Historical Iowa Cesarean Statistics

2006 – 2013 Statistics – State of Iowa & Selected Hospitals

NameYearCesarean rateVBAC rate
State of Iowa200628.3%7.7%
 200729.1%8.6%
 200829.3%8.6%
 200930.3%8.1%
 201030.4%8.8%
 201130.7%9.2%
 201230.9%8.5%
 201331.0%9.6%
    
Broadlawns200626.4%4.3%
 200732.9%5.0%
 200828.7%14.3%
 200927.9%3.7%
 201024.2%9.5%
 201128.9%10.3%
 201223.7%10.0%
 201321.9%22.9%
    
Lutheran – DM200624.8%17.5%
 200729.2%15.0%
 200828.7%14.3%
 200930.9%9.3%
 201029.8%3.8%
 201130.8%1.6%
 201231.6%6.3%
 201331.4%7.5%
    
Methodist – DM200627.9%9.5%
 200730.4%9.1%
 200830.5%9.4%
 200931.0%8.4%
 201031.5%10.8%
 201134.3%10.4%
 201233.4%12.2%
 201333.6%13.2%
    
Mercy – DM200631.4%4.7%
 200731.6%6.3%
 200830.4%9.2%
 200933.9%7.4%
 201032.5%7.6%
 201133.4%8.5%
 201234.4%10.2%
 201334.5%9.4%
    
Mercy West Lakes – WDM200916.2%0.0%
 201037.3%0.0%
 201132.1%2.0%
 201226.9%0.0%
 201325.6%2.5%
    
Mercy – Iowa City200615.6%31.9%
 200717.4%28.2%
 200816.9%30.9%
 200916.0%29.7%
 201015.7%37.7%
 201113.9%39.6%
 201217.6%36.8%
 201318.2%42.9%
    
U of IA Hosp200635.0%15.5%
 200734.9%23.5%
 200830.9%26.2%
 200933.8%26.5%
 201036.4%22.4%
 201134.9%26.7%
 201233.1%24.8%
 201334.9%25.2%
    
Mary Greeley200622.5%11.7%
 200720.0%24.3%
 200823.6%13.6%
 200923.0%1.0%
 201025.9%3.0%
 201124.7%2.8%
 201224.6%3.0%
 201325.9%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.