9% | 0.0% | |
2013 | 25.6% | 2.5% | |
Mercy – Iowa City | 2006 | 15.6% | 31.9% |
2007 | 17.4% | 28.2% | |
2008 | 16.9% | 30.9% | |
2009 | 16.0% | 29.7% | |
2010 | 15.7% | 37.7% | |
2011 | 13.9% | 39.6% | |
2012 | 17.6% | 36.8% | |
2013 | 18.2% | 42.9% | |
U of IA Hosp | 2006 | 35.0% | 15.5% |
2007 | 34.9% | 23.5% | |
2008 | 30.9% | 26.2% | |
2009 | 33.8% | 26.5% | |
2010 | 36.4% | 22.4% | |
2011 | 34.9% | 26.7% | |
2012 | 33.1% | 24.8% | |
2013 | 34.9% | 25.2% | |
Mary Greeley | 2006 | 22.5% | 11.7% |
2007 | 20.0% | 24.3% | |
2008 | 23.6% | 13.6% | |
2009 | 23.0% | 1.0% | |
2010 | 25.9% | 3.0% | |
2011 | 24.7% | 2.8% | |
2012 | 24.6% | 3.0% | |
2013 | 25.9% | 3.8% | |
Cesarean & VBAC rates calculated based on numbers received from Iowa Bureau of Health Statistics. | |||
In order to protect privacy, some numbers were not received from the Iowa Bureau of Health Statistics. Therefore rates should be considered approximate rather than exact. |