1 New Jersey 38.3
2 Florida 37.2
3 Mississippi 36.2
4 Louisiana 35.9
5 West Virginia 35.2
6 Arkansas 34.8
7 Connecticut* 34.6
8 Kentucky* 34.6
9 Alabama 33.8
10 New York* 33.7
11 Texas* 33.7
12 Oklahoma 33.6
13 Massachusetts* 33.5
14 Virginia* 33.5
15 South Carolina 33.4
16 Tennessee 33.3
17 Maryland* 33.1
18 Nevada* 33.1
19 Rhode Island 32.2
20 California* 32.1
21 Delaware* 32.1
22 Georgia 32
23 Nebraska 30.9
24 New Hampshire 30.8
25 North Carolina 30.7
26 Michigan 30.4
27 Illinois* 30.3
28 Missouri* 30.3
29 Pennsylvania 30.1
30 Maine 30
31 Kansas* 29.8
32 Ohio* 29.8
33 Indiana* 29.4
34 Iowa* 29.4
35 Montana* 29.4
36 Washington 29
37 North Dakota 28.4
38 Oregon 28.2
39 Wyoming 26.9
40 Vermont 26.8
41 South Dakota 26.6
42 Hawaii 26.4
43 Arizona* 26.2
44 Minnesota* 26.2
45 Colorado 25.8
46 Wisconsin 25
47 Idaho 24
48 New Mexico 23.3
49 Alaska 22.6
50 Utah 22.2
* Tie
SOURCE: National Vital Statistics System, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 57, No. 12.
That's incredible! It was good to see that UT has one of the lowest c-section rates, which is pretty amazing, considering the state's birth rate. Really interesting to see the layout across the nation. Makes me wonder what those states' medical culture is like (the highest % are on the eastern side).
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